There is no amount of strategic planning that will eliminate all risk.  There is no magic spreadsheet.  Planning is meant to identify risk so you know about it.

If you wait for the perfect plan with zero risk, someone else will beat you to the market; someone who was able to take action.  You can’t do everything everyone wants you to do. You have to make a decision and then go to there.

Read Beyond Entrepreneurship by Jim Collins.

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