Just because you have a great idea doesn't mean you have a business. Taking a business idea to an informal focus group of friends and colleagues is a good start. Thinking that business plans are only for the big guys. It's a sad fact that many new business owners don't see this obvious relationship between planning and success. Some feel that a business plan would limit their creativity or spontaneity, or that their business isn't large enough or complex enough to warrant a plan.
Every business can benefit from a business plan, no matter what size it is.
The process of making a plan organizes your thinking and helps you sort out your priorities. Thinking you can do it all by yourself. Working solo is not working alone. Success depends on developing and using a network of colleagues, friends, mentors and professionals that can provide advice, assistance and direction in tough times. Thinking that success will come quickly or easily.