This start-up business plan article is a series of business plan articles that I am writing that cover some key take aways that you can start applying to your business planning to get better results with less effort.

One of the key reasons to write your business plan correctly is to get real about what it means for your to start the business you want and what it could take to get your business to the place that it is going to create the results you want.

Because some businesses should die with the plan because of the findings, while others should shift their focus with the findings.

So what is your risk? What is your return? What models of success can you borrow to get to your goals quicker?

What can you do to clearly evaluate your business before you commit resources to achieving a result. Because a result is going to come when you start a business. The question is...will it be the result you want?

Yes, a certain level or risk is necessary to grow a successful business. But the risk is going to have to be calculated if you want to expect predictable results.

So remember a couple of things when you consider if or how you should create your start up business plan:

Your ability to ask the right questions, find successful business growth models that are working now and test your ideas in safe, scalable ways are the key components to growing a successful business without taking unnecessary risks.

I know you hear stories about the entrepreneur that bets the farm, maxes out credit cards and makes it. It happens and those are great stories. But I was the Entrepreneur that maxed everything out and lost. No big deal, I learned from it and am now am stronger and more profitable than ever before. But if I would have calculated my risks a little better I would have reached my present success years sooner.