{"id":18717,"date":"2015-09-23T07:44:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=18717"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:56:16","slug":"entrepreneur-hack-draw-a-storyboard-before-the-business-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/23\/entrepreneur-hack-draw-a-storyboard-before-the-business-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur hack: Draw a storyboard before the business plan."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1vMsHd9Me8dlTmG-he1iEug.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1vMsHd9Me8dlTmG-he1iEug.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1vMsHd9Me8dlTmG-he1iEug-300x224.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Just about two years ago, I hung up my partner hat at a prior company and started the <a href=\"http:\/\/crowdcompanies.com\">Crowd Companies<\/a> journey. I recall we had a mere ten weeks to the launch at LeWeb. I went to mother nature to do some deep thinking, and wound up in a Redwood forrest near my house, with a moleskin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before writing the business plan, I drew out a storyboard, just like you see before a movie is shot, illustrating key phases the company should go through. Then, I wrote the business plan in a detailed powerpoint, complete with goals, numbers, resources, limitations, and a timeline, and &#8220;pitched&#8221; it to my friends, advisors, and even my supportive wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also made a list of four things that this endeavor should achieve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have a mission and impact greater than any individual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be in a growth market &#8211;not in a declining market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The company should be financially healthy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a lot of fun doing it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, none of this happens in solitude, as I&#8217;m blessed to work with amazing colleagues who keep us straight, and keep me in check to achieve those four criteria. We&#8217;re exciting for our largest member event ever, our 11th event with a cast of amazing speakers, startups, and case studies from our own members in the Collaborative Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that said, there&#8217;s a lot more work to do. the Collaborative Economy is just a budding industry and there&#8217;s many established companies that need to change their business model to partner with the crowd. What a journey, and I&#8217;m going to do my best to enjoy every single step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about two years ago, I hung up my partner hat at a prior company and started the Crowd Companies journey. I recall we had a mere ten weeks to the launch at LeWeb. I went to mother nature to do some deep thinking, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/23\/entrepreneur-hack-draw-a-storyboard-before-the-business-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Entrepreneur hack: Draw a storyboard before the business plan.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}