Should You Start A Company

Are you starting a new company or a major, new project or kicking off a new division of your existing company?

If so, you probably already know that a business plan would help you succeed – but do you know what else you need to “connect all the dots” so that you can REALLY get from Point A to Point B?

Watch this short video about Deviled Details to find out the other three major “must have” components that you will need to successfully implement YOUR vision for YOUR new venture.

I’m sure you’ve heard the proverb, “The devil is in the details.” I call it “The Deviled Details.” These Deviled Details are almost always what keeps folks closer to their Point A than their Point B.

One of the key issues mentioned by several of my clients was that they did not know what to do first. And those who knew what to do first did not necessarily know what to do next.

They reported being “stuck.”

They reported being unsure of how to implement all the various “details” required to fully implement everything that was required to start their company or their new project.

However, if you’ve never started a company that generated money in your pocket outside of selling stuff on eBay, then get ready for a long list of action items that will be required to get you from your current Point A to your desired Point B.

This long list of action items, business strategies and tactics are what I call “The Deviled Details” required to get you to your desired point B.

Are you considering the romance and seduction of angel investors or venture capital?

If so, your credibility will be significantly enhanced by completing The Deviled Details Action Planning Service. Prospective investors will be able to clearly see your game plan – and understand how well thought out your implementation steps are.

This can give you a huge competitive advantage over other, competing investment opportunities where those companies only have arm-waving generalizations in answer to the hard questions prospective investors can ask.

With The Deviled Details Action Planning Service, you will be prepared for virtually any question that prospective investors might ask. And, the great thing is: it isn’t just all for show.

You really will be much better prepared to get your new company to your desired Point B – the same Point B that you will be promising prospective investors – all because you were smart enough to see all the benefits of investing in The Deviled Details Action Planning Service.

Get Unstuck – And Get To Your Point B

That’s one of the goals of my Deviled Details Service: To give you the comprehensive Deviled Details to get you to your desired Point B as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Another one of my goals is to “Unstick The Stuck.”

I hope this video will help get you “unstuck” and back moving toward your goal of reaching your Point B.

I just completed setting up a new blog that has but one purpose:  to help everyone accurately predict their own personal five year future.

Hope Is Having A “Point B”

As many of you may already know, I have two apparently disparate careers: one, as an internationally-known management consultant to start up and emerging companies – two, as a relationship expert and published author of a book called, “Efficient Love.”

Even though this combination may seem strange, these two parallel careers are really not as dissimilar as they might first appear.

As a matter of fact, these two different personal focal points I have share a common, passionate mission of mine:  Helping people get from their current Point A to their desired Point B – for both their personal life and their business life.

I want to help you finally define the right-for-you Point B for your life – there is absolutely no cost, no obligation – just my best wishes that you find your Point B sooner than later.

The premise of my personal mission is:  If folks will freely choose and fully define their DESIRED Point B, they are much more likely to reach their DESIRED Point B.

I use the Five Year Life Quiz as a starting point for most all of my consulting clients — whether it’s for Efficient Love or my management consulting related to starting or growing a company. Until I know my clients’ real and personal Point B, I can’t fully understand how to give them the very best help possible.

But beyond this business use, I strongly believe that everyone can greatly benefit from this methodology. Every man, woman and near-adult child can use this basic approach to more fully take control of their own lives.

I’ve been using this Quiz with business clients and relationship clients alike for the past dozen years. During that time, it has been gratifying to see the overwhelming, positive impact it has had on so many folks.

Because of these successes, I already know this process can help those who approach it with an open mind.

Because these issues are so important to virtually everyone’s life, I want to offer this Five Year Life Workbook as a free gift to everyone – so you can realistically take control of your life and find the congruent path to your own fulfilling personal Point B.

It is my way of “paying it forward” to the world — whether we ever do business together or not.  Even if there is less than a zero chance we will ever work together – I still want you to grab this Quiz for YOU!

If this Quiz even helps you have one insight that will help you get more quickly to YOUR desired Point B, then that is all the reward I want.

If you want to know more, or download the Workbook for free, just click Five Year Life.

If you’re online with any part of your business, then you’re faced with constantly writing copy.  This includes sales letters, web pages, blogs, auto responder messages, e-mails, etc.

Many of my clients are start up company CEOs and entrepreneurs who have no background whatsoever in sales and marketing.  Many of my clients are startup entrepreneurs who have little or no cash to pay for copywriting talent (or any thing else.)

I’m certainly no expert on copywriting – and I’m currently working on learning more myself on how to improve my own copy.  However, a friend of mine, Trevor ‘Toe Cracker’ Crook, IS an expert.  He’s also offering 10 hours of downloadable audio MP3s of his “Copywriting Blueprint Formula” for free.

I know that you see a lot of this kind of stuff on the Internet – but I’ve listened to the audios and there is a huge amount of content with virtually none of the usual upsell.

Trevor’s concept on giving away his content for free is “Pay it forward.”  Just like in the novel and the movie by the same name, the idea is to give up front with no expectation of receiving in return.  Trevor’s goal is to “pay it forward” by giving this audio course to one million entrepreneurs.

I’m not an affiliate of Trevor.  I don’t get paid anything for this recommendation. He doesn’t even know that I’m posting this information on my blog or sending it to my list.  However, I strongly recommend you take advantage of this free download, listen to the audios and start applying what you discover to improve your own copy.

This is just my way of reciprocating by helping Trevor - with me “paying it forward” to help him reach his one million Entrepreneur goal.

Robert Lee Goodman, MBA
http://Virtual-Exec.com
http://DeviledDetails.com

I am writing this blog entry from San Francisco where we just wrapped up a great one and a half day seminar and Teleseminar Secrets Reunion with Alex Mandossian and 200 of his tribe that joined us to help celebrate Alex’s birthday.

Two of the highlights of the reunion were outstanding and epiphany-producing presentations by Raymond Aaron on “Double Your Income Doing What You Love” and Dave Stech on “The Power of 6.”

It was great to finally meet several folks and clients who had only been virtual up until this past weekend…especially so many who are directly on Alex’s core support team…and to develop so many more new relationships as a result of the networking.

I’m looking forward to developing joint ventures with several we met – and to coaching and mentoring others so that I can help them get from their current Point A to their desired Point B faster and more efficiently with my Deviled Details Action Planning Service.

Part of my UnStick The Stuck CEO and Start Up Company Process (www.UnStickTheStuck.com) is to develop my W-Cubed = WHO? Is Doing WHAT? WHEN? (www.ActionAccountability.com) for each line item on the Deviled Details Action Plan.

One of my goals in attending the Teleseminar Secrets Reunion was to meet and interview candidates for my Approved Vendor List. These are the resources that I recommend my clients consider for all the WHOs on all the line items on each of their Action Plans. Fortunately, there were several folks at the Reunion whose services would be ideal for some of my clients.

But all of that starts next week. For the rest of this week, wife Janet and I are going to enjoy some of what the great City of San Francisco has to offer.

Robert Lee Goodman, MBA
Ceo & Chief ImpleMENTOR
www.Virtual-Exec.com

One of my favorite proverbs is, “The only thing worse than going the wrong direction, is going the wrong direction enthusiastically!”

One thing about us entrepreneurs: we love doing things enthusiastically – especially when we are trying so hard to get from our current Point A to our desired Point B as quickly as possible.

The problem, of course, is that if we go charging off in the wrong direction, at some point we have to stop, turn around and retrace our steps back toward Point A and start all over again.

The upshot of starting over again is all the time, energy, effort and money that you just spent going down that dead-end trail is mostly wasted – the time spent going the wrong direction delays your successful implementation of your vision.

It also means that you need more money, more time, more effort than you would have otherwise needed if you had done a better job of planning and pick the right direction to begin with.

That’s really the purpose of The Four Big Dots that are covered in my Deviled Details Action Planning Service.  The Four Big Dots of Deviled Details are: your personal plan, your financial model, your action plan and your business plan.

Even if you just do a little bit of work on each of the Big 4 Dots…even if you only generate a couple of dozen action items…even if you only make sweeping approximations for your underlying business model assumptions, you’re probably going to be much better off because you’ve eliminated some of those wrong directions.

The more time you spend on all of those Deviled Details, the more wrong directions that get eliminated. The more wrong directions that get eliminated, the much more likely will be your success.

So, what’s it worth to you?

How many hours are you willing to invest in order to eliminate as many wrong directions as you possibly can? One? Five? Ten? Hundred?

How many hours, months or years are you going to waste, otherwise, cleaning up the mess from not doing it right the first time?

With The Deviled Details Action Planning Service, you will learn how all four Big Dots are interrelated for your own company – and how not doing even one of the Dots correctly can be a deal killer that will block your path to success.

Find out more by clicking Deviled Details Action Planning Service.

Robert Lee Goodman, MBA
Ceo & Chief ImpleMENTOR
www.Virtual-Exec.com

You probably know you need a business plan – and I can help you with that if you need one – but do you also have an Action Plan for Implementation?

• Do you even know ALL the dots that go into “connecting the dots” for your new business?
• Do you know the W Cubed – W To The Third Power – for each action item and milestone required for your new company?  WHO?  Is going to do WHAT?  WHEN?
• Do you know all the major and semi-major milestones and “Deviled Details” to REALLY get from Point A, where you are now – To Point B, where you want to be?
• Have you taken into account the REAL costs that go with each of those “Deviled Details?”

My Action Planning Service is focused on helping you comprehensively answer ALL of those questions – so you REALLY know what is required for the success of your new company – including all the dots and all the deviled details.

The goal of the Action Plan is to collect, in one place, ALL the action items that will be required to realistically implement your vision for your company over the next 12 months.

With the optional Financial Business Model AND the Detailed Action Plan for the next 12 months showing all major and semi-major milestones, you will have a very comprehensive road map for your new company. You will also know what resources it will take, money-wise and people-wise, to get you from Point A to Point B.

We will go through up to three iterations as we brainstorm and revise items, priorities, dates and budgets.  As we fine tune your Action List, we will focus on available assets and personnel and the right timing for bringing more folks into the company or outsourcing some of the tasks.

We start with 10 hours of my one-on-one consulting and mentoring.  For most clients, this is all the time that is needed to generate an accurate and meaningful Action Plan for their business. The cost:  only $2,750.  Additional hours are available at my standard rate.  The incremental cost for the optional Financial Business Model is only $500.

To date, I’ve already helped the founders and CEOs of over 2,000 diverse companies in over three dozen countries with their business planning, fundraising and plan implementation – to realistically define & implement the right action plan for their business.

Isn’t this the kind of expertise you need for your company?

Isn’t it time you have a real game plan to get you to YOUR Point B?

Robert Lee Goodman, MBA
Ceo & Chief ImpleMENTOR
www.Virtual-Exec.com