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Throw Out The Long Term Plan - Do Something Now

Written by: Christine Haskell July 22nd, 2008

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From a post on 37 signals:
A couple of Getting Realish ideas spotted in Best Life magazine:
Greg Gianforte is the author of “Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.” In Follow Your Dream, he advises throwing out your five-year plan and focusing on building something now instead.
Gianforte describes how to [...]

Tags: 37 signals, Bootstrapping Your Business, Business Planning
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