Next Steps in Your Business Venture

Strengths: What strengths do you have to bring an idea to fruition?

Weaknesses: What would you like to work on as you move toward starting your business? 

Opportunities: What opportunities exist for you as you consider your strengths?

Threats: How might your weaknesses impact your business, and how do you plan to alleviate them or minimize them? 

Goals

How is the goal specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and timely?

Example: I want to start a business that earns $70k per year by December of this year.

The goal is specific, in that it addresses how much you'd like to earn which can help direct what type of business to start.

It is measurable, because once you've started your business, you'll know how close you are to earning that dollar amount.

It is action-oriented because it addresses the action - starting a business.

It is realistic in that $70k is a reasonable amount of earnings.

It is timely, in that you have a timeframe for the goal, by December of this year.

Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

Goal 4