I'm Emily Thompson and I'm Kathleen Shannon and this is Being Boss.

In this episode of Being Boss, I am laying out a massive how-to that will help you, my

creative boss pals, write a business plan. As always, you can find all the tools books and links we reference on the show notes at

www dot being boss dot club. All right, Boss Friends. Today I'm bringing you a very special episode. I love the idea of creating in-depth audio guides to walk you through big tasks in your business.

And that's exactly what I'm bringing to you today.

Over the next 45-ish minutes, that's the goal.

I'm walking you through creating a business plan for your business.

Now, here at Bean Boss, we hold a couple of things pretty dear, like helping creatives make money

doing work they love, and helping entrepreneurs and business owners take control over

their work and live life on their own terms.

And helping all of those people talk about business, because I believe that when you talk about

business, you do better business. One of the sort of tears of talking about business is

talking about business with yourself and we shared more about the power of

business conversations including those tears in episode number 233 but you can shelf

that for the moment. And I'm not talking about chatting yourself up in the mirror what I'm saying

you should be talking to

yourself about business. I'm talking about journaling and reviewing your bookkeeping

reports and creating a business plan, which is what I'm here to do with you today. Now if you're a

die-hard being boss fan you may recall times when we've stated that you don't need

a business plan and I stand by that 90% of the time. But I don't like blanket statements, and

though I don't think many creative businesses need one, I cannot deny that creating one is a powerful practice and it is a powerful tool

for any new or even established business owner to have and there are definitely times

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