In Step 3 of "10 Steps to Open for Business," answering the “Defining Dozen” questions is vital to writing a good business plan. The Sloan brothers describe them in detail in StartupNation: Open for Business, their book. Here is the eleventh of those questions, in a special book excerpt:
How will you measure success? For so many people, money made is the big measurement of success. But while financial achievements will be fundamental to your business’s viability, there’s more to gain from running a business than just making money. It’s important to define what success means to you, as we discussed in Chapter Three. We measure success through the StartupNation Manifesto, which keeps us grounded in our ideas of work as freedom, work as family, and work as fulfillment. What will yours be? As part of the business-planning process, consider how you’ll define success.
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