Branding

As I earnestly network to establish myself across the pond, I occasionally encounter folks puttering along without what I consider a necessity for achieving their objective: a plan. Don’t get me wrong; these are intelligent business people. Clearly this is not a cultural phenomenon for I witnessed this back home too. For whatever reason, each has neglected to define his or her raison d’être. Nor have they bothered to take an accurate bearing of their current situation. Therefore, they cannot critically assess the resources required (skills, money, time, location…) nor evaluate their risk tolerance (emotional, personal, financial obligations…) to determine if they can succeed. The head smacker is that they haven’t even asked some of the most basic questions to determine whether their business concept is viable. Yet when queried about their “plan” they respond with either, “I don’t have one” or, worse, “Oh, I don’t have time for that!”