A lot of people said they have a business plan (which is awesome) I’m not expecting anyone to share IP or anything sensitive, but I am really curious who’s open to sharing how they actually came up with their plan… what assumptions they made, what hurdles they’ve already hit, and what felt hardest to model out. One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that a lot of early business plans quietly depend on a “lifeline” scenario (one big partnership, one perfect client, one magical deal that suddenly changes everything). That can happen… but it’s not a strategy, and it’s rarely how durable companies are built. Most of the successful companies I’ve seen show real market pull first: clear demand, early revenue, scrappy growth, and proof they can survive without being artificially propped up. That’s actually how I built my first business; it supported my family and the people who worked with me long before any outside capital was involved. Would love to hear how others here approached their planning and what reality has already challenged in their original assumptions.