From Rob Smorfitt
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The research showing no business plans were needed for success is skewed in a generic context. The people who formed the universum for this research project were all graduates, therefore extrapolations regarding non graduates cannot be done. Would the same apply to someone who has very little if any formal education at even school level as is often the case in developing countries?
I also believe that all the graduates may not have had a written business plan document, but they had a mental one. There are key issues addressed by a business plan, which are critical to business success. I am sure that these people did not ignore their business educaiton, and that they used it in one way or another.
I also saw research where in the USA business graduates had a higher success rate than all other, eg arts, graduates. However, similar research in South Korea found that business graduates generally underperformed all other graduates.
However, I believe knowledge is important.
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Regards
Rob Smorfitt
MainSpring - driving business development
http://www.mainspring.co.za/
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This a record of my life, work and play as a Serial Entrepreneur, raised over £150 million and founded / co-founded six companies, listed one on the AIM and made trade sales of three others.
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