You’re interested in septic pumping, so you decide to take a shot at opening your own business. You create a business plan to forecast what will happen in the next five to 10 years, and you’re off and running. How closely can you expect to follow your business plan? The answer may surprise you.“I’ve never seen anyone follow their business plan,” says Dave Kaster, principal at Fidelis LLC, a business advisory practice in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Kaster has written more than a thousand business plans with his clients. He recognizes the value of putting concepts and projections down on paper, but
