In a few simple steps, we can learn how to turn any idea, great or small, into a reality.
First things first - Write Down The Business Idea!
Put your idea onto paper. In fact, write down all your ideas, thoughts, things to do etc on paper. That is the first step. This helps remove the remember element from your brain. A fact is that if you do not write them down, the brain will task itself trying to remember what the good idea was. You are advised to write it down so that this brain power is used to think about how to make the idea work rather than try to remember what you had thought about.
Now Think and Analyse Your Ideas
You have listed your ideas. All great and small. Now you can look critically at which one you should work on first. Prioritise. Once you pick a winner, brainstorm and explore further into the idea. How, What etc. SWOT it, 5W2H it, Pareto it, SWIFT it ... whatever your analysis technique. Make sure you have all this written down.
Set Realistic Goals For Each Idea
You have probably heard this phrase before - begin with the end in mind. It is very important to set goals for each idea. You are not aiming for the sky at once. You are identifying what you want to achieve in the future, within a certain timeframe. Set realistic goals that you can achieve, goals that that will make you proud and want to reach for more. Goals that will allow you to learn in the process. Goals that will make you want to aim higher and know you can do it.
Test Drive Your Ideas
Now that we have the idea that could work, it is a question of trying it out mentally in a real world (or business) scenario. If it is a product, determine who the target customer is, why it would work for them, how and where you would sell it etc. Then consider your competition and how you have the edge over them (or them over you).
Put The Ideas Into Action - Execute
A little disclaimer before I share this with you. Do not expect everything to fall into place overnight. Another famous saying - Rome was not built in a day. Imagine you have a son ( if you don’t have one ). Your only son is two years old and you would like him to become successful and happy and maybe support you when you get old. Would it be possible to send him to school tomorrow and get him a job the very next day? Certainly not. He is not yet ready. Your idea is your baby, give it some time to grow and mature. Love it, nurture it and cater to its needs. Spend some time and get to know it a little more, then you will be able to shape it the way you want. There are going to be times when your ideas will get out of hands, won’t co-operate, give it a little talk, work with it. You will see, just like your baby, this idea will grow and mature and maybe someday will support you through your old age too.
If You Had All The Money
This is the best way to start putting an idea into action. Imagine you had all the money (actually resources) in the world to get your business idea to start and succeed. How would you go about it? Lack of capital or resource is the biggest stumbling block. Placing yourself in this frame of mind will empower to think big, in the proverbial outside the box. Once you have your plan (or thoughts), again please write them down, then you have an excellent starting point. Now what we have to do is to constrain ourselves into a real life situation. OK! The money has reduced by half, or you cannot get the consultancy support, how would you still put the business idea into action? By putting each constraint into our situation in turn, we are able to deal with the challenge. Very soon, you will have a fully-fledged plan in place. Again make sure that you have recorded all this.
Start Small
Now we can start making it happen. Start small. If it is a web design service, you could consider using only free web hosting and free web design applications. Learn the ropes as you go along. Once you are more confident and the clients begin to increase, then you start scaling up! If you want to start for example a tomato growing farm, start with a few potted plants, or your back (even front) garden. Learn the ropes, the market, your customers etc. Then scale up, rent a farm, hire people etc.
Learn From Other People’s Mistakes
You will do best to mingle with people already doing the business you want to join. They have tips, tricks, further insights all because they made mistakes. They probably made fatal mistakes, but learnt how to move on. Listen and learn from them. Be careful to avoid the overly negative comments, which are more likely to kill your enthusiasm than help you.
Be Positive, Stay Focused
Be optimistic. Enough said!
If you have made notes along the process above, you have all the information you need to prepare a fantastic business plan.
Your business plan should be simple and make lots of sense.

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