What's a business plan?

Mostly fiction.

 

My plan. Book a load. Deliver. Get paid. Repeat.
Never had a plan on paper.

On a bad day. Do what has to get done to make to tomorrow.
On a good day. Enjoy the ride.
On a great day, bank it, cause you know a bad day is. Coming.

 

Here's what I did, take what you want from it.

 

Bringing more money in the front door than goes out the back.

 

Its not how much money you make, its how much you keep.

 

Amen Brother

 

Amen

 

Once you get a Business plan, I think you need a Mission Statement. Then money magically falls into your pockets. Lol. Real answer send $9.99 and a SASE to PO Box..... Otherwise, I’m sure Kevin Whatshisname has the answer.

 

This.
But I would quantify all this with numbers right down the fuel economy of the truck.
The amount of days you can go without a load and stay afloat
Contingency plans for downturns like moving your operation to a better market . This in particular if I were a lender, I would love to see that on paper because it shows a higher level of commitment. As a lender I might not even know that was an option if logistics is not in my wheelhouse.

When you write stuff down like this , you also get to figure out the limits of what you are willing to do. Many people have trouble visualizing all the potential twists and turns the future may hold . Helps to write it all down.

If you are a seasoned veteran , you can hold all this in your mind without any problem and the only reason to write it down is to get a loan.