Asterisk Business Plan
This open business plan is off to a good start, as people have written me aside to offer examples, advice, and to pose some challenging questions. This is kind of how I’d expect things to be, even though at first it sounded like a stupid idea to some.
And becuse is is a stupid idea. At least the way I posed it. Reading through business plans and business plan outlines at the SBA, I can’t really imagine how one would go about creating an open competative analysis, for example.
Still, as one poster known only as Paul noted on the Asterisk mailing list.
I think the idea itself is good in many ways. A generic business plan template for the hypothetical “Acme Widgets” company can be obtained from textbooks or attending the right classes. I’m sure some people have gotten rich by taking this plan they got in school and modifying it. Maybe the same will happen to some who take the free “Acme VOIP” plan available online and modify it for their unique needs.
My notion is probably more along the lines of, how to start your own Asterisk reseller business.
Why shouldn’t developers, hackers, use the same collaborative energy in business that they use in development? Why should we let someone else “monitize” our efforts?