My original business plan? To work hard, get 300 clients in the Rochester area, and live happily ever after.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Don't get stuck on a business plan just because it was your business plan.
In this business, I don't know how you can have a plan or how you can orchestrate anything. But I've been lucky with my choices. I'm very strong-willed, so I've been able to stick with it. I'm lucky there.
I want to be in this business as long as this business will have me.
I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
For 30 years I've been responsible for managing client money, and it's been a joy, but at some point I need to move on. Thirty years is enough.
You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move.
I've been preparing to run a big company all my life.
I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work.
Read over your existing business plan like you read the menu at your favorite restaurant.
In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.