# Why Startups should NOT write a Business Plan | Sidebean

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Published: 2026-07-29T05:51:00+00:00
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## Resource

Why Startups should NOT write a Business Plan Ready to validate your startup business idea? Slidebean can help validate your business idea with our: ► Lean Validation Board Template and other tools ► Startup Business Validation Lessons ► Startup Community Events & more… Our Community gets 30% Discount on their Slidebean Subscription. Get started now: Use code ‘SLBYTCOMMUNITY’ or check out https://youtube.slidebean.com/validate-my-business Are you ready to pitch to investors? We can help ► https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck-consulting-services?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=nobusinessplan Subscribe to our FREE weekly startup newsletter ► https://slidebean.com/newsletter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=nobusinessplan A relatively common question we get revolves around business plans. A good amount of our customers asks us if we can write a business plan for them, and we always respectfully decline. In this video, we are going to look into why the business plan is an outdated way to approach starting a business, and how new frameworks like The Lean Startup are a much more effective way to build companies. #slidebean #startups #businessplan 0:32 - Why startups should not write a business plan? 5:09 - Pitch deck vs. Business plan 6:21 - In summary... Let us improve your pitch deck: https://slidebean.com/founders-edition?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=video-content Sign Up for Slidebean - 1 month FREE: https://slidebean.com/youtube Read the article: https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-how-to-write-a-business-plan Our free Udemy Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/starting-a-business-101/ Build your website with our templates - https://slidebean.com/sites Get The Lean Startup Book: htt…

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