Even as a nonSox fan , I loved watching the crowd joining in for the chorus . <| sep |> It ' s not free market though , the major clubs have a monopoly on all the talent and frequently operate at a loss thereby inflating the price of players . U . S antitrust law , for example , is there exactly to preserve competition and stop such flagrant abuses of dominance in the market . <| sep |> Thanks for the reply . I ' m happy to respond . I think we may have a disconnect in our idea of what we are calling a formal business plan , a pro forma budget , and a road map . I agree , if you ' re not seeking outside funding then a 20 page business plan with executive summary , etc . isn ' t required for anyone . But certainly more thought needs to go in than just saying , Imma do this , let ' s go buy some stuff and get started . Before I started my business I spent a total of about 4 days running financial scenarios and business models . and am convinced that my first direction would have been a disastrous failure had I followed just my gut . The numbers didn ' t pan out at all . Had I not done the exercise it would have cost me tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to realize I ' d fouled up by not planning . I ' ll also agree that getting moving and diving in up to your elbows into hard work needs to happen while the passion is white hot . I ' ve seen companies fail because they couldn ' t take decisive action on anything . It was paralysis by analysis . Eventually the opportunity would pass them by because they couldn ' t get off dead center and capture it . Make a plan , stick to it , work hard , and review the results regularly to see what ' s working and what doesn ' t . And to me , being a true business owner is far different than being selfemployed . Planning and building a systematic machine that can function without you overseeing every detail allows you to focus on longer term growth plans and expansion . That ' s owning a business . The sooner the daytoday can be run by someone else by following a system you ' ve developed be it manufacturing or a service industry or whatever the sooner you are going to be making money from the labor of others while you focus on overall company health for the long term by managing capital expansion , debt load , cash flow , vendors , sales team , etc . Until you plan for scalability of an operation you ' ll always be the one doing the work yourself and will not have the ability to grow beyond a certain point . And for some that is okay if they can make a living as their own boss , but that ' s being self employed and not a business owner . That ' s the distinction I made and my view on where the line divides the two .