Basically, if you don't have a business plan your condemning yourself to chase your own tail. Have an idea, get a business plan made, start working. That's great advice in almost any field.

Looking forward to the following posts.

Don't waste time writing a business plan. Find out first if your idea can result in a value proposition which is accepted by the market. Build a mimimum viable product and start testing.

John' Mussers slide deck on the same topic is here: http://www.slideshare.net/jmusser/what-makes-a-great-open-ap...

Great article!