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Mark Zuckerberg started out with Facemash, a matchmaking site originally just for Harvard students; Apple struggled mightily to compete against IBM and Microsoft in the hardware and software business before specializing in streaming music and smartphones; 3M engineers were trying to create a super-strong adhesive and accidentally created a low-tack reusable adhesive which became the hugely successful Post-it® Notes. Business plans are necessary documents but business planning is a fluid, continual, every day process for the entrepreneur turned small business owner.