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.<p>Looking forward to the following posts.
John' Mussers slide deck on the same topic is here: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jmusser/what-makes-a-great-open-api" rel="nofollow">http://www.slideshare.net/jmusser/what-makes-a-great-open-ap...</a>