True, the whole purpose of a business is to ensure that it is long lasting all the while making profits. Businesses gets handed down by generations, if the original owners weren't visionaries, the businesses wouldn't get handed down.I couldn't agree more on this with you as I feel that any business that does not have a long-term financial plan it's not serious to succeed in business as a business is supposed to be a going concern without and expiring date so there should be no reason for a business not to have a long-term plan.