This meme comes directly from south park s season 2 episode 17 30th in total which aired on december 16th 1998.
Step one step two step three profit.
An enigma wrapped in a conundrum wrapped in a sandwich bag.
Collect payment for step 2.
Look at what you ve got.
The episode was written by series co creators trey parker and matt stone along with pam brady and directed by parker.
The gnomes lack of a business plan is used as a foil to the other main theme of the episode a focus on large corporations.
While the character tweek s parents are busy trying to figure out how their small coffee shop will compete with the giant harbuck s corporation starbucks parody the gnomes illustrate a.
Compute net income income from operations non operating and other the cost of goods sold is separated from the operating expenses and listed in the gross margin section.
As long as payment is higher than what it cost you to do step 2 you will profit.
Step 2 will be different not only for every author but for every author s every ms.
Identify a need or problem that people have.
In this particular episode the children s underwear are being stolen from them by gnomes for the purpose of profit the process as explained by thee gnomes goes something.
2 i work out what s missing from your draft.
The result of two steps in a process the second of which is a mystery.
The 30th episode of the series overall it originally aired on comedy central in the united states on december 16 1998.
Dec 15 2002.
This is particularly important because it gives investors creditors and management.
Ars legatus legionis tribus.
Not to give specifics but to give a bit more shape to what step 2 looks like.
1 2 step is a song recorded by american singer ciara featuring american rapper missy elliott for ciara s debut album goodies.
Written by ciara and missy elliott and produced by jazze pha it was released as the album s second single in 2004 in the united states and the second quarter of 2005 internationally.
Fill that need or solve that problem for them.
All that said there s a few broader points that we can apply.
A meme that comes from south park.