Do you hate thinking about writing a 20- or 30-page business plan? I don’t blame you. Writing a formal business plan can consume days, or even weeks. One entrepreneur I met said that she’d been ...

ways you can use your business plan, and best practices to write your business plan. The primary value of your business plan is to create a written resource that evaluates all aspects of your new ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the franchising, restaurant and food services industry. An executive summary is a short but powerful document that can help ...

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The first step in small business risk management is figuring out what risks the business might face. Risks come in many forms ...

So add “write research plans” to this week’s to do list (and every week’s for the next few months) and start writing up the ideas in that manila folder into some genuine research plans. See which ones ...

Company protocol allowed her to write out a performance improvement plan (PIP) to help these employees understand the fundamental issues and work toward reaching a desired standard within a couple ...

If so, having a well-crafted business plan is critical. The debate continues regarding whether every startup requires a traditional business plan, especially when not actively seeking investment.