The opening section of your business plan -- typically called the executive summary -- can be an immediate turn on or turn off to potential investors in your business. As the saying goes: You only get ...

A strong, well-thought-out business plan is crucial for a business's success. Without one, it's tough to maintain a vision of the future and what the next steps for your business should be. Think of ...

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson once said, “If your pitch can’t fit on a beer mat, a napkin, or back of envelope, I’d rather listen to someone else’s pitch that can fit.” His thinking was that ...

Are you preparing to start your own business but uncertain about how to get started? A business plan ought to be one of the first steps in your entrepreneurial journey because it will organize the ...

All business plans must include a personal greeting of some sort. Here are some suggestions of what you should say. Your business plan is done, and it’s time to send it out. What’s the next step? A ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the franchising, restaurant and food services industry. An executive summary is a short but powerful document that ...

An important facet of any business plan is the marketing plan. The process of marketing includes finding, understanding and meeting the needs of the customer, as well as building the public awareness ...

The business continuity planning process contains several steps. These include project initiation, risk assessment, business impact analysis, strategy development, plan development, plan exercising ...