This is part 9 / 9 of Write Your Business Plan: Section 4: Marketing Your Business Plan series. Getting to know your customers is one of the most important things an entrepreneur needs to do, and ...

How does your business work? That’s the question you want to answer for investors — and yourself — in the operations section of your business plan. The basic goal of this section is to provide ...

Our step-by-step guide outlines what to include in your company's business growth plan and features expert advice from business strategy experts.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. Creating a business plan is a critical first step for any ...

"Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You need to have goals, create milestones and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success" (Yogi Berra, American ...