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Creating a business plan is the first and most crucial step to building a successful company. “A business plan is important because it communicates to everyone involved in the organization what the ...

Following the business model generation series in Business Talk last year, a number of Business Daily readers sent in their business plans for advice. While business model generation encompasses the ...

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The primary value of your business plan is to create a written resource that evaluates most aspects of your new business including a description of your target customers and markets, profitability, ...

It’s a biz plan, not a doctoral thesis! Find out why an elaborate plan can weigh you down — and how to keep it simple. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I first ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I first started working with business plans back in the late 1970s, the average plan was much longer and more complex than what I ...