For the entrepreneur, knowing how to start writing a business plan can be as exhilarating as it is overwhelming. The business plan is a foundational document and the blueprint of your business and is ...

Katie Shives is a PhD candidate in Microbiology at the University of Colorado. Her writing can be found on her portfolio site, kdshives.com. Anyone pursuing a graduate degree has experienced the ...

Most business plans are written for an audience. The most common audience is investors and lenders. Another audience might be your employees. Make sure you write your plan with your key audience in ...

Every business startup, from one person home operations on up, requires some form of business plan. For small to medium businesses, it's possible to write your own business plan for free. For larger ...

When it comes to writing a business plan, how you present your information can make or break your hopes for finding funding. You may have covered every detail a potential investor could ask, but if ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is ...