The most important document when starting a business is a business plan. This narrative document outlines the complete operational and financial outlook of the business. Startups will use their ...

If you are building a startup long enough, someone will ask for your business plan. Sometimes it is an investor. Sometimes it is a bank. Sometimes it is just you, staring at a blank Google Doc at 11 p ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Writing a business plan is like the architectural plan for a home or a brick-and-mortar building. You need to know what materials you ...

So you’ve come up with an idea for a business and made the courageous decision to strike out on your own. You’ll get to work on your terms, become your own boss, and hopefully turn a profit by doing ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Now that you understand why you need a business plan and you’ve spent some time doing your homework gathering the information you need to ...

Okay, so you enjoy baking, and you've lost count of the number of times friends and family have suggested that you open your own bakery. But the idea of finding a building and then creating a business ...