Business Planning | Page 4

A few basic steps now will have you moving fast toward your goals once the holidays are past.

Now is the time to assess where you are and plan how to get where you are heading toward.

When you launch with only so much money to work with, smart moves at just the right time are essential.

How would your business survive if you stepped away for a day, a week, or forever?

Change the way you think about money and success, and you're halfway there.

When you're set to grow your business, take action and make it happen.

Before you do anything for the first time, read a book by somebody who has done it a lot of times.

Too little planning is bad but, sometimes, so is too much investment money.

Business owners commonly wait far too long to get the professional help needed to make the best of what they have built.

Work with a trusted advisor to develop a strategic forecast, and you won't need 15 minutes of fame to rescue your business.

Fire up that Excel spreadsheet, and get started breaking down tasks so you can actually complete them.

The key is not your team's ability to develop and stick to a long-term strategic content plan -- it's your ability to always be strategically planning content that works for your goals.

Individually, these seven flaws won't destroy your business, but cumulatively . . . watch out.

Don't be afraid to ask yourself: What happened?

Over time, your business plan will change. Here are a few tips to smartly and efficiently update your strategic plan and build team buy-in.

Don't let the glamour and allure of startup culture blind you to the practical prerequisite of a rock-solid business plan.

What, exactly, is your big hairy audacious goal? Yes, it's called a BHAG, and it's a real thing.

Evaluate what worked and what didn't in 2015, then make your plan to do more of what works in 2016.

If the slacker everybody has learned to work around quits, no problem. It's the person who always picks up the slack you can't afford to lose.

Most plans fail to achieve their objective and end up misrepresenting the business.

Five strategies to help you assess these last two months of 2015 as you prepare for 2016.