Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. Most business owners are focused on growth, impact, and ...

When preparing for 2025 and all the unknowns the future inevitably holds, a thorough strategic plan is critical to driving meaningful outcomes for any business. Effective strategic plans reflect on ...

A business exit strategy is a plan that a business owner or entrepreneur establishes to sell their ownership in a company to investors or another company, or to cease operations entirely. An effective ...

Creating a strategy is hard work. It requires reliable data, keen insights, a touch of innovation, and a lot of difficult decision-making. When executed effectively, it can create clarity and focus ...

I've recently been thinking about how, in life and in business, some terms are too often merged into a single meaning, depriving us of important distinctions that can help us define concepts. Without ...

Setting strategy should push your organization outside its comfort zone. Planning is comforting but it’s a terrible way to make strategy, says Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of ...

Matt Webber is an experienced personal finance writer, researcher, and editor. He has published widely on personal finance, marketing, and the impact of technology on contemporary arts and culture.