In The Marketing Plan Handbook, author Robert W. Bly explains how you can develop big-picture marketing plans for pennies on the dollar with his 12-step marketing plan. In this edited excerpt, Bly ...

In one of my first jobs out of college, the Fortune 500 company that hired me had its mission posted in every cubicle: “To continuously exceed our customers’ increasing expectations.” I remember ...

Two of the most important paragraphs a business founder writes are the mission statement and the vision statement. While a mission statement describes a business's tangible goals, the vision statement ...

What’s your vision for your company? In an ideal world, what does your company want to do and how it is perceived by others? What’s the best you can be? Answering these questions can help you craft a ...

Consider the foundation on which your business lies. What are the underlying values? What is the mission, vision and purpose? These are often overlooked but are important when setting a strategy for ...

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When the Walt Disney Co. was created in 1923, it had a simple vision. The company wanted to be the “world’s leading producers and ...

Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday unveiled new mission and vision statements. The health system said the new statements “reinforce the importance of the organization’s role in ...

Dixon residents are encouraged to attend the next general plan advisory committee meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Senior Multi-Use Center, 201 South Fifth St., Dixon. Key items to be discussed include ...