Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Q: How important is it to have a business strategy before starting the business? A: Don’t expect a strategy to guarantee success. Many ...

Ask most organizational leaders about their areas of focus and you will hear that strategy is among their highest priorities. Unfortunately, too often leaders pour their energy and resources into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a global philanthropy advisor and author of Delusional Altruism. The problem with planning, as I’ve learned from my business ...

It may be possible to succeed in some businesses without trying, but that’s certainly not going to work for agriculture. To make a profit producing food, fiber and fuel, you must put in a lot of hard ...

In an ever-changing media landscape, leaders of news organizations old and new must take an honest look at their businesses and craft a strategy for the future. Media consultant Alan Mutter notes that ...

As CEO of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, which provides management advice to charities, I spend a large portion of every day thinking, in one form or another, about strategy. Over the past three ...

Martin Gauss, who took up his new role as CEO of Bahrain-based Gulf Air six weeks ago, is putting his team together and formulating a strategy to revive Gulf Air’s brand and connectivity. “I’m just in ...