A business plan,in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

A new study suggests that venture capitalists rarely consider the business plan when deciding whether to invest in a new company.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

Coppi's restaurant on U Street has become a good example in the community of how to operate a "green" business.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

A report from last year said women business owners are responsible for three trillion dollars a year in economic activity.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

And this traditional business model has not worked very well on the Internet, especially not in a bad economy.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

He started a textile business in that island nation in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The event gathers some of the world's most powerful political and business leaders at a small ski village in the Swiss Alps.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Some American students from Florida are bringing the business of beekeeping to farmers in a community in Ghana.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Business was so good that a five thousand dollar investment in the cattle industry could make forty-five thousand dollars in four years.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

But,in his words, "A smart entrepreneur should spend his time developing the business rather than the business plan."

VOA: special.2009.06.26

A patent forbids others from copying an invention and makes the invention valuable in the world of business.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

Until nineteen seventy-three, most telephone calls were made either at home, at a business or in a vehicle.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

As a young man, Mister Medbourne had lost all his money in a badly planned business deal.

VOA: special.2010.10.23

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

VOA: special.2010.05.16