In developing a Business Plan to attract investment capital, you will be more successful when it is based upon a realistic strategic plan reflecting how the senior management will run the business, and manage the opportunities and risks.  While a typical Business Plan is a sales document, the Strategic Plan is a confidential internal frank framework for decision-making. 

The goal is to develop issue-oriented strategies and effective actions.  This outlines our business planning philosophies and the strategic planning process typically used in working with management teams.

Every business situation is unique.  This process is modified to meet the needs of specific businesses and management realities.  For example, while an emerging high tech company is approached differently than a large industrial operation in search of refocus,  any strategic planning process involves these elements, whether or not systematically articulated. 

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