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Build a creative business vision

We all know that we should have a vision for our business – a destination spot in the distance, driving us forward, bursting with opportunity and excitement.

But where to start? Start with this blog for inspiration.

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3 questions to ask when building a business vision

There are sackfuls of useful questions that can help you think about what you want your business to be in a year’s time, and you can end up with a mass of thoughts and ideas that don’t seem to cohere into anything useful. The trick is to explore lots of thinking, have lots of ideas and then spend time editing and reducing these into something small, well-formed and useful.

So here’s three that I find are a really good place to start.

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