Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...

In a column last February, I described the six main elements of a book proposal: overview, competition, market, author description, table of contents, and sample chapter. But I focused on one of ...

We offer all University affiliates access to an electronic version of the New Faculty Guide to Competing for Research Funding, a resource for those who are new to submitting proposals, and reference ...

For your business to continue growing, you need to keep adding to your client portfolio. To do so, you must be able to sell your business and communicate what you can do for prospective clients. One ...

A change proposal is a formal proposal to change the level of service or funding for activities or to effect changes to the scope of work. The change analysis proposal must be planned and then there ...

Winning grants isn’t easy, but the process of proposal writing doesn’t have to be an arduous task, says Ms. Carlson, a nonprofit consultant. It is, however, imperative to meet three important criteria ...

Writing a book proposal may not be exactly like appearing on a reality-TV show, but thinking about it in that way might help to remind you what you’re up against. In case you spend your Monday nights ...

A proposal for accounting service is used for bidding on a request for proposal (RFP), asking for funding, or persuading potential clients or customers to support the proposal financially. Accounting ...

Most people are already adept grant-proposal writers — they just don’t know it yet, writes Waddy Thompson, director of external affairs at Opera America. “Asking Mom and Dad for money and approaching ...