Business Development and Planning Definitions

These are definitions to terms often used in business development and planning:

Business development company
A Business Development Company or BDC is a form of publicly traded private equity vehicle in the United States.

B.D
Business Development

1940 Act Investment company
The Investment Company Act applies to all investment companies, but exempts several types of investment companies from the act's coverage. The most common exemptions are found in Sections 3(c)(1) and 3(c)(7) of the act and include hedge funds.
Investment Company Act of 1940

B.D.C
Business Development Company

New business development
New business development concerns all the activities involved in realizing new business opportunities, including product or service design, business model design, and marketing.

Business development plan
A business development plan comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at gaining new customers and at penetrating existing markets.

B.D. consultant
Business Development Consultant

B.D. consulting
Business Development Consulting

Registered Investment Advisor
A person or firm in the United States who has registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or state regulatory agency (where the primary business is situated or multiple States in some cases) in connection with the management of the investments of others. The proper designation for a person so registered would be "An Investment Advisor registered with the SEC" (or a specific state if so registered).

Corporate finance consultants
Helps businesses better manage their corporate assets and acquisitions.

Corporate finance
Corporate finance is an area of finance dealing with the financial decisions corporations make and the tools and analysis used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximize corporate value

Business plans for small businesses
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals.