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When You Should Revise Your Mission StatementHint: A good revision should take place a lot more often than just every three to five years.

ByJohn Boitnott

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You created amission statementfor your business or nonprofit to provide your stakeholders — employees, customers, investors and others — with a succinct statement about the organization. The mission statement also states your company's goals and purpose. It defines your product or service offering as well as who it serves.

As a business owner or company leader, you might have pondered when you should work on revising your mission statement. After all, a mission statement may be relevant for a much longer time than a company's overall vision statement. As a new entrepreneur, you may be contemplating if your startup missionstatementwill stand the test of time as you launch and scale-up.

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