Business development means making your business grow- period.
Whether that is through sourcing, acquisitions, licensing, partnering, the securing of funding, investing, sales or simply finding the opportunity to present your services, the first step is
illuminating possibilities for decision makers. They have to see what advantage there may be to a further interaction with your business. It's more than knowing the right people- it's representing the potential with vision and alacrity attentive to that person's interests but furthering their horizon.