Business Planning for Success
Business Planning for Success is a fully self-directed 12-part course providing business owners the opportunity to create a complete business plan for their business.
A well written business plan takes time, patience, detail, research, and a right approach to presentation. This course will walk you through the process of writing your business plan. You will learn why certain details are vitally important, which parts of your business plan can make or break your finance query with investors, and how to sharpen your public presentation of your company and its business.
Each unit focuses on one of the nine components of your business plan. Being self-directed you can take as much time as you need to complete each of the units. This course walks you through each one. You will need to make sure you put the right amount of effort into your work to enable you to complete the course and have the desired results.
At the end of this course, you will have enough information collected and collated to make a well-laid out business plan.
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 98 Lessons
- 0 Quizzes
- 0 Assignments
- 30h Duration
Overview
- Introduction
- Meet the Curriculum Developer
Course Mission & Vision
- Course Mission
- Course Vision
Section 1: Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Structure
- Tips
- Products & Services Overview
- Ownership Overview
- Industry Outlook
- Customer / Client Overview
- Product / Service Condense V1
- Business Owner Condense V1
- Business & Industry Future Condense V1
- Customer Condense V1
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 2: Company Description
- Introduction
- Mission Statement
- Company Goals and Objectives
- Business Philosophy
- Industry Description & Trends
- Your Business Strengths
- Organizational Structure
- Mission and Philosophy Statements - Condensed V1
- Goals and Objectives - Condensed V1
- Organizational Structure - Condensed V1
- Strengths - Condensed V1
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 3: Products and Services
- Introduction
- Primary Product / Service
- Second Main Product / Service
- Products / Services Being Developed
- Product / Service Competition
- Why Your Products / Services are Best
- Primary Product / Service Condensed V1
- Second Main Product / Service Condensed V1
- Product / Service Competition Condensed V1
- Products / Services Being Developed Condensed V1
- Why Your Products / Services are Best Condensed V1
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 4: Marketing Plan
- Introduction
- Your Marketing & Economics
- Marketing Research
- Products Features & Benefits
- Customers
- Niche - Ideal Customer Details
- Economics - Information & Facts
- Product / Service Customer's Perspective
- Competition
- Strategy
- Promotion
- Promotional Budget
- Pricing
- Location
- Distribution Channels
- Sales Forecast
- Customers Condensed V1
- Economics - Information & Facts Condensed V1
- Product / Service From Your Customer's Perspective Condensed V1
- Competition Condensed V1
- Promotion, Location, and Distribution Channels Condensed V1
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 5: Operational Plan
- Introduction
- Current Product / Service Status
- Product / Service People Power Requirements
- Product / Service Financial Resources Requirements
- Product / Service Risk Exposure
- Product / Service Development Timeline
- Product / Service Next Actions
- Product / Service Progress Measurement
- Production Details
- Production Location
- Production Access
- Production Legal Environment
- Personnel
- Inventory
- Suppliers
- Credit Policies
- Accounts Receivable (A/R)
- Accounts Payable (A/P)
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Management & Organization
- Introduction
- Board of Directors and Advisory Support
- Professional Services
- Business Development & Guides
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 7: Financial Plan / Statements
- Introduction
- 12-Month & 5-Year Profit and Loss Projections
- Projected Cash Flow
- Projected Balance Sheet
- Breakeven Analysis
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 8: Start-up, Financial History and Capitalization Expenses
- Introduction
- Start-Up Expenses
- Financial History and Analysis
- Cohesive Multi-Paragraph Summary
Section 9: Appendices
- Documentation Attachment List
Resources & References Documents
- Unit Workbook / Worksheets