Need assistance reviewing, and revising the final version of a business plan. The key to this assignment is to use the feedback received throughout the course to polish the plan to the point that you could confidently show it to investors and potential partners or customers. One new piece you will be including is a 1–2 page executive summary.
Your final business plan (an MS Word document).
Your final business plan financials (using the Business Plan Financials Excel Template).
Reminders and Notes
Your company, whether a startup company of your choosing or based on the snack food company scenario, will operate in a 100-mile radius from your home address. Your goal is to reach $1 million in sales by the end of the second year.
Company of Your Choice Guidelines [PDF].
Part 1: Business Plan—Final
Notes
The executive summary is a critical aspect of this assignment. Your ability to condense and highlight critical information about your chosen company to investors will determine whether they decide to invest in you and your company or not.
Chapter 4, “The Executive Summary,” pages 53–66, provides information about writing the executive summary. You may write either a synopsis or a narrative summary. Pay particular attention to the following:
Executive Summary Plan Preparation Forms on pages 58–61.
Sample Plans on pages 62–66.
Instructions
In MS Word, construct a 10–20 page business plan in which you:
Write a 1–2 page executive summary highlighting key aspects of each section of the business plan.
Incorporate feedback to produce a comprehensive business plan for the product or business. Specifically, you will be combining all of the previous assignments and revising them to build your business plan:
Company Overview and SWOT Matrix.
Be sure to include all the headings from the assignment.
Marketing Plan and Budget.
Be sure to include all the headings from the assignment; the budget part of this assignment will be addressed in Section 2.
Operations, Technology, Management and Organization, and Social Responsibility Plan (With Financials).