{"id":30974,"date":"2023-08-18T20:36:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/business-plan-one-source-from-textbook-and-choose-any-other-source-elsewhere-please-include-all-bulletins\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T20:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T20:36:49","slug":"business-plan-one-source-from-textbook-and-choose-any-other-source-elsewhere-please-include-all-bulletins","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/business-plan-one-source-from-textbook-and-choose-any-other-source-elsewhere-please-include-all-bulletins\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Plan (one source from textbook and choose any other source elsewhere) Please include all bulletins."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A business plan provides a business with a vision for the future and a clear strategy for expanding the business. Understanding the components of a business plan can help identify the needed resources, timeline, and steps to achieve the business&#8217;s goals, grow the business, track the growth, help to forecast and plan for potential risks, and help investors see the viability of a company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For your course project that you will finish in Unit VII, you will create a basic business plan for a fictional start-up health care company. This unit III assignment will be the first part of your business plan project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Complete the following for your assignment that is due in this unit:<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Research<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Feel free to research an organization ( Doctor&#8217;s office, acute care, ambulance service, clinic etc..)similar to the one you would like to complete the project on as a guide for creating the business plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In this assignment include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the executive summary,<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the business description,&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a short explanation of the importance of the time value of money, and<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the four basic financial statements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Executive Summary<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The executive summary is the first and one of the most critical parts of a business plan. It provides an overview of what the business plan will cover. You can always go back and update this section in Unit VII before posting the final course project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include the following in your executive summary:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">mission statement,<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">products or services you offer, and<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">why you started the business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Business Description<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The business description should include the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">type of entity (e.g., a sole proprietorship, or an LLC) and name of the company;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">information regarding the industry your company will serve;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">your team experience in the industry;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">business goals (two long-term and two short-term plans);<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">product or services;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">target customer;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">trends and major competitors; and<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">what will set your company apart from the competition.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Time Value of Money<\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Briefly explain the importance of the time value of money and how you would use it to maximize profit for your company.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto;\">Financial Tools<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create the four key financial statements, and explain the importance of each for your company. Refer to the examples in your text, and research similar companies online. Remember this is a start-up company and may not have a lot of resources. The main consideration is adding the right information for each of the financial statements.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify three critical ratios that are important to review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This Unit III Course Project should be at least two to three pages in length. As this assignment will also be part of a larger project that will be due in Unit VII, no abstract or title page is needed at this time. You must use at least two sources, including the textbook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A business plan provides a business with a vision for the future and a clear strategy for expanding the business. 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