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Business Plans

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Business Plan Why do we need a Business plan Business Plan Content Company Overview Product/Service Marketing and Sales Plan Legal Plan Management Plan Operational Plan Financial Plan Video Web-quest

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Why do need a Business Plan?Where Do You Want To Go?How Are You Going to Get There?What Market Niches?How Much is it Going to Cost?Greatest Profit Opportunity?

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Business Plan Content

Company DescriptionProduct/Services DescriptionMarketing PlanLegal PlanManagement PlanOperations PlanFinancial Plan

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Company OverviewBrief Company Introduction

Mission statement Location, size, history Market and products Overview of company capabilities Objectives

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Products/Services Products / Services

What does it do? Uniqueness Competitive Advantage

Technology Brief description Applications

Commercialization Status Brief overview

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Marketing and Sales PlansSales Plan

Sales force structure – (direct or reps) Sales expectations/quotas Margins given to intermediaries Service and warranties Sales Budget Organizational chart indicating

planned growth

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Legal PlansShow the proposed type of legal

organization the ownership Considerations of Law

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Management PlanCompany OrganizationManagement TeamAdministrative Expenses

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Operations PlanManufacturing/Production Plan

Objectives Facilities Staffing Subcontractors Quality Control Budget / Operating Expenses

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Financial PlanFinancial Objectives

Time to Cash Flow Positive Time to profitability

Financial AssumptionsCapital RequirementsExit Scenario