Write a short Executive Summary at the beginning of your business plan.

Write a short Executive Summary at the beginning of your business plan.

Section One should be thorough, but concise and to-the-point. Use headlines, graphs and “bullets” to improve readability, minimum of 3 pages (may exceed).

Section Two describes in numbers the outcome of your business strategies and plans. Your financial projections should be based on facts and research, not wild guesses. Be prepared to justify your numbers, minimum of 3 pages (may exceed).

Section Three contains supporting information to reinforce the first two sections. This sections contents will vary with your type of business. Owners should be very involved in the planning process. Hiring someone to do it or delegating it to someone who is not a key member of the company will result in an inferior plan, minimum of 3 pages (may exceed).

Section One: The Business
Description of Business
Products/Services
Market Analysis
Marketing Plan
Location
Competition
Management and Operations
Personnel
Application and Effect of Loan or Investment

Section Two: Financial Data
Projected Financial Statements Income Statements
o Cash Flow Statements
o Balance Sheets
Assumptions to Projected Financial Statements
o Break-Even Analysis
o Sources and Uses of Funds

Section Three: Supplemental Information
Additional Business Information
Appendix
Business Letters of Recommendations

You are required to submit a minimum of 13-Pages (Title Page and 12 Pages of Content), APA formatted paper with substantial content. Substantial content requires staying on topic and fully addresses the assignment in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner. Please review your paper for grammar and punctuation errors.

Submission must be the students original thoughts based on the topics from the topics learned from the core BASBOL Program Courses, and “Open Educational Resources” (OERs) Course Textbooks and/or other referenced sources. Direct quotes from references must be less than 500 words.
For academic purposes, at least 5 APA formatted reference is required pertaining to the topic(s).

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