Assignment 3 Part 2: Business Plan Draft
Due Week 8 and worth 30 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a draft of your business plan and an income statement containing your business plan financials (i.e. Week 7 Discussion The Financials). Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
You must intend to raise money for your startup company. You can start with money from friends and family but at some point you will need funds from outside investors, either angels or venture capitalists, depending on how much money you project you will need to raise. Another possible angle is to develop money through crowdfunding, assuming your product meets the demand of such audiences.
Before you can raise money, you must develop a business plan that convinces an investor that your company will succeed.
Section 1: Business Plan (MS Word or equivalent)
Read Chapters 18 and 19 of the course text: Successful Business Plan. Use the Plan Preparation Forms at the end of each chapter of Successful Business Plan as a rough guide.
Write an approximately fifteen to twenty (15-20) page draft of your business plan in which you:
Revise the components of the following previously submitted sections based on the feedback you have received.
Company Description (Assignment 1)
Industry Analysis and Trends (Assignment 1)
Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Assignment 1)
Target Market (Assignment 2)
Competition (Assignment 2)
Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Assignment 2)
Create an Ethics & Social Responsibility Plan.
Note: The Ethics & Social Responsibility plan should account for approximately three to five (3-5) pages of the Business Plan Draft.
Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
Hints: Consider the following areas:
Creating jobs
Following the laws of every jurisdiction in which your company operates
Fair and honest treatment of employees
Non-discrimination of employees and increasing diversity of your work force
Hints: If your company is designed as a social venturein which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goaldescribe what that goal is and what aspects of your company are designed to reach that goal. Provide a rationale for why you have or why you have not chosen this to be a social venture.
Discuss how your companys activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
Hints: As a beverage company, consider such issues as your choice of packaging, disposal of bottles / packages by consumers, and your use of resources, such as water in areas where water may be scarce.
Determine any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population (e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.
Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)
For year one, revise and submit the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe strategic planning techniques used to formulate alternative strategies designed to achieve stated business goals.
Create a plan to implement a firms strategy and manage the change from current operations.
Analyze strategies for exerting the internal leadership needed to drive the implementation of strategic initiatives and improve operating excellence.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic management.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic management using proper writing mechanics.
the rubric
Unacceptable 0 69% F
Fair 70 79% C
Proficient 80 89% B
Exemplary 90 100% A
BUS599-A3-11a. Revise the Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Company Description (Mini Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-21b. Revise the Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Industry Analysis and Trends (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-31c. Revise the Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Project Deliverable 1) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-41d. Revise the Target Market (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Target Market (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Target Market (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Target Market (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Target Market (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-51e. Revise the Competition (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Competition (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Competition (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Competition (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Competition (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-61f. Revise the Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely revised the Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially revised the Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily revised the Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly revised the Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Project Deliverable 2) section based on the feedback you have received.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-72a. Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely described the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially described the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily described the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly described the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
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BUS599-A3-82b. Discuss how your companys activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely discussed how your companys activities will affect the environment and did not submit or incompletely identified the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially discussed how your companys activities will affect the environment and did not submit or incompletely identified the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily discussed how your companys activities will affect the environment and did not submit or incompletely identified the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly discussed how your companys activities will affect the environment and did not submit or incompletely identified the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-92c. Determine any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Suggest the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely determined any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Did not submit or incompletely suggested the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially determined any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Partially suggested the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily determined any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Satisfactorily suggested the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly determined any health issues / claims related to the product you are making, whether negative or positive. Thoroughly suggested the strategy your company will use to mitigate any negative issues, and to ensure any positive claims are true.
Feedback:
BUS599-A3-102d. Suggest your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 1.45 (4.83%)
Did not submit or incompletely suggested your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.
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Points:
Points Range: 1.47 (4.9%) 1.66 (5.53%)
Partially suggested your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments..
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Points:
Points Range: 1.68 (5.6%) 1.87 (6.23%)
Satisfactorily suggested your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 1.89 (6.3%) 2.1 (7%)
Thoroughly suggested your companys plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.
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BUS599-A3-113. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
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Points Range: 0 (0%) 3.1 (10.35%)
More than 6 errors present
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Points:
Points Range: 3.15 (10.5%) 3.56 (11.85%)
5-6 errors present
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Points Range: 3.6 (12%) 4 (13.35%)
3-4 errors present
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Points Range: 4.05 (13.5%) 4.5 (15%)
0-2 errors present
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BUS599-A3-124. For year one, revise and submit the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).
Points:
Points Range: 0 (0%) 3.1 (10.35%)
Did not submit or incompletely, for year one, revised and submitted the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 3.15 (10.5%) 3.56 (11.85%)
Partially, for year one, revised and submitted the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 3.6 (12%) 4 (13.35%)
Satisfactorily, for year one, revised and submitted the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1).
Feedback:
Points:
Points Range: 4.05 (13.5%) 4.5 (15%)
Thoroughly, for year one, revised and submitted the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet sections from the Business Plan Financials MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files
