Overview
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Learn how to create a simple and effective business plan you can take to investors, share with cofounders, or just start executing.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Creating a powerful business plan to excel
- Getting the most out of this course
- Executive summary
- Corporate structure and ownership
- Mission and vision statements, products, and services
- Pricing information and goals
- Keys to success and SWOT analysis
- Market analysis
- Industry analysis
- Product or service description
- Excel in advertising and selecting your target market
- Determining your website strategy
- Milestones in your business plan
- Define your exit strategy
- Types of financial plans
- Opening statement
- Short term
- Intermediate term
- Financial risk management
- Cash adequacy protection plan
- Management succession plan
- Long term
- Startup summary
- An overview of a sales forecast
- Charting your sales forecast
- Personnel plan
- Projected profit and loss
- Projected cash flow and balance sheet
- Using a break-even analysis
- Business ratio analysis
- Next steps
