Business Plan .

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a draft of your business plan and an income statement containing your business plan financials.
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:
1.    Revise the components of the following previously submitted sections based on the feedback you have received.
1.
a.    Company Description (Assignment 1)
b.    Industry Analysis and Trends (Assignment 1)
c.    Strategic Position & Risk Assessment (Assignment 1)
d.    Target Market (Assignment 2)
e.    Competition (Assignment 2)
f.    Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (Assignment 2)
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.
2.
a.    Describe the ways in which your company is committed to being a good corporate citizen.
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?    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 venture—in which you have a primary purpose of achieving a social or environmental goal—describe 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.
3.
b.    Discuss how your company’s activities will affect the environment and identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.
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?    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.
4.
c.    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.
5.
d.    Many beverage products have negative health impacts on certain segments of a population (e.g., children, pregnant mothers, etc.). Suggest your company’s plan, through advertising, distribution, and / or other methods, to target and reach only appropriate market segments.

Section 2: Business Plan Financials (MS Excel worksheets template)
4.    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).

Business Plan
Order Description
ME: I was planning on making a business plan to open a restaurant. I would like to make a proposal to the bank for a loan in doing so and come up with the plan and the type of food to be served.

Professor:A business plan is fine, and it can include those things. Three notes, though, about how you have to modify a normal business plan to fit our capstone. First, you may have to make some changes to a “traditional” business plan, in general. For example, you are to have a subheading about “ethics” and at least a full page discussing ethics, with citations. Second, ensure that it has ample references to support your ideas throughout the plan. Third, a regular capstone paper ends with recommendations; with a business plan you may instead end with evidence based (i.e. cited) “next steps”, these would be actionable steps that you would take after writing the business plan if you were really prepared to continue the business forward.

I have attached the instructions for this assignment and have the numbers together. I can be of any help as well. What I am stuck on is the Ethics portion and includinf citations and articles. Please assist and thank you for the help.

Final Capstone Proposal – Individual Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria

Non-performance

Basic

Proficient

Distinguished

Analyze an organizational challenge or opportunity.
20%
Does not describe an organizational challenge or opportunity. Describes an organizational challenge or opportunity. Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity. Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity, and evaluates how well the challenge or opportunity meets capstone requirements.

Explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
20%
Does not explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes but it is not clear how the program outcomes will be demonstrated. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and discusses how the MBA experience and knowledge will contribute to capstone project success.

Identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity.
20%
Does not identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity. Identifies sources needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity but does not demonstrate a clear understanding of the data or other requirements needed to resolve the business challenge or opportunity. Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity. Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity, and explains how the data and other requirements will be obtained.

Develop a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity.
30%
Does not describe a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity. Describes a solution to a business challenge or opportunity but does not develop a strategy or action plan for implementing the solution. Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity. Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity, which demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the organization, the challenge, and the process for implementing a solution.

Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.
10%
Writing does not support a central idea. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. Writing supports an idea but is inconsistent and contains major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Writing coherently supports a central idea with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Writing is coherent and consistently appropriate, using evidence to support a central idea and with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

Activity Instructions

For this assignment, complete the Final Capstone Proposal as described in the MBA Capstone Project Guidelines document given in the resources. Appendix C of this document provides a proposal outline for you to follow. Appendix D is the scoring guide from MBA6900. It is included for you to review as you draft your proposal to ensure that your project will meet the requirements. Submit your proposal as a Word document to this assignment

If it needs more pages please let me know
Attachment C for my assignment is included:

Appendix C – Proposal Content and Format Introduction – In this section, identify the organization and whether you have access to it directly. Describe the exact nature of the project you propose to do and why you want to do this particular project. • Target organization. • Nature of the project. • Rationale for the project. Outcome Demonstration – Describe how this project will allow you to demonstrate each MBA program outcome. The four section titles below refer to the outcomes that are listed in the Prospectus Template. • Apply foundational knowledge. • Integrate information. • Lead and collaborate. • Integrate principles. Data Sources – Identify where you will get the data needed to complete the project, whether via direct access to the organization or via published sources. Be as detailed as possible, since the instructor must evaluate whether you have access to enough data to make the project feasible. Projected Timeline – Provide a timeline for the project, to be completed no later than the end of MBA6900. Tasks should include any preliminary activity needed to get permissions (if needed), data gathering, data analysis, report writing, presentation preparation, and anything else that would form a significant part of the work needed to complete the project.

Business Plan
Order Description
ME: I was planning on making a business plan to open a restaurant. I would like to make a proposal to the bank for a loan in doing so and come up with the plan and the type of food to be served.

Professor:A business plan is fine, and it can include those things. Three notes, though, about how you have to modify a normal business plan to fit our capstone. First, you may have to make some changes to a “traditional” business plan, in general. For example, you are to have a subheading about “ethics” and at least a full page discussing ethics, with citations. Second, ensure that it has ample references to support your ideas throughout the plan. Third, a regular capstone paper ends with recommendations; with a business plan you may instead end with evidence based (i.e. cited) “next steps”, these would be actionable steps that you would take after writing the business plan if you were really prepared to continue the business forward.

I have attached the instructions for this assignment and have the numbers together. I can be of any help as well. What I am stuck on is the Ethics portion and includinf citations and articles. Please assist and thank you for the help.

Final Capstone Proposal – Individual Scoring Guide Grading Rubric
Criteria

Non-performance

Basic

Proficient

Distinguished

Analyze an organizational challenge or opportunity.
20%
Does not describe an organizational challenge or opportunity. Describes an organizational challenge or opportunity. Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity. Analyzes an organizational challenge or opportunity, and evaluates how well the challenge or opportunity meets capstone requirements.

Explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
20%
Does not explain how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes but it is not clear how the program outcomes will be demonstrated. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Explains how a business challenge proposal allows for the demonstration of program outcomes through the integration and application of core business knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and discusses how the MBA experience and knowledge will contribute to capstone project success.

Identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity.
20%
Does not identify data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity. Identifies sources needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity but does not demonstrate a clear understanding of the data or other requirements needed to resolve the business challenge or opportunity. Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity. Identifies data sources and other requirements needed to resolve a business challenge or opportunity, and explains how the data and other requirements will be obtained.

Develop a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity.
30%
Does not describe a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity. Describes a solution to a business challenge or opportunity but does not develop a strategy or action plan for implementing the solution. Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity. Develops a strategy and action plan for implementing a solution to a business challenge or opportunity, which demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the organization, the challenge, and the process for implementing a solution.

Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.
10%
Writing does not support a central idea. Does not use correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. Writing supports an idea but is inconsistent and contains major errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Writing coherently supports a central idea with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics. Writing is coherent and consistently appropriate, using evidence to support a central idea and with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

Activity Instructions

For this assignment, complete the Final Capstone Proposal as described in the MBA Capstone Project Guidelines document given in the resources. Appendix C of this document provides a proposal outline for you to follow. Appendix D is the scoring guide from MBA6900. It is included for you to review as you draft your proposal to ensure that your project will meet the requirements. Submit your proposal as a Word document to this assignment

If it needs more pages please let me know
Attachment C for my assignment is included:

Appendix C – Proposal Content and Format Introduction – In this section, identify the organization and whether you have access to it directly. Describe the exact nature of the project you propose to do and why you want to do this particular project. • Target organization. • Nature of the project. • Rationale for the project. Outcome Demonstration – Describe how this project will allow you to demonstrate each MBA program outcome. The four section titles below refer to the outcomes that are listed in the Prospectus Template. • Apply foundational knowledge. • Integrate information. • Lead and collaborate. • Integrate principles. Data Sources – Identify where you will get the data needed to complete the project, whether via direct access to the organization or via published sources. Be as detailed as possible, since the instructor must evaluate whether you have access to enough data to make the project feasible. Projected Timeline – Provide a timeline for the project, to be completed no later than the end of MBA6900. Tasks should include any preliminary activity needed to get permissions (if needed), data gathering, data analysis, report writing, presentation preparation, and anything else that would form a significant part of the work needed to complete the project.