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BUS 437Entire Course
BUS 437 Week 1 Assignment Company Description
BUS 437 Week 1 Assignment Company
Description  BUS 437 Week 1 DQ 1 Writing the
Business Plan  BUS 437 Week 1 DQ 2 Using Outside
Help to Write the Plan  BUS 437 Week 2 Assignment
Marketing Section  BUS 437 Week 2 DQ 1 Customer
Survey  BUS 437 Week 2 DQ 2 Industry
Analysis  BUS 437 Week 3 Assignment Strategy,
Implementation, Management Sections  BUS 437
Week 3 DQ 1 Implementation  BUS 437 Week 3 DQ 2
Operations Model  BUS 437 Week 4 Assignment
Finance Section
Company Description. You will be developing the
components of your Final Business Plan with each
weekly assignment. Be sure to choose your
business carefully, as you will not be able to
switch later in the course. Submit the following
section of your business plan  Company
Description What business will you be in? What
will you do? Describe in a 2-3 page APA paper
each of the following elements
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BUS 437 Week 1 DQ 1 Writing the Business Plan
BUS 437 Week 1 DQ 2 Using Outside Help to Write
the Plan
Writing the Business Plan It is often stated that
the process of writing a business plan is as
important as the plan itself. Provide a rationale
for agreement or disagreement to this statement.
What is potentially gained from the writing
process? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings.
Using Outside Help to Write the Plan. Respond to
the following What are the benefits and
liabilities of using a software package to help
write a business plan or hiring consultants to
write the business plan for you? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings
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BUS 437 Week 2 Assignment Marketing Section
BUS 437 Week 2 DQ 1 Customer Survey
Marketing Section In a 2-3 page APA paper, submit
the following sections of your business
plan Product or Service Describe your product
or service and the benefits it will provide for
customers.
Customer Survey Develop a one paragraph overview
of your product or service. Then, identify at
least five questions to include in a customer
survey. Respond to at least two of your
classmates and critique the questions developed
to determine if their questions will address
customer benefits of their product
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BUS 437 Week 2 DQ 2 Industry Analysis
BUS 437 Week 3 Assignment Strategy,
Implementation, Management Sections
Industry Analysis Identify two attractive
(growth) and two unattractive (dying) industries
to enter into as a new entrepreneur. Provide your
reasons for the selections. Respond to at least
two of your classmates postings
Strategy, Implementation, Management Sections
In a 2-3 page APA paper, submit the following
sections of your business plan Strategy and
Implementation   Describe your most important
company competitive strengths and core
competencies.
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BUS 437 Week 3 DQ 1 Implementation
BUS 437 Week 3 DQ 2 Operations Model
Implementation There is a vast difference between
thinking up a new product idea and actually
designing and manufacturing the product. Explain
the nature and importance of this difference. Why
do you think this task is more difficult than
anticipated? Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings
Operations Model Why do you think an operations
model can serve as the cornerstone of the success
of a new venture? Identify one company that has
developed a unique operating model (as an
example, Dell developed a very unique operating
model to sell customized computers online).
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings
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BUS 437 Week 4 Assignment Finance Section
BUS 437 Week 4 DQ 1 Sequence of Information
Finance Section. In a 2-3 page APA paper, submit
the following segment of your business
plan Financial Plan Include material on the
following 1. Source and use of funds sheet (how
much money a firm needs, how it will raise money,
and what the money will be used for)
Sequence of Information Your friend is getting
ready to write a business plan for a new
business. Your friend told you the plans are to
prepare the financial statements first to get
that job out of the way before the rest of the
plan is developed. Explain the flaw in this
approach. What value does it provide the
entrepreneur to write the financial section as
the last part of the business plan? Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings.
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BUS 437 Week 4 DQ 2 Financial Projections
BUS 437 Week 5 Business Plan Final
Financial Projections Respond to your friends
question How in the world do you project income
and expenses for a business that doesnt exist?
Respond to at least two of your classmates
postings.
Focus of the Business Plan 1. Executive
Summary  a. A page of plan highlights 2. Company
Description
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BUS 437 Week 5 DQ 1 Slogan
BUS 437 Week 5 DQ 2 Presentation Concerns
Slogan In order to develop your business plan
presentation you believe it will be important to
develop a catchy slogan to describe your
business. Share your slogan with your classmates
and critique the slogans presented by two of your
classmates.
Presentation Concerns Identify your biggest
concern in developing a business plan
presentation. Describe how you will overcome your
concern. Provide advice to two other classmates
on possible ways to overcome their concerns.
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