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BUS 362 Entire Course (Ash)
BUS 362 Week 1 DQ 1 Entrepreneurial Motivation
and Rewards BUS 362 Week 1 DQ 2 Focus
Strategy BUS 362 Week 1 Quiz (3 Set) BUS 362 Week
2 DQ 1 Business Plan  BUS 362 Week 2 DQ 2 Venture
Selection  BUS 362 Week 2 Assignment
Identification of Business Idea  BUS 362 Week 2
Quiz (3 Set) BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 1 Startup
Mistakes  BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 1 Market
Analysis  BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost and
Demand  BUS 362 Week 3 Quiz (2 Set)
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BUS 362 Week 1 DQ 1 Entrepreneurial Motivation
and Rewards (Ash)
Entrepreneurial Motivation and Rewards. Discuss
the motivators/rewards that encourage individuals
to begin entrepreneurial careers. What problems
might be anticipated if an entrepreneur were to
become obsessed with one of these rewards for
example, if he or she had an excessive desire for
independence? Respond to at least two of your
classmates. 
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BUS 362 Week 1 DQ 2 Focus Strategy (Ash)
Focus Strategy. Provide an example of an
entrepreneurial venture in your community that
has successfully implemented a focus strategy to
maintain a competitive advantage in the
marketplace. Describe how you believe the venture
protects its market from competition. Respond to
at least two of your classmates. 
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BUS 362 Week 1 Quiz (3 Set)
BUS 362 Week 1 Quiz   1.         Question
        _______________ involves developing a
game plan to guide a company as it strives to
accomplish its mission, goals, and objectives to
keep it on its desired course. 2.        
Question         Which of the following is NOT
one of the forces driving the entrepreneurial
trend in our country? 3.         Question
        Maria Sanchez is the owner of the Main
Street Café and a new restaurant opens a few
blocks away. From Marias perspective, this new
restaurant constitutes a(n) 4.         Question
        In terms of innovation and research,
small businesses 5.         Question        
Steps in the patent process include
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BUS 362 Week 2 Assignment Identification of
Business Opportunity Project (Ash)
Identification of Business Opportunity Project.
Submit a one page overview of your Business
Opportunity Project to include the business idea
(new, franchise, operating business) and a list
of references to use
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BUS 362 Week 2 DQ 1 Business Plan (Ash)
Business Plan. Having taken an course on
entrepreneurship, you have been asked by a friend
to offer practical advice on writing a business
plan. What advice would you give your friend?
Identify five key points you would insist be
included in a business plan. Respond to two of
your classmates 
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BUS 362 Week 2 DQ 2 Venture Selection (Ash)
Venture Selection. You have always wanted to be
your own boss and have your own business. What
kind of business venture would you choose start
a new business, buy a franchise, or buy an
existing business? Discuss why you have made your
choice. Identify three advantages to your choice
and three pitfalls you may encounter? Respond to
two of your classmates. 
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BUS 362 Week 2 Quiz (3 Set)
BUS 362 Week 2 Quiz   1.         Question
        Advantages to buying an existing
business that you do not have with a startup
include 2.         Question         Probably
the most important reason to have a partnership
agreement is that 3.         Question        
Before purchasing an existing business, an
entrepreneur should analyze both its existing and
its potential customers. 4.         Question
        Most franchisers provide extensive
financial help such as loans and low-rate
financing for their franchises. 5.        
Question         The most critical disadvantage
of the sole proprietorship is
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BUS 362 Week 3 Assignment WindVest (Ash)
BUS 362 Week 3 Assignment WindVest   WindVest.
Read Case 4 WindVest Motorcycle Products Down
the Windy Road in your text on page 666. In a 2-3
page paper (excluding title and reference pages),
provide an overview of the company and its
product. Identify three recommendations to
improve the domestic marketing strategy for
WindVests sales. Support your recommendations
with a rationale that would indicate a
competitive advantage for the company as a result
of implementing your recommendations. Use APA
formatting. 
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BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 1 Market Analysis (Ash)
Market Analysis. Why do you think entrepreneurs
tend to overestimate market potential? What three
steps or techniques would you recommend a new
entrepreneur take so that market overestimation
doesnt occur? Respond to two of your classmates
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BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 1 Startup Mistakes
1.    Startup Mistakes In a study conducted by
Entrepreneur Weekly, Bradley University and
University of Tennessee, the failure rate for
startup companies was 44 by the end of the third
year in business. Meaning, almost one in two
startups failed after three years. There are a
variety of reasons for this low success rate
among entrepreneurs from poor market research,
to accelerated growth, to lack of cash flow
planning, to many others. Review the article
Biggest Startup Mistakes and How to Avoid Them,
and discuss the following       Select the
mistake described in the article that you think
would have the greatest impact on a newly formed
company.  
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BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost and Demand (Ash)
BUS 362 Week 3 DQ 2 Cost and Demand   Cost and
Demand. Think of a product or service. Discuss
the role of cost and demand factors that should
be considered when pricing that product or
service. Respond to two of your classmates 
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BUS 362 Week 3 Quiz (2 Set)
BUS 362 Week 3 Quiz   1.         Question
        The worst catastrophe to befall any
business would be to 2.         Question
        Optional product pricing involves
selling the base product at 3.         Question
        Companies with strong reputations for
quality follow certain guidelines, such
as 4.         Question         A pricing
technique that sets prices that always end in
numbers like 99 for prices such as 9.99 and
19.99 is an example of 5.         Question
        The acceptable price range of a product
or service is the area between the ________
defined by customers in the market and the
_________ established by the companys cost
structure. 6.         Question         Which of
the following was not identified as one of the
guerrilla marketing principles in your text?
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BUS 362 Week 4 DQ 1 Cash Management (Ash)
Cash Management. Identify three creative kinds of
business relationships/financing arrangements
that can be used to help manage cash in a small
firm. Why are they viable options? Respond to two
of your classmates.   
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BUS 362 Week 4 DQ 2 Financing (Ash)
Financing. If a new venture had its choice
between long-term debt and equity financing,
which would you recommend? Why? Respond to two of
your classmates. 
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BUS 362 Week 4 Quiz
BUS 362 Week 4 Quiz   1.         Question
        The _______________ shows what assets
the business owns and what claims creditors and
owners have against those assets, and is built on
the basic accounting equation 2.        
Question         When estimating the firm's
end-of-month cash balance, the owner should
first 3.         Question         A high debt
ratio  4.         Question         On March
10th, a business owner receives an invoice from a
supplier for 416.27 with net 30 credit terms
marked on it. On April 7th, the owner writes the
supplier a check for 416.27 and mails it. When
would this cash disbursement show up on the
company's cash budget? 5.         Question
        Which of the following is not likely to
be a use of working capital?
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BUS 362 Week 5 Business Opportunity Project (2
Papers)
To complete this assignment, go to this
week's Business Opportunity Project link in the
left navigation Business Opportunity
Project Using your business idea from your Week
Two Assignment, write an eight to ten page
project paper that addresses the following 1.   
OVERVIEW 1.    Business Introduce your business
idea. 2.    Describe the Business type (new
business, franchise, operating business) and
include rationale. 3.    Discuss at least two
core competencies proposed for achieving
competitive advantage. 
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BUS 362 Week 5 DQ 1 E-Commerce (Ash)
E-Commerce. Identify four factors a consumer
might give for not using an online business. What
actions might an entrepreneur take to overcome
those factors? Respond to two of your classmates. 
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BUS 362 Week 5 DQ 2 Business Location (Ash)
Business Location. What are the key attributes of
a good business location? Which of these would
probably be important for a retail location in
gaining a competitive advantage? Why? Respond to
two of your classmates. 
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