{"id":216512,"date":"2018-09-15T21:13:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/15\/fin-375-week-1-my-future-business-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:58:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:58:22","slug":"fin-375-week-1-my-future-business-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/fin-375-week-1-my-future-business-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"FIN 375 Week 1 My Future Business Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My Future Business Opportunity\tInstructions:\tPurpose of Assignment\tThis assignment builds on the ideas that you have for creating a small\tbusiness. Planning what you can afford and what is needed to gain\tfinancial backing is critical to success, and this is an area that can hurt\tsmall business owners financially in both the short and long run.\tIn this assignment, you will assess a small business opportunity and\tconduct initial research. Your final product will be an engaging\tpresentation.\tNote: It is recommended that you save this graded presentation for use\tin MGT\/465.\tAssignment Steps\tCreate a 25-slide presentation about a potential business opportunity.\tDescribe a small business that you would like to start or purchase.\tCompare the advantages and disadvantages between starting a\tbusiness from scratch and buying an existing business.\tInclude details such as the number of employees, the type of facilities\tand equipment needed, target customer demographics, and marketing\tchannels.\tResearch three to four companies within your industry, and highlight\timportant parts of their annual reports that can assist you in the\tdevelopment of your own business plan.\tDescribe how these benchmarked companies started financially and\thow they have grown by answering the following questions:\t&#8220;\ufffd How did the companies allocate their funding last year?\t&#8220;\ufffd What information did they use to distribute the funding?\t&#8220;\ufffd How did the companies perform against their financial plan?\t&#8220;\ufffd What financial roadblocks or challenges did the companies meet and\thow were they addressed?\tDetermine the components that you will need to include in the financial\tsection of your business plan, and explain how this information will be\tused to allocate funding for your business.\tInclude a final slide with the references from the different sources you\tused.\tClick the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation.\tNote: For presentations, you may use any presentation software you\tprefer.\tSupportingMaterial:Office Sway First LookResource: Designing an\tInfographicMy Future Business Opportunity Grading Guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Future Business Opportunity Instructions: Purpose of Assignment This assignment builds on the ideas that you have for creating a small business. Planning what you can afford and what is needed to gain financial backing is critical to success, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/fin-375-week-1-my-future-business-opportunity\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}