... able to cast a professional eye over the
structure, contents and presentation of the plan and make suggestions for any changes that may need to be
made.
Competitors – who they are, how ...
This is a concise overview of the business plan. It is an important part of the plan. Many lenders and investors make
judgments about your business based on this section of the plan alone so it ... of business plans every day and needs to be convinced that your business is worth further consideration and
is better than the rest.
The business operations
Premises
The business plan...
... been done to date to complete the actions
to correct issues?
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business plan is simple on the one hand yet sophisticated on
the ... your key success factors or key performance
indicators?
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Milestones are progress markers. Ask yourself:
1. What milestones will ensure that work is being
completed toward the goals?
2. ... actions to:
a. Prevent embarassment
b. Trigger short immediate action results
c. Instill confidence in the plan
These actions should cut over to your calendar.
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Contingency ... Contribution 12
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interpretation of what story the advertisement may have intended
to communicate.
How to Create a Compelling Company Story
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Company ...
You Achieve Your BusinessPlan Goals xxxi
Your Management Story xxxi
The Concept of backPlanning xxxii
The 5-Page BusinessPlan xxxii
How to Convert Your Goals Into Practical Business Behavior...
... function has work to be completed, but does each
function understand how it relates to the others? The tendency is
for work functions to consolidate into “stovepipes,” with each work
function concentrating ... Maintain a trained business team.
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THE KEY QUESTIONS: PREPARING VISION
AND MISSION STATEMENTS
Ask yourself ... and Daimler to the list
of unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions.
Before you include an acquisition tomake up numbers for your
plan, consider four problems usually found in conjunction with the
deal.
Problem...
... all
functions of the business.
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■ Information. Do you have enough facts tomake decisions?
How risky is it to initiate actions on what information is
available? ... 1-Page Resources Plan
2. A resources development
plan that ties directly to
education, development,
and training
3. A communications tool or
action planto get the
business planto all levels
of ... where the answers to the two questions
are found in the following list of five conditions. From this list,
develop actions to form your contingency plans:
1. Business conditions
a. What things...
... government boot
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stand-alone topic with no connection to your plan or
other training activities.
SUMMARY
This chapter was designed to assist you with implementing ... not sufficient to warrant the continuation of the
process. If a major or bold improvement is needed, the
decision becomes one to reengineer.
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At the ... attention to four
sets of activities required to keep the planning momentum.
1. Make sure the businessplan is complete and reaches to the low-
est level of the organization. Participation of...
... and
banks. But business plans are not only used by startups; even major corporations
rely increasingly on project-specific business plans to help them make internal
investment decisions.
3.1 Advantages ... investors are no longer needed.
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3.4 Tips on preparing a professional business plan
Investors are interested in the finished plan, not the process you went through to
produce it. They prefer to ... exhibit 9).
Business location.
Describe briefly the choice of location for your business. Do not
enter into a long-term rental agreement, as your business may have to move in
response to the growth...
... the business.
Antoinette Gorzak: General and Specific Skills My Business Needs
1 .How to motivate employees
2 .How to keep decent records
3 .How tomake customers ... think the business is special
4 .How to know what the customers want—today and, more important in the clothing business, to
keep half-a-step ahead
5 .How to sell
6 .How to manage ... course, before showing the lists to anyone, you may choose to delete any
private information that isn’t critical to your business. If you show your lists to someone who knows
the tough realities...
... making conversations
one sided and stilted. If you truly want to speak movingly and set off
positive responses, listen to your listener. What they have to say can steer
the conservation into more ... Howto have good vocabulary 10
3.1.2.2. Good grammar 11
a. What is grammar ? 11
b. Howto improve grammar? 12
3.1.2.3. Good pronounciation 13
a. What is good pronounciation? 13
b. Howto ... prefer to work alone or within a team ?
“It depends on what kind of job I am going for.
If my boss orders me to design a program, of course I need to work
alone so that I can make my consecution...
... each month and work out the effect
on your bank balance. Each bank has its own cash flow forecast form,
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Month Month Month
Receipts ... your-
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‘Still...
... categorized by business type. Make sure your business
description addresses both the general business questions that apply to your business and the
questions specific to your type of business.
... the business.
Antoinette Gorzak: General and Specific Skills My Business Needs
1 .How to motivate employees
2 .How to keep decent records
3 .How tomake customers ... think the business is special
4 .How to know what the customers want—today and, more important in the clothing business, to
keep half-a-step ahead
5 .How to sell
6 .How to manage...
... people base decisions upon perceptions. Your project needs to create a positive
perception as much as it needs to create a positive result.
To this end you need to capitalise on the successful delivery ... the
completion of significant portions of the project or the transition from one phase to another. At
each milestone there will be “deliverables” which must be completed to move onto the next ... such as tutorials or
simulations to get the support team up to speed. At the top end of the training rung you might
want to consider full blown training presentations and accreditation for support...