Growing and exiting exercise: business plans
What problems are you experiencing in writing your business plan? Post your ideas and questions here.
January 28, 2011
TheMOMU
Operating exercise: Rules of thumb
What can you expect to pay for office space in your area? Are there incubators, executive suites, or mailboxes available? What are some ideas you can use to operate your business virtually? What problems are you running into in setting up your operations? Post your questions and ideas here.
Marketing Exercise: Customer profiles
Where might you find the typical person who wants your product? Are they visiting Blogs, Fan pages, e-zines, or clubs you might join? What are your ideas for finding your target audience?
Structuring Exercise: Complete the package
Where did you find the incorporation rules for your state? How hard were they to follow? How did you put together your branding: logo, slogan, name, website?
Post your ideas and ask questions here.
Funding Exercise: The Cash Plan
How do you find out what the industry standards are for your industry? Where can you look to see your competitors’ expected financial ratios? Post your ideas about how to research in your business area.
Planning Exercise: Marketing plan
Who is your customer? Can you profile them? Where can you find them to distribute your message? What can you do to reach them? Post your ideas.
Planning Exercise: Product ideas
Think about the business you would like to start. What are your product and service ideas? Who will want to buy them? Post your ideas here for discussion. Your customers have to benefit from this product. What are its benefits? What are the alternatives for the customer? Why would they choose your product over their alternatives?
