Business Plan Presentation

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Business Plan Presentation

• Guidelines

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Introductions

• Issue word processed handouts to Prof.
• Handouts should include team names and sections
  each will present
• Introduce each member of the team to the audience

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Present the Store

• Name of the business
• A picture relevant to the type of business

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Business Concept

• Describe the business
• 4 to 5 bullets

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Mission

• Write out your mission statement

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Competitive Analysis

• 2 slides describing your two top competitors
  their SWOT, their greatest competitive advantage,
  how you will compete against them

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths (1 or 2 bullets)
• Weaknesses (1 or 2 bullets)
• Opportunities (1 or 2 bullets)
• Threats (1 or 2 bullets)
• 1 or 2 slides

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Business Strategy slide 1

• Amount of money needed
• Sources of funds
• Form of ownership

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Business Strategy slide 2

• Facilities
• - location
• - design and layout

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Business Strategy slide 3

• Strategy to capitalize on strengths
• Two to three bullets

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Business Strategy slide 4

• Strategies to take advantage of opportunities
• 1 to 3 bullets

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Business Strategy slide 5

• Strategies to offset weaknesses
• 1 to 3 bullets

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Business Strategy - 6

• Strategy to meet threats
• 1 to 3 bullets

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Marketing Plan Grand Opening

• Target market
• Message
• Start and end dates
• Promotional mix
• Evaluation methods

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Ongoing Marketing Plan

• Promotional blend
• What type
• How often
• Evaluation of effectiveness

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Business Resources

• Biographical data on owners
• 1 or 2 slides
• Staffing levels
• Positions needed (other than owners)

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Business Resources

• Sources of funding
• Owners equity
• Sources of debt funding
• Collateral

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Controls

• Quality control (1 or 2 bullets)
• Product safety (1 or 2 bullets)
• Facilities security (1 or 2 bullets)
• Customer service (1 or 2 bullets)

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Contingency Plan

• 1 slide
• Will you break even in the first year?
• How will you know you have failed?
• How will you deal with business failure?

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General Guidelines

• Proper business attire
• Do Not Read to the Audience
• Speak loudly and slowly
• Make eye contact
• Arrange presentations so each speaker only
  presents once

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General Guidelines (Cont)

• Dark slide background white font
• Light slide background dark font
• Only light and subtle background designs or no
  design
• Use default font size
• All team members have copy of ppt.
• Know all sections of the presentation
• Use graphs only to illustrate key points

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Break-Even Analysis

• End power point
• Open Excel B/E analysis spreadsheet
• Present B/E analysis

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End Presentation

• Invite questions from the audience
• Answer questions
• Thank the audience