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Business & Economics
Planning for Your Business
Planning for Your Business
Curriculum
6 Sections
38 Lessons
Lifetime
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Chapter 1: Writing a Business Plan
12
1.1
Selling Yourself on the Importance of Business Planning
1.1
Quiz for Selling Yourself on the Importance of Business Planning
6 Questions
1.2
Breaking Down the Pieces of a Business Plan
1.2
Quiz for Breaking Down the Pieces of a Business Plan
6 Questions
1.3
Setting Out Your Planning Objectives
1.3
Quiz for Setting Out Your Planning Objectives
5 Questions
1.4
Identifying Your Business Plan Audiences and Key Messages
1.4
Quiz for Identifying Your Business Plan Audiences and Key Messages
6 Questions
1.5
Establishing Your Plan’s Time Frame
1.5
Quiz for Establishing Your Plan’s Time Frame
5 Questions
1.6
Preparing for the Real World
1.6
Quiz for Preparing for the Real World
5 Questions
Chapter 2: Finding the Funding
14
2.1
Starting with a Plan
2.1
Quiz for Starting with a Plan
6 Questions
2.2
Tapping Friends and Family
2.2
Quiz for Tapping Friends and Family
5 Questions
2.3
Finding an Angel
2.3
Quiz for Finding an Angel
6 Questions
2.4
Daring to Use Venture Capital
2.4
Quiz for Daring to Use Venture Capital
5 Questions
2.5
Selling Stock to the Public: An IPO
2.5
Quiz for Selling Stock to the Public: An IPO
7 Questions
2.6
Finding Other Ways to Finance Growth
2.6
Quiz for Finding Other Ways to Finance Growth
6 Questions
2.7
Guarding Your Interests
2.7
Quiz for Guarding Your Interests
6 Questions
Chapter 3: Setting Your Franchise’s Wheels in Motion
18
3.1
Surveying Your Options for Locale
3.1
Quiz for Surveying Your Options for Locale
7 Questions
3.2
Locating Your Franchise’s Habitat
3.2
Quiz for Locating Your Franchise’s Habitat
7 Questions
3.3
Looking at Protected Areas, Exclusive Areas, and Encroachment Policies
3.3
Quiz for Looking at Protected Areas, Exclusive Areas, and Encroachment Policies
6 Questions
3.4
Signing the Lease
3.4
Quiz for Signing the Lease
6 Questions
3.5
Meeting Your Franchise’s Requirements
3.5
Quiz for Meeting Your Franchise’s Requirements
7 Questions
3.6
Getting the Goods: Merchandise and Supplies
3.6
Quiz for Getting the Goods: Merchandise and Supplies
5 Questions
3.7
Receiving Merchandise
3.7
Quiz for Receiving Merchandise
6 Questions
3.8
Maintaining Inventory
3.8
Quiz for Maintaining Inventory
5 Questions
3.9
Getting Good Training for Yourself and Your Management
3.9
Quiz for Getting Good Training for Yourself and Your Management
6 Questions
Chapter 4: Starting a Home-Based Business
10
4.1
Looking at the Basics of Home-Based Business
4.1
Quiz for Looking at the Basics of Home-Based Business
7 Questions
4.2
Examining the Good News and the Bad
4.2
Quiz for Examining the Good News and the Bad
6 Questions
4.3
Taking the Home-Based Business Quiz
4.3
Quiz for Taking the Home-Based Business Quiz
5 Questions
4.4
Starting Something from Scratch
4.4
Quiz for Starting Something from Scratch
5 Questions
4.5
Transitioning into Your Home-Based Business
4.5
Quiz for Transitioning into Your Home-Based Business
6 Questions
Chapter 5: Creating an Online Presence for Your Business
10
5.1
Feng Shui-ing Your Website
5.1
Quiz for Feng Shui-ing Your Website
5 Questions
5.2
Creating Content That Attracts Customers
5.2
Quiz for Creating Content That Attracts Customers
6 Questions
5.3
Nip and Tuck: Establishing a Visual Identity
5.3
Quiz for Nip and Tuck: Establishing a Visual Identity
7 Questions
5.4
Inviting Comments from Customers
5.4
Quiz for Inviting Comments from Customers
5 Questions
5.5
Moving from Website to Web Presence
5.5
Quiz for Moving from Website to Web Presence
6 Questions
Chapter 6: Starting with the Right Legal Structure
12
6.1
Introducing the Legal Business Classifications
6.1
Quiz for Introducing the Legal Business Classifications
5 Questions
6.2
Going It Alone: The Sole Proprietorship
6.2
Quiz for Going It Alone: The Sole Proprietorship
5 Questions
6.3
Choosing a Partner: The Partnership
6.3
Quiz for Choosing a Partner: The Partnership
7 Questions
6.4
Going for the Gold: The Corporation
6.4
Quiz for Going for the Gold: The Corporation
7 Questions
6.5
Offering Flexibility: The S Corporation, the LLC, and the Nonprofit Corporation
6.5
Quiz for Offering Flexibility: The S Corporation, the LLC, and the Nonprofit Corporation
5 Questions
6.6
Discovering Your Best Choice
6.6
Quiz for Discovering Your Best Choice
5 Questions
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