BUSU640 Week 6 Assignment Latest 2020

BUSU 640

Week 6/Assignment 5

Section 9

Finance Plan

IMPORTANT NOTES:

•             Apply what you learned in your MBA program, specifically classes ACCU 602, BUSU 610, BUSU 620 and FINU 607.

•             Cite your references.  You may use your textbooks from these and other core classes in the MBA.

•             Do not cut and paste from your past assignments and papers.

•             Be sure to fully explain your illustrations. You do not want your reader to interpret the illustrations, you must control the message. Provide an in-depth explanation of any illustrations you embed in your paper.

•             Use the Score.org templates for your financials.

The Financial Plan includes all necessary financial data, including the assumptions that drive your analysis (such as customer acquisition rates and average sales which drive your sales volumes, salary and benefit costs relative to market, distribution channel costs, etc.), including the break-even analysis.

The spreadsheets and data can be developed in Excel, but they must be embedded into your Word document.    If embedding the spreadsheets makes them illegible, please insert snapshot illustrations of the subject sections.  Then, add the complete spreadsheet to the appendix of your final paper.

It is not sufficient to just submit spreadsheets, it is critical that the rationale research and analysis be included so that the source of the financial data is clear.

This section of the business plan must include written descriptions of the start up expenses from the previous assignment, plus a 12-month profit and loss projection and business expenses report. If applicable, your projections should be based upon research of like-businesses.This section must include the following details, spread out among the three sub-sections noted below, if applicable:

•             Break even analysis

•             Acid Test and ROI (ratios)

•             Cash flow projections

•             Plans for funding

•             Forecasting techniques used

•             All necessary financial data, including the assumptions that drive your analysis any personal investments you have made or plan to make

•             Any debt financing you have or plan to obtain

•             Any venture capital you plan to seek over what time horizon

•             Percent of the company you plan to give in return for venture funding

•             Funds required & their sources

•             Current funding requirements

•             Funding requirements over the next three years (key ratios to focus on)

•             Use of funds

•             Loss control

•             Explain how the Six Steps of Economic Decision Making apply to the innovation

•             Include financial statements for first three (3) years (monthly first year and annually for years two and three) (may use template)

•             Income statements

•             Balance sheets

•             Cash flow statements

•             Determine capital requirements

Include a stock analysis of a company that is similar to yours. In this stock analysis, demonstrate your ability to analyze the implications of stock when running of a business. Include how your new venture could consider raising money through stock offerings in the future. Base the projection on a pattern from another company in the same field.

The financial plan has three sub-sections:

1.            Risk Management

2.            Break-even Analysis

3.            12-Month Profit and Loss Projection Report

1. Risk Management Sub-section

Discuss the risks involved in your field, location, and industry, including industry standards, legal issues and concerns (including possible penalties and rebates). Discuss what could prevent your assumptions from occurring, what you are doing to prevent those events, and what you will do if they occur. Research, analyze and write about all of the risks that could be inherent in your new business.

2. Break-even Analysis Sub-section

Explain the break-even analysis and your plans for funding. Include a spreadsheet that presents the break-even analysis.

3. 12 Month Profit and Loss Sub-section

The innovation must show a profit within the first eighteen months.  If not, you must explain why a profit will not be realized, and perhaps break the innovation down into phases.  Include a spreadsheet that presents the12-month profit and loss.

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