Description
Learn in a classroom environment with your peers, virtually, with an instructor online.
Course Length: 2 days
Target Audience: General
This two-day course is designed for business owners and entrepreneurs who are ready to create a business plan. All the essential steps are covered, including drafting the original document; identifying the audience; gathering information; researching; describing product plans; and marketing, sales, and accounting terms. Students will come away from the course energized and prepared to write their business plan.
Learning Objectives:
- Research and analyze the individual components needed for a business plan
- Apply skills to create a business plan for different audiences, including investors, banks, and other stakeholders
- Explain the purpose and future of your business in easy to understand terms
- Use accounting terms to describe the future for their business
- Describe their marketing, sales, and planning strategies
What Topics are Covered?
- What is a business plan for?
- A general business plan framework
- Identifying your audience
- Gathering and analyzing information
- Defining your company
- Getting to work
- Creating a marketing strategy
- Creating the sales plan
- Developing financial projections
- Putting it all together
Supplement Material
A student manual is available for the learner to follow during the instructor’s presentation.
Benefits to the participants
Throughout the activities, the participants will learn how to develop a business plan to secure funding.
Course Evaluation
A course evaluation will be completed by the learners once the course is finished.
Note: The course outline may be subject to change.
