People are the key to success for your business. Complete the management section of your business plan, and share it here. It should include: your key personnel, line of authority, management style, and organization plan. Also share: What management strengths and weak points did you find? Why? How can you capitalize on your strengths? How […]

Assignment Prompt:This week you will develop an Exit or Harvesting Plan for the company you built a business model for in Week 6. There are many scenarios where a business owner would want (or need) to exit or downsize segments or product lines in his or her business, or possibly exit the entire business. Retirements, […]

In previous weeks, you went into the New York Times Small Business Case Study file and chose either an e-commerce or service related business to report on.  This week you will head back into the extensive list of small businesses case studies provided by the New York times and choose a product-oriented small business to […]

In previous weeks, you went into the New York Times Small Business Case Study file and chose either an e-commerce or service related business to report on.  This week you will head back into the extensive list of small businesses case studies provided by the New York times and choose a product-oriented small business to […]

For this week’s assignment, you will be developing a Business Model for a business opportunity of interest to you.  Your discussion assignment this week is to describe your initial thinking about the business for which you have chosen to Model. To the extent you can, introduce your fellow learners regarding: (a) the products and/or services […]

Assignment Prompt:This week your assignment is to begin researching a small business of interest to you and then start the process of organizing and writing of a formal business model. You will want to select a small business or franchise for which you have some expertise, knowledge, experience, and (most importantly) considerable interest. Before you […]