Final Project Business Presentation/Rocket Pitch

This PowerPoint pitch will pull together the research, planning, and writing you have done for for the new enterprise you have conceived during weeks 4-7.

· The PowerPoint must WOW the audience in 6-7 slides (including the title slide).

· Don't use PowerPoint to write an essay.

· Think of the audience—this is a presentation!

· Use short, punchy bullets. Use graphics related to text. Put details, citations, and references in the notes pages. Use an attractive template.

· ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE!Final Project Business Presentation/Rocket Pitch

This PowerPoint pitch will pull together the research, planning, and writing you have done for  for the new enterprise you have conceived during weeks 4-7.

The PowerPoint must WOW the audience in 6-7 slides (including the title slide).

Don't use PowerPoint to write an essay.

 Think of the audience—this is a presentation!

Use short, punchy bullets. Use graphics related to text. Put details, citations, and references in the notes pages. Use an attractive template.

ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE!

 

WEEK -4 

"Entrepreneurial Marketing"

"Entrepreneurial Growth"

Case Analysis: Maker's Mark

Company Research Paper

The next five assignments allow you to: invent an entrepreneurial company and research it; develop financial pro forma; do an executive summary and elevator speech; and, as the capstone of the project, develop an exciting presentation for investors.

This assignment is your project proposal.  You will propose the company to be formed, provide preliminary information about it, and discuss how you will research its viability and strategy.

Write a 2-4 page (APA style) paper on the new enterprise, not including the title page, abstract, and reference page. The body of the paper should contain at least the following seven sections:

Company & Product

Description

Industry

Customer

Competitor Analysis

Marketing Plan Research

Primary and Secondary Research

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WEEK-5

Financial Spreadsheet Templates"

Building Your Pro-Forma Financial Statements"

Case: P'kolino Financials

This case is the financial exhibits from the P'kolino case analyzed in a previous lesson. It is on pages 325-336 of the text. The P'kolino financials are pretty detailed; they should begin to acquaint the new entrepreneur with the sort of financial planning needed to get a substantial enterprise off the ground. Please pay special attention to the financial assumptions—numbers alone are just gobbledegook. They need to be based on real assumptions connecting projections to the real world.

Please answer the following questions in the discussion:

How do the common-sized income sheet ratios compare to industry standards? Can you explain the variances in a way the makes the projections seem sound?

How do the revenues per employee compare to industry standards? Again, can you explain the variances?

Do the financial projections accurately capture all the expenses that are implied in the written plan (refer back to the previous case)?

Is the proposed financing sufficient to cover the company's cash flow needs? What happens if sales are not as high or quick to materialize as expected?

No student needs to answer all of these questions in their first post. Address one or two and let other students pick up the others.

A list of key assumptions that drive your financial model. It is strongly encouraged that you find comparable companies and use industry ratios to justify your assumptions. Assumptions should be on one of the pages of the spreadsheet workbook. ONLY SUBMIT ONE FILE!

Year 1: Monthly and year-end income statements and cash flows; and a year-end balance sheet.

 

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WEEK-6

Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures"

"Raising Money for Starting and Growing Businesses"

Debt and Other Forms of Financing"

 

Financial Plan Final Draft

Continued from last week. Complete the remainder of the plan by developing the following:

Year 2: Quarterly income statements and cash flows; year-end balance sheet.

Years 3-5: Year end statements of income, cash flow and balance sheet. (Note: if you are using the Moyes template go to 5 years; if you used the SCORE template, it only goes to 3 years—don't jump through hoops to do years 4 and 5.

Note: Use the same spreadsheet you started with last week. Hopefully you used one of the available templates and this is just a matter of adding on more years. Be sure to include the key assumptions from last week on one of the sheets of the workbook.

Please combine both assignments into the final draft which includes the components in this order:

A list of key assumptions that drive your financial model. It is strongly encouraged that you find comparable companies and use industry ratios to justify your assumptions.

Year 1: Monthly and year-end income statements and cash flows; year-end balance sheet.

Year 2: Quarterly income statements and cash flows; year-end balance sheet.

Years 3-5: Year end statements of income, cash flow and balance sheet.

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WEEK-7

Business Plan Alternatives"

Legal and Tax Issues"

The Mission Statement – This explains what your business is all about. It should be between several sentences and a paragraph.

Company information – Include a short statement that covers when your business was formed, the names of the founders and their roles, your number of employees, and your business location(s).

Growth highlights – Include examples of company growth, such as financial or market highlights (for example, “XYZ Firm increased profit margins and market share year-over-year since its foundation). Graphs and charts can be helpful in this section.

Your Products/Services -- Briefly describe the products or services you provide.

Financial information – If you are seeking financing, include any information about your current bank and investors.

Summarize future plans – Explain where you would like to take your business.

 

WEEK-8

Entrepreneurship Pitches"

"Social Entrepreneurship"

8 Final Project "Business Presentation/Rocket Pitch"

Entrepreneurship

Final Project Business Presentation/Rocket Pitch

This PowerPoint pitch will pull together the research, planning, and writing you have done for  for the new enterprise you have conceived during weeks 4-7.

The PowerPoint must WOW the audience in 6-7 slides (including the title slide).

Don't use PowerPoint to write an essay.

 Think of the audience—this is a presentation!

Use short, punchy bullets. Use graphics related to text. Put details, citations, and references in the notes pages. Use an attractive template.

ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE!

Entrepreneurship Pitches

The following are links to resources on entrepreneurial business pitches, contests, and resources.

Links to Babson University Rocket Pitch Pages

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/venture-accelerator/rocket-pitch/Pages/rocket-pitch.aspx

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/venture-accelerator/rocket-pitch/Pages/presenter-guidelines.aspx

The “Do's and Don't for Business Pitches” from the Babson Page—document is in this week's files.

Two sample Rocket-pitch presentations from the Babson Page—presentations are also in this week's files

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/venture-accelerator/rocket-pitch/Documents/rocket-pitch-sample-slides-version-1.pdf

http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/venture-accelerator/rocket-pitch/Documents/rocket-pitch-sample-slides-version-2.pdf

Link to MIT Entrepreneurship competition

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/mba/student-experience/events-and-competitions/100k/

Link to Washington University in St. Louis Scandalaris Center IdeaBounce® events

https://sc.wustl.edu/IdeaBounce/Pages/default.aspx

“Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner offers 3000 free videos and podcasts, featuring entrepreneurship and innovation thought leaders. Start exploring now.”

http://ecorner.stanford.edu/

Week 8 Overview

Preview

Rise in social entrepreneurship

Opportunities for the social venture

The entrepreneurial business presentation.

 Chapter 14 Outline

Social Entrepreneurship Defined

Social Entrepreneurship Typology

Measuring Impact