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Business Creation and Growth (GNS 302 - 2021) Important Summaries
Business Creation and Growth (GNS 302 - 2021) Important Summaries
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Business Plan
A business plan is a written document describing
a company's core business activities, objectives,
and how it plans to achieve its goals.
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Some Concepts to Remember
Business Plan
• Good business plans should include an
executive summary, products and services,
marketing strategy and analysis,
financial planning, and a budget.
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Business Plan
A Business Plan describes a business
opportunity and serves like a road map to the
success of a business. It often tells us what to
expect and what alternative routes to take to
arrive at our desired destination.
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Business Plan
• Business plan is one of the best ways to define
the blueprint, strategy, resource, and the
personnel requirements for a new venture.
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Feasibility Analysis
Feasibility analysis is a comprehensive
assessment of the practicability, profitability and
viability of a business idea.
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Feasibility Analysis
• Before starting up a business, expanding an
existing one or even acquiring an existing one, it
is very necessary to analyse how workable that
business could be.
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Feasibility Analysis
• For whatever purpose, the main task of
feasibility analysis is to express the applicability
of the business model and its marketability; to
check its prospect for financial profitability and
success; and to ascertain the managing group’s
capability of implementing and accomplishing
the business objectives.
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Franchising
Franchising is a form of marketing and
distribution system in which the owner of a
business system (the franchisor) grants to an
individual or group of individuals (the franchisee)
the right to run a business - selling a product or
providing a service, using the franchisor's
business system.
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Franchising
• Franchisees are also given permission to use the
franchisor's branding, trademarks, and
identifying marks under specified guidelines.
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Franchising
• It is important for anyone deciding to start a
business by becoming a franchisee to remember
that in franchising the franchisee is bound to a
partnership agreement with the franchisor for a
defined period of time (some exceptions do exist).
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Marketing Mix
Marketing mix refers to the set of actions, or
tactics, that a company uses to promote its
brand or product in the market.
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Marketing Mix
• The 4Ps make up a typical marketing mix:
o Price
o Product
o Promotion and
o Place
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Marketing Mix
• However, nowadays, the marketing mix increasingly
includes several other Ps as vital mix elements:
o Packaging
o Positioning
o People and even
o Politics
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Theories of Growth
• Startup Stage
o You’ve decided that your business idea is worth
pursuing and have now made your business entity
legal. In this stage, you’ve finished developing the
products or services that your business has to offer
and will begin marketing and selling.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Startup Stage
o During this stage, you will be tweaking your products
or services according to the initial feedback from
your first paying customers and market demand.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Startup Stage
o You will need to learn and adjust your business
model to ensure profitability and that it meets
your customer’s expectations. By adjusting your
business model, you’ll be able to set your
business on the right track.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
Challenges
o Managing Cash Reserves
o Managing Sales Expectations
o Accounting Management
o Establishing Customer Base
o Establishing Market Presence
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Growth/Survival Stage
o Your business has endured through the initial
stages of the business lifecycle and is currently
in its growth or survival stage.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Growth/Survival Stage
o The business is consistently generating revenue and
adding new customers. These recurring revenue will
help pay for your operating expenses and open up
new business opportunities.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
Challenges
o Dealing with Increasing Revenue
o Dealing with Increasing Customers
o Accounting Management
o Effective Management
o Market Competition
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
Challenges
o Increasing Market Competition
o Accounting Management
o Moving into New Markets
o Adding New Products/Services
o Expanding Existing Business
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Maturity Stage
o After a successful expansion, your business is on
top of its industry and has matured. At the final
stage of the business lifecycle, your business has a
dominating presence in its market.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
• Maturity Stage
o Your business could still be growing but not at
the substantial rate as you’ve previously
experienced. Your current option is to decide to
take a step back towards the expansion stage or
to think of a possible exit strategy.
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Managing the Transition – From Start-up to Growth
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Basically, if you want start selling any product
online, it is important that you consider the
following checklist:
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New Opportunities for Expansion
E-Commerce
• Start With Your Business Name
• Secure Your Domain Name and Website
• Select The Best Business Structure and Register
Your Business.
• Get Your Employer Identification Number
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