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�Business Plan Competition

Presented by:

Omar Shawky

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Bill Gates

  • Born 1955
  • 15 years: first virus
  • 18 years: Harvard Law School
  • 21 years: started Microsoft
  • 22 years: launched MS DOS
  • 23 years: Sold 2 million copies of MS DOS
  • NOW: 45+ Billion USD

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Why write a Business Plan

1. Because I have to

    • Needed for financing
    • Strategic partnering
    • Attract key people/investors

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Why write a Business Plan

2. Because I Need to Understand My Business

    • The Plan is the result of a planning process
    • People Don’t Plan to Fail; They Fail to Plan
      • Who are my customers?
      • Why will they buy my product or service?
      • What will they pay?
      • How will I make and deliver/sell the service/product?
      • What resources (people, money, technology) do I need?
      • Can I make money / create value?
      • Do I have the right team on board?

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The Right Ingredients

  • A TEAM with Relevant Experience
  • Market Size
  • Idea
  • Technology
  • Competitive Advantage
  • Reasonable Projections
  • Exit Strategy

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Company

Structure

Financials

Operations

&

Production

Team

Idea

Market

Competitive

Edge

Marketing

Strategy

Business

Plan

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation, Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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1. The Idea

  • Innovative product or service

  • Visualize a market gap – you can add value

  • Imported idea

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Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day…��Teach him how to fish and you feed him forever …��Chinese Wisdom

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Business Plan Competition

  • The Idea of the Business Plan Competition

  • Learning: what is a Business Plan

  • Writing: how to write a Business Plan

  • Presenting: the Business Plan in the competition

  • Implementation: Writing the Business Plan

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Key Questions for Business Planning

1- Where is the NEED? Idea Generation

2- What are your:

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats SWOT Analysis

3- Where do you want to go at the end? Vision

4- Whom do you live for? Mission

5- How to get to achieve your objectives? Strategy

4.1 How do you grow? Corporate Strategy

4.2 How do you compete? Business Strategy

4.3 How to implement? Functional Strategy

6- What do you need? Resources Needed

7- How do you measure performance? KPIs

8- How do you ensure sustainability? Corporatization

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Business Planning Model

Performance

Actual

Results

Evaluation

&

Control

Programs

Budget

Procedures

Activities

needed

to

accomplish

a plan

Cost of the

programs

Sequences

of steps

needed to

do the job

Objectives

Strategies

What

results to

accomplish

when

Plan to

achieve

mission &

objectives

Broad

guidelines

for

decision

making

Mission

Reasons

for

existence

Environmental

Scanning

Policies

Societal

Environment:

General Forces

Task

Environment

Industry Analysis

Internal

Structure:

Chain of

command

Culture:

Beliefs,

Expectations

Resources:

Assets, skills

Competencies

knowledge

External

Strategy Formulation

Strategy Implementation

Feedback Learning

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Business Plan Competition Criteria

1- Market Analysis

2- Strategy Formulation

3- Implementation

4- Financial Modeling

5- Measuring Performance

6- Corporatization: Sustainability

7- Social Responsibility

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1- Market Analysis

1- Identifying the NEED of specific Targeted Group

2- External Analysis: Opportunities & Threats

- Country: Political, Economical, Socio-Cultural & Technological Forces (PEST)

- Industry: New Entrants, Competitors, Substitute, Buyers & Suppliers (Porter 5 Forces)

3- Internal Analysis: Strengths & Weakness

- Company: Value-Chain Analysis

4- SWOT Analysis:

How you capitalize on them

How you avoid them

How maximize them

How minimize their effects

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

Internal

External

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Country Analysis – PEST

Economic

Forces

  • GDP
  • Interest Rates
  • Money Supply
  • Inflation rate
  • Unemployment Level
  • Wages
  • Price control
  • Devaluation
  • Reevaluation
  • Energy costs and

availability

  • Disposal income

Technological

Forces

  • Government Spending

on R&D

  • Industry Spending

on R&D

  • Patent protection
  • Telecom infrastructure
  • Internet availability
  • Availability of certain

Technology need to

improve productivity

Political-Legal

Forces

  • Anti-trust regulations
  • Tax laws
  • Attitude toward

foreign companies

  • Employment laws
  • Stability of government
  • Foreign trade laws
  • Customs regulations

Socio-Cultural

Forces

  • Life Style changes
  • Population growth rate
  • Age distribution
  • Life expectancies
  • Birth rate
  • Mortality rate
  • Religious orientation

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Industry Analysis Porter’s 5-Forces

Rivalry among

Competition

Bargaining Power

Of Suppliers

Entry Barriers

Bargaining Power

Of Buyers

Threat of

Substitute

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Threat of new Entrants

Barriers to entry:

  • Economies of scale
  • Product differentiation
  • Switching costs
  • Capital requirement
  • Access to distribution Channels
  • Government Policy

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Rivalry among Competition

Intense rivalry related to :

  • Number of competitors (Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Fragmented)
  • Rate of industry growth
  • Product or service characteristics
  • Amount of fixed costs
  • Capacity
  • High exit barriers

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Threat of Substitute

Threat of substitute :

  • Availability of substitutes
  • Switching costs

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Bargaining Power of Buyers

Buyers Power :

  • Buyer buys large portion of seller’s product
  • Buyer can integrate backward
  • Undifferentiated product
  • Availability of sellers
  • Buyer orientation (price oriented vs quality oriented )
  • Switching costs

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Bargaining Power of Suppliers

Suppliers Power :

  • Number of suppliers and buyers (Petroleum)
  • Suppliers product characteristics (unique or commodity)
  • Switching costs
  • Availability of substitutes
  • Suppliers forward integration
  • Amount purchased from supplier

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Firm’s Resources

Resource: an asset, competency, skills, knowledge controlled by the corporation

  1. Value: does it provide competitive advantage?
  2. Rareness: Do other competitors possess it?
  3. Imitability: is it costly for others to imitate?
  4. Organization: is the firm organized to exploit the resource?

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Value Chain Analysis

Value Chain:

Set of value-added activities begins with basic raw material sourcing and ending with handling the product to the consumer

Center of Gravity:

The part of the value chain where the company has its greatest

expertise and capabilities.

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Firm Infrastructure

(general management, accounting, finance, strategic planning)

Human Resource Management

(recruiting, training, development)

Technology Development

(R&D, product and process improvement)

Procurement

(purchasing of raw material, machines and supplies)

Inbound

Logistics

(raw material

Handling and

Warehousing)

Operations

(machining,

Assembling,

Testing)

Outbound

Logistics

(warehousing,

distribution

Of finished

goods)

Marketing

And Sales

(Ads,

promotion

Pricing,

Channel )

Services

(insulation,

Repair,

Parts)

Company - Value Chain Analysis

Profit

Margin

Support

Activities

Primary Activities

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How you capitalize on them

How you avoid them

How maximize them

How minimize their effects

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

Internal

External

SWOT Analysis

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2- Strategy Formulation

1- Vision: what do you want to be?

2- Mission: what do you exist for?

3- Objectives: SMART Short - Medium and Long Term

4- Strategies:

- Corporate Strategy: How to grow?

- Business Strategy: How to compete?

- Functional Strategy: How to do it? Strategic Marketing Plan.

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Strategic Management Model

Performance

Actual

Results

Evaluation

&

Control

Programs

Budget

Procedures

Activities

needed

to

accomplish

a plan

Cost of the

programs

Sequences

of steps

needed to

do the job

Objectives

Strategies

What

results to

accomplish

when

Plan to

achieve

mission &

objectives

Broad

guidelines

for

decision

making

Mission

Reasons

for

existence

Environmental

Scanning

Policies

Societal

Environment:

General Forces

Task

Environment

Industry Analysis

Internal

Structure:

Chain of

command

Culture:

Beliefs,

Expectations

Resources:

Assets, skills

Competencies

knowledge

External

Strategy Formulation

Strategy Implementation

Feedback Learning

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Vision

1st Objective

2nd Objective

3rd Objective

4th Objective

Strategy

Where do you want to go at the end?

What is the road map and major mile stones?

How will you reach your objectives?

Vision

Objectives

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Mission:

Stakeholders

Family

Work

Friends

Religion

Country

Community

Who are your stakeholders and what is your mission to each one of them?

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Mission:

Stakeholders

Shareholders

Employees

Customers

Suppliers

Country

Community

Who are your stakeholders and what is your mission to each one of them?

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SMART Objectives

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Relevant

Time-Bound

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Hierarchy of Strategy

Functional

Strategy

Functional Strategy

How To Do Implement?

Corporate Strategy

How To Grow ?

Business Strategy

How To Compete?

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Corporate Strategy

Manufacturing

Feeding Industry

Primary

Manufacturing

Retail

Distribution

Raw Material

Customers

New Product

New Region

Forward Integration

Backward Integration

Horizontal Integration

Vertical Integration

Horizontal Integration

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Business Strategy

Business Strategy:

Emphasizes improvement of the competitive position:

1- Competitive (Apple Computers)

2- Cooperative (British Airways)

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Competitive Advantage

Cost Leadership – Differentiation

Focused –integrated %

High

High

Low

Low

Relative Cost

Outstanding Success

Maintain Cost

advantage

Hope for

market growth

Maintain Specialty

Degree

of

Differentiation

(Swiss)

(Coca-Cola / Pepsi)

(China)

(Egyptian FIAT 128)

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Functional Strategy

Functional Strategy:

How to achieve corporate and business unit strategy by maximizing resource productivity:

1- Marketing Plan

2- Production Plan

3- R&D Plan

4- HR Plan

5- Financial Plan

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Your Marketing Plan

What is Marketing: Satisfying Needs Profitably

  • The Target Market
  • The Strategic Marketing
    • Segmentation
    • Targeting
    • Positioning
  • The Marketing Mix
    • Product
    • Price
    • Place (Push / Pull)
    • Promotions

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation, Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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Segmentation

A process of subdividing the market into distinct subsets of customers that behave in the same way or have similar need.

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Bases for Segmenting Consumer Markets

These segmentation variables can be used singly or in combination

Geographic

Calls for dividing the market into different geographical units such as states, regions,counties & neighborhood

  • Region
  • City or Metro size
  • Density
  • Climate

Demographic

  • Age
  • Family Size
  • Family lifecycle
  • Gender
  • Income
  • Education
  • Occupation
  • Religion
  • Race
  • Generation
  • Social Class
  • Nationality

Psychographic

  • Lifestyle
  • Personality

Behavioral

  • Occasions
  • Benefits (Unique selling proposition) Crest
  • User status
  • Usage Rate
  • Loyalty Status: - high-core loyals –Split loyals – Shifting loyals - switchers
  • Buyer-readiness stage
  • Attitude toward product

Segmentation

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Targeting

The act of evaluating and comparing the identified groups and then selecting one or more of them as the prospects

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Selecting the Market Segments

Targeting

M1

M2

M3

P1

P2

P3

Single segment

Concentration

The company selects a single segment, it gains a strong knowledge of the segments needs & wants& achieves a string market position in the segment

M1

M2

M3

P1

P2

P3

Selective

Specialization

The company selects a number of segments all fits objectives & resources.

& all promises to be money makers

M1

M2

M3

P1

P2

P3

Product

Specialization

The company concentrates on a certain product that it sells to several segments.

It builds a strong reputation in the specific product area

M1

M2

M3

P1

P2

P3

Market

Specialization

The company concentrates on serving many needs of a particular customer group.

It builds a strong reputation in serving this customer group

M1

M2

M3

P1

P2

P3

Full Market

Coverage

The company serves all customer groups with all the products they might need.

Only very large firms can undertake a full market coverage strategy

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Differentiation & Positioning

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Differentiation & Positioning

Product

  • Features

Characteristics that supplement the product’s basic function

  • Performance Quality

The level at which the product’s primary characteristics operates

  • Conformance Quality

Degree to which produced units are identical & meet promised specs

(Perceived quality is more imp. than technical quality)

  • Durability

The product operating lifecycle under natural & stressful conditions

  • Reliability

The measure of the probability that a product will not malfunction or fail within a specified period of time

  • Style

The product’s looks & feel to the customer

  • Design
  • Reparability

Service

  • Ordering Ease

  • Delivery

Speed, accuracy &care attending

  • Installation

Work done to make a product operates in its planned location

  • Customer training

Training customer employees

  • Customer Consulting

Data information & advising services

  • Maintenance & repair

Helping customers to have the product in a good working order

  • Miscellaneous Services

Tools for competitive Differentiation

McDonald’s

Mercedes

Cisco

Pizza Hut

Metro

McDonald’s

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Tools for competitive Differentiation

Personnel

  • Competence

Required skill & knowledge

  • Courtesy

Friendly respectable & considerate

  • Credibility

Trustworthy

  • Reliability

The employees perform the service consistently & accurately

  • Responsiveness

Respond quickly to request & problems

  • Communication

Make an effort to understand customers & communicate clearly

Channel

  • Coverage

  • Expertise

  • Performance

Image

  • Identity Vs Image

Identity is the ways that the company aims to identify itself or position its product.

Image is how the public perceives the company or its products

  • Symbols

Triggers company or brand recognition (Brand Logos)

  • Written & audiovisual Media

Convey a storyline or mood or a performance level

  • Atmosphere

Physical space in which the company produces or delivers its products

  • Events

The company could build an identity through the type of event it sponsors

Differentiation & Positioning

Marlboro

Apple

Malaysia

Morgan Stanley

Vodafone

Chipsy

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New Product Development Process

“How to launch a new product ?”

Product

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1- Idea Generation

5- Business Analysis

6- Product Development

7- Market Testing

8- Commercialization

2- Idea Screening

3- Concept Development & Testing

4- Marketing Strategy Development

New Product Development Process

“How to launch a new product ?”

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Growth

Decline

Maturity

Emerging

Profits

Sales

Product Life Cycle

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BCG Matrix

High

High

Low

Low

Relative Market Share

?

Question Mark

Dog

Cash Cow

Star

Market

Growth

Rate

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Value-Delivery Process

Product

Design

Procure

Make

Price

Sell

Advertise

Promote

Distribute

Service

Make the Product

Sell the Product

Customer

Segmentation

Market

Selection/

Focus

Targeting

Value

Positioning

Product

Development

Service

Development

Sourcing

Making

Pricing

Distributing

Serving

Sales

Force

Sales

Promotion

Advertising

Choose the Value

Provide the Value

Communicate the Value

(a) Traditional Physical Process Sequence

(b) Value Creation and Delivery Sequence

Strategic Marketing

Tactical Marketing

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Marketing Plan Process

Marketing Research

Segmenting

Positioning

Targeting

Defining Target Market

Needs, Wants, Demand

Product

Variety

Quality

Design

Features

Brand

Packaging

Size

Services

Warranty

Return

Price

Price List

Discounts

Allowances

Payments

Credit

Promotion

Promotions

Advertising

Sales Force

Public

relation

Direct

marketing

Place

Channels

Coverage

Assortment

Location

Inventory

Transport

Marketing Mix

4 Ps

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4 Ps 4 Cs

  • Product Customer Solution
  • Price Customer Cost
  • Place Convenience
  • Promotion Communication

Marketing Mix

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation, Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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2. Market Analysis

  • Market size
    • How big is it NOW?
    • Trends – how fast is it or will it grow?
  • Market Players – Competitors
    • Competitive Advantage
    • Estimated market shares
    • Existing/planned products in the marketplace

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Market Analysis (cont’d)

  • Market segmentation
    • Demographical
      • Age, gender, marital status, income…
    • Geographical
    • Life style
    • Consumer buying behavior – decision makers

  • Is this the RIGHT time for my product?
  • Is there a gap that I can fill?

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  • Who are my TARGET customers?

  • Why would they buy my product?

  • How much would they pay?

  • What are the special features in my product?

  • What is my competitive advantage

  • What are my 4 Ps: Product, Price, Place & Promotion

It is all about your EDGE

3. Marketing Strategy

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Business Model

How Shall I reach my target customers?

  • Direct Sales
  • Mass Media - Advertising
  • Retail
  • The Web
  • Telemarketing / Phone Sales
  • Trade Shows and Conferences
  • Channels, Distributors and Partners

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation , Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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4. Production plan

  • Technology

  • Equipment

  • Raw Material Sourcing

  • Operation Plan and Capacity

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation , Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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5. Management Plans

  • Getting the RIGHT Team on board

  • Training

  • Delegation

  • Empowerment

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3- Implementation

1- Action Plan: Programs needed to achieve the targeted objectives

2- Procedures: Sequences of the programs

3- Budgets for such programs

4- Tools & resources needed

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4- Financial Modeling

1- Projected Income Statement

2- Projected Cash Flow Statement

3- Projected Capital Expenditure

4- Projected Investments Required

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5- Measuring Performance (KPIs)

1- Measuring Profitability

2- Measuring Feasibility: Return on Investments

3- Measuring Market Penetration

4- Measuring Satisfaction

Structure –control - benchmark

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6- Corporatization: Sustainability

1- Legal Structure

2- Organization Structure

3- Logo & Slogan

4- Team

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7- Social Responsibility

1- What target market will be your project benefit (non-financially)

2- What specific programs or action will your project perform to benefit such segment

3- How do you measure the effect?

4- How do you ensure sustainability?

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation , Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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6. Financial Plans

  • Income Statement Projections
    • Revenues Assumptions
    • Costs/Expenses Assumptions
    • Depreciation Assumptions
    • Interest Expenses Assumptions
    • Taxes

  • Cash Flow Projections
    • Initial investment
    • Working Capital (Payables vs Receivables)
    • Capital Expenditure (Capex)
    • Debt Assumptions

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Income Statement

Objective: provides information about the firm’s operating activities over a specific period of time.

Revenue: 100 100%

- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): 60 60%

Gross Profit (Profit Margin) 40 40%

Operating Expenses:

General & Administration 8 8%

Sales & Marketing 12 12%

- Total Operating Expenses 20 20%

Earning Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation & Amortization (EBITDA)20 20%

- Depreciation & Amortization 5 5%

Earning Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) 15 15%

- Interest Expenses 5 5%

Net Income Before Tax 10 10%

-Taxes 2 2%

Net Income 8 8%

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Financial Plans (cont’d)

  • Financial Measures
    • ROI
    • Break-even
    • NPV
    • IRR

  • Providing needed Capital
    • Equity
    • Debt

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Business Planning Steps

  1. Idea generation
  2. Market research and Analysis
  3. Marketing strategy
  4. Production planning
  5. Management and Organization
  6. Financial plan
  7. Company formulation

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7. The Company

  • Name – logo - slogan

  • Legal structure

  • Location

Mission – Values - Objectives

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Elements of the �Business Plan

  1. Executive Summary
  2. The opportunity, the company and� product/service
  3. Market research/analysis
  4. Economics of the business
  5. Marketing strategy and plan
  6. Design and development plan
  7. Manufacturing and operations plan
  8. Management team
  9. Action Plan: Schedule, risks, problems
  10. Financial plan

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Thank You

&

God Bless You

Omar Shawky