Category: Entrepreneurship

Small Business Chapter 11 Situation Scenario
Purpose
After reading Chapter 11

Small Business Chapter 11 Situation Scenario
Purpose
After reading Chapter 11 “Forecasting Financial Requirements” please answer Questions 1-2 on page 317 of the textbook to show your understanding of the role of Financial Forecasting.
Task
Write 1 paragraph discussing the Situation 1 scenario. Please type out each question and answer. In addition, include any references used for this assignment (APA).
Situation 3
Karen Lamont is in the process of starting a new business and wants to forecast the first year’s income statement and balance sheet. She has made a number of assumptions, which are shown below:
a. Lamont has projected the firm’s sales will be $1 million in the first year.
b. She believes that the operating and gross profit margins will be 20 percent and 50 percent, respectively.
c. For working capital, Lamont has estimated the following:
Accounts receivable as a percentage of sales: 12%
Inventory as a percentage of sales: 15%
Accounts payable as a percentage of sales: 7%
Accruals as a percentage of sales: 5%
d. A bank has agreed to loan her $300,000, consisting of $100,000 in short-term debt and $200,000 in long-term debt. Both loans will have an 8 percent interest rate.
e. The firm’s tax rate will be 30 percent.
f. Lamont will need to purchase $350,000 in plant and equipment. Lamont will provide any other financing needed.
Question 1 Based on Lamont’s assumptions, prepare a pro forma income statement and balance sheet.
Question 2 If her estimates are correct, what will be the firm’s current ratio and debt ratio? Explain the meaning of these ratios.

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Analyze financial and investment decisions that add value to the organization
Analyze financing options to maximize investor value
Scenario
The CFO of your company has asked for your support in preparing a report for the business’s board of directors. Many of the board members are new, and some of them have little background in finance. With this in mind, you will need to write a report that all board members can easily understand.
Directions
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Financial Analysis: In prior assignments, you calculated some of the financial formulas using quarterly financial statements from your chosen business and the Final Project Financial Formulas worksheet. For the financial analysis, edit prior work based on feedback and include it in this final project.
Financial Calculations: Accurately calculate financial formulas to figure out the business’s current financial health. You must calculate the following:
Working capital
Current ratio
Debt ratio
Earnings per share
Price and earnings ratio
Total asset turnover ratio
Financial leverage
Net profit margin
Return on assets
Return on equity
Working Capital Management: Explain the impact of working capital management on a typical business’s operations. Provide examples to support your claims.
Why is it important for a business in general to carefully manage its working capital?
Financing: Explain the options available for a company in general to finance its operations and expansion.
Short-Term Financing: Explain how potential short-term financing sources could help any business raise funds for improving its financial health.
Bond Investment: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in a corporate bond. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Capital Equipment: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in capital equipment. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Capital Lease: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in a capital lease, including leasing substantive physical assets like buildings. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Financial Evaluation: In this step, you will use the knowledge you’ve accumulated thus far and make decisions on whether any or all of the following are appropriate directions for your chosen company. Assume that the situations located in the Final Project Financial Assumptions document are true of your chosen company. For each of the options below, include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples from previous milestones to support your analysis. Based on your company’s financial health, you should consider:
Bond Investment: Determine if the bond investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Capital Equipment: Determine if the capital equipment investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Capital Lease: Determine if the capital lease investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Future Financial Considerations: Describe your chosen business’s likely future financial performance. Base your description on the business’s current financial well-being and risk levels. This time, do not consider the assumptions in the Final Project Financial Assumptions document. Use your chosen company’s most current financial information to support your claims.
Final Submission:
In Module Seven, you will submit a short paper that describes whether your chosen company should make specific investments based on its financial health. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Financial Analysis Report
Submit your completed Final Project Financial Analysis Report.
All sources should be cited according to APA style. This includes sources listed in your Final Project Financial Formulas workbook. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guibdgde for more information on citations.

This week we’re learning about business plans. In the case activity, the highlig

This week we’re learning about business plans. In the case activity, the highlighted company is Birch Box. It was started by two college students and has experienced a degree of success. Please watch the video and read through the case then answer the following questions:
1) In what ways is BirchBox’s business approach a win-win for its suppliers and customers?
2) How was participating in a business plan competition helpful to Katie and Hayley while Birchbox was still in the planning, testing, and prototyping stage?
3) Going forward, what challenges are facing BirchBox and which is the most threatening to its success? If Birchbox was to PIVOT, what changes should they make?
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION (5 points): What do you think the reasons were for the eventual demise of Birch Box?

(Instructions)
This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) vi

(Instructions)
This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder.
Email submission will not be accepted.
Your work should be clearly and completely presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Assignment will be evaluated through BB Safe Assign tool.
Late submission will result in ZERO marks being awarded.
This work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO marks.
Use Times New Roman font 12 for all your answers.
(Report Components)
Task(s)
What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month?
New skill(s)
What skills did you learn through the month?
Meeting(s)
How many meetings did you attend?
Difficulty/ Challenge(s)
What are the difficulties you had this month?
How did you overcome these difficulties?
Learning
What did you learn from completing the tasks
What did you want to learn more?
*Note: 1. This report is a summary of the training activities performed. 2. You may attach additional pages if needed. And student can attach any extra note to this form.
Name: ____________________________ Signature: ___________________________

Instructions)
This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via

Instructions)
This report must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via the allocated folder.
Email submission will not be accepted.
Your work should be clearly and completely presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Assignment will be evaluated through BB Safe Assign tool.
Late submission will result in ZERO marks being awarded.
This work should be your own, copying from students or other resources will result in ZERO marks.
Use Times New Roman font 12 for all your answers.
(Report Components)
Task(s)
What are the activities and tasks given to you during this month?
New skill(s)
What skills did you learn through the month?
Meeting(s)
How many meetings did you attend?
Difficulty/ Challenge(s)
What are the difficulties you had this month?
How did you overcome these difficulties?
Learning
What did you learn from completing the tasks
What did you want to learn more?
*Note: 1. This report is a summary of the training activities performed. 2. You may attach additional pages if needed. And student can attach any extra note to this form.
Name: ____________________________ Signature: ___________________________

This week we’re learning about business plans. In the case activity, the highlig

This week we’re learning about business plans. In the case activity, the highlighted company is Birch Box. It was started by two college students and has experienced a degree of success. Please watch the video and read through the case then answer the following questions:
1) In what ways is BirchBox’s business approach a win-win for its suppliers and customers?
2) How was participating in a business plan competition helpful to Katie and Hayley while Birchbox was still in the planning, testing, and prototyping stage?
3) Going forward, what challenges are facing BirchBox and which is the most threatening to its success? If Birchbox was to PIVOT, what changes should they make?
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION (5 points): What do you think the reasons were for the eventual demise of Birch Box?

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Analyze financial and investment decisions that add value to the organization
Analyze financing options to maximize investor value
Scenario
The CFO of your company has asked for your support in preparing a report for the business’s board of directors. Many of the board members are new, and some of them have little background in finance. With this in mind, you will need to write a report that all board members can easily understand.
Directions
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Financial Analysis: In prior assignments, you calculated some of the financial formulas using quarterly financial statements from your chosen business and the Final Project Financial Formulas worksheet. For the financial analysis, edit prior work based on feedback and include it in this final project.
Financial Calculations: Accurately calculate financial formulas to figure out the business’s current financial health. You must calculate the following:
Working capital
Current ratio
Debt ratio
Earnings per share
Price and earnings ratio
Total asset turnover ratio
Financial leverage
Net profit margin
Return on assets
Return on equity
Working Capital Management: Explain the impact of working capital management on a typical business’s operations. Provide examples to support your claims.
Why is it important for a business in general to carefully manage its working capital?
Financing: Explain the options available for a company in general to finance its operations and expansion.
Short-Term Financing: Explain how potential short-term financing sources could help any business raise funds for improving its financial health.
Bond Investment: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in a corporate bond. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Capital Equipment: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in capital equipment. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Capital Lease: Discuss the risks and benefits of any business investing in a capital lease, including leasing substantive physical assets like buildings. Include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples to support your analysis.
Financial Evaluation: In this step, you will use the knowledge you’ve accumulated thus far and make decisions on whether any or all of the following are appropriate directions for your chosen company. Assume that the situations located in the Final Project Financial Assumptions document are true of your chosen company. For each of the options below, include the necessary ethical factors, appropriate calculations, and examples from previous milestones to support your analysis. Based on your company’s financial health, you should consider:
Bond Investment: Determine if the bond investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Capital Equipment: Determine if the capital equipment investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Capital Lease: Determine if the capital lease investment is a good financing option for your chosen business’s financial health. Use your financial analysis and other financial information to support your claims.
Future Financial Considerations: Describe your chosen business’s likely future financial performance. Base your description on the business’s current financial well-being and risk levels. This time, do not consider the assumptions in the Final Project Financial Assumptions document. Use your chosen company’s most current financial information to support your claims.
Final Submission:
In Module Seven, you will submit a short paper that describes whether your chosen company should make specific investments based on its financial health. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
Financial Analysis Report
Submit your completed Final Project Financial Analysis Report.
All sources should be cited according to APA style. This includes sources listed in your Final Project Financial Formulas workbook. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guibdgde for more information on citations.

Hello I have a case study about Tala Pizza I did wrote 4 pages and but I am not

Hello I have a case study about Tala Pizza I did wrote 4 pages and but I am not sure if I address the all question and the reurment also the grammar right. I will upload what I wrote and the requirement for the assignment so you edit it to make sure I do it right.
assignment requirement:Please prepare your 5-page write-up on the case, along with an appendix (where you recreate all the tools and frameworks, such as STEP, PEST, Five Forces, Value Chain, SWOT,
question for the case?
TelePizza
The case describes TelePizza, Spain’s leading chain of pizza restaurants and delivery services. TelePizza has experienced rapid growth to about 500 stores since its creation in 1987. The company went public on the Spanish stock market in late 1996. Franchising has played an important role in the firm’s expansion to date. For further growth, the founder and CEO, Leopoldo Fernandez, is contemplating three different strategies: further expansion in Spain, international expansion, or the creation of new restaurant concepts. Please consider the following:
Why has TelePizza done so well?
Leopoldo Fernandez has developed different paths for growth. What is your assessment of these options? Which (ones) would you advise Leopoldo to adopt? Please be specific in your recommendations.
What implications do your recommendations regarding growth have for TelePizza’s current franchising strategy?
What is your assessment of TelePizza’s stock market valuation in October 1998?

I will provide a file and use this file to make a ppt to introduce the project a

I will provide a file and use this file to make a ppt to introduce the project and make a speech. It only takes three minutes.

In Chapter 8, we learn about common and specialized legal forms of an organizati

In Chapter 8, we learn about common and specialized legal forms of an organization. Please list and provide the definitions of at least four of those common or specialized legal business forms. If you started a business, which legal form would you use and why?