Full Description

A Trump U Course

In How to Critically Evaluate Your Business Plan you will play the role of an analyst for Cheslow Investments, where you will critique some of the most critical components of a business plan based upon that of a real start-up company, Surfparks, LLC. You will need to determine the plan's overall viability, and recommend whether your firm should invest in the idea. As you take on this responsibility, you will have access to experts who, through video and text, will help you learn the tools and strategies you'll need to answer the seven critical questions.

We begin the Entrepreneurship curriculum by having you analyze a business plan, so you become familiar with the main issues involved in creating a successful plan. This will help you frame your own ideas in follow-on courses. The work you do here will prepare you for the next steps in the Entrepreneurship curriculum, which will help you solidify your own new business idea, write all sections of your business plan, launch your business, and finally, develop a plan to grow it.

In order to write a winning plan, you first have to recognize what goes into a winning plan. This course will help you do that. You're going to use seven critical questions to help you navigate the ins and outs of business plan analysis. By learning to recognize a plan's risks and opportunities, you'll know what works and what doesn't work when it's time to write your own plan.

Enroll in this online course if you:

• Aspire to be an entrepreneur

• Plan to run a new business

• Want to improve your business skills

Outcomes:

This course will teach you:

1. New ways of entrepreneurial thinking to focus your goals and plans

2. To develop a clearer vision and a better focus for your own business plan

3. Seven key questions to ensure your plan is complete

4. What potential investors look for and how to tailor your plan to satisfy them

5. What mistakes first-timers make so you can avoid the pitfalls

6. How a business plan is implemented and how it changes as the company grows

Assessment:

Assessment is based upon satisfactory completion of five assignments with a total estimated completion time of 9 – 12 hours. Upon successful completion of these assignments, the student will gain a deep knowledge base covering the most important aspects of evaluating a business plan and receive a certificate of completion signed by Jack Kaplan.

Course Information:

This course is made up of five assignments. Each of your assignments consists of four steps.

1. Learn about your job

   • Email: In this email, your fictional business partner will ask you to carry out a task and provide information necessary for its completion. She may also have included attachments that you will use. Be sure to download these and save them to your computer.

   • What's involved in...?: This section provides principles and techniques relevant to your assignment.

   • What do the experts have to say about...?: Here you will find instructional videos of the course experts.

2. Do your work

   • Getting to work: This section includes basic instructions on how to complete the assignment

   • Step-by-step guide: This step-by-step walk-through is designed to assist you in carrying out your assignment.

   • Assignment worksheet: On this page you will record your answers to the assignment questions. You will submit the worksheet for review by the instructor.

3. Submit your work

4. Receive feedback

   • Review comments: Here you will read written feedback from your Trump University Certified instructor.

   • How would an expert complete this?: In the case of an assignment in which you complete a deliverable, you will be provided with an expert solution for that deliverable.

   • What should I remember?: Advice about how to apply the lessons learned in the assignment to the real world.

In each of the assignments below, you will be faced with a real-world problem and be asked to solve it.

Assignment 1: Evaluate the Target Market

Assignment 2:Evaluate the Marketing and Sales Plan

Assignment 3: Evaluate the Financials

Assignment 4: Evaluate the Expansion Plan

Assignment 5: Make Your Final Recommendation

Contact Hours: 12