The document outlines three assignments for a business plan course. Assignment 1 involves developing a business vision, identifying market needs, and analyzing feasibility. Assignment 2 consists of a competitive analysis, strategic assessment, and financial plan. Assignment 3 covers business initiatives, production options, technology's role in quality and customer loyalty, and technology policies. Students must write multi-page papers addressing prompts for each part of the full business plan.

1. BUS 521 Week 3 Assignment 1 Business Plan Part I – Business
Vision
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Assignment 1: Business Plan Part I – Business Vision
Due Week 3 and worth 180 points
Note: Refer to scenarios and reading assignments from previous
weeks to complete this assignment.
Imagine you are hired by a new start-up company. You are
tasked to recognize and explore a new business opportunity of
creating a new product or service for your company. As part of
your new business vision, you will create a business plan
describing all keys elements of the business opportunity which
will ultimately be presented to an executive team in a venture
capital group for possible funding and execution.
Part I of the business plan will describe your business vision you
plan to undertake in your company.

2. Write a five to six (5-6) page in which you:
1. Compile a business vision about the type of product or
service you think your company needs to develop. Next,
describe the business values and corporate values that you want
to create.
2. Determine the need for the new product or service. Next,
provide an overview of the market you intend to enter, and
defend why this market is ripe for the introduction of this
product or service at this particular time.
3. Determine the type of business model you will use for your
new business opportunity. Support your response.
4. Formulate a feasibility analysis, and determine whether the
new product or service is feasible. Identify the roadblocks that
you will likely face.
5. Evaluate the data from your analysis, considering the
source and time period. Justify the future financial condition of
your company.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify
as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

3. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Analyze the entrepreneurial process to determine where a
company is in the process and how to implement change
successfully.
Examine entrepreneurial intentions and strategies to support
entrepreneurship.
Examine the creativity and business idea process, and the
materialization of domestic and foreign market entry
opportunities.
Analyze the financial planning process for a new venture.
Analyze the process of protecting the new venture idea and
legitimizing it through a formalized business plan.

4. Use technology and information resources to research issues in
entrepreneurship and innovation.
Write clearly and concisely about entrepreneurship and
innovation using proper writing mechanics.
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BUS 521 Week 7 Assignment 2 Business Plan Part II –
Competitive Analysis and Strategic Assessment
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Assignment 2: Business Plan Part II – Competitive Analysis and
Strategic Assessment
Due Week 7 and worth 230 points
Note: Refer to scenarios and reading assignments from previous
weeks to complete this assignment.
In Part I of your business plan, you explored a business
opportunity for your company. You identified your business
model, formulated your feasibility statement, and evaluated your

5. data. In Part II, you will conduct a competitive analysis and
strategic assessment of the proposed venture, balancing the
possible risks and opportunities your company will face. In
addition, you will provide the financial requirements for the
venture capital group to evaluate.
Write a seven to eight (7-8) page paper in which you:
1. Conduct a competitive analysis in which you explain the
sources of competition, the strengths of your competitors’
companies, and the other factors affecting your ability to
compete.
2. Provide at least three (3) strategies and three (3) marketing
tactics for attracting first-time customers.
3. Determine three to five (3-5) kinds of strategic positions
that are available to you for your business plan. Next, determine
the types of opportunities the strategic positions bring to your
business both internally and externally.
4. Determine the key types of risks your business opportunity
will face both internally and externally. Provide strategies to
mitigate these risks.
5. Assess the different sources of funding available for
funding entrepreneurial ventures in terms of the possible value
they can bring to your venture. Next, explain the funding
strategy your venture will undertake.

6. 6. Create a report of operating costs required for your product
or service venture, using the PlanningShop’s Business Plan
Financial package. Note: The PlanningShop’s Business Plan
Financial package can be found in the Student Center of the
online course shell.
7. Prepare a break-even analysis in which you explain the
report you created to the venture capital group.
1. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify
as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:

7. Examine the creativity and business idea process, and the
materialization of domestic and foreign market entry
opportunities.
Analyze the financial planning process for a new venture.
Analyze the process of protecting the new venture idea and
legitimizing it through a formalized business plan.
Analyze different sources of capital to determine the appropriate
financing for a business venture.
Examine the marketing planning process for new ventures.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
entrepreneurship and innovation.
Write clearly and concisely about entrepreneurship and
innovation using proper writing mechanics.
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BUS 521 Week 9 Assignment 3 Business Plan Part III –
Business Initiative and Technology
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8. Assignment 3: Business Plan Part III – Business Initiative and
Technology
Due Week 9 and worth 160 points
Note: Refer to scenarios and reading assignments from previous
weeks to complete this assignment.
In Part III of your business plan, you will consider how your
new business initiative will affect operations in your company.
You will also evaluate different technologies and introduce the
type of technology that will help you make a more efficient and
high quality product or service.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze the options available for producing the product or
service. Next, evaluate which of the available options you can
take to streamline operations.
2. Determine how the product or service will meet consumer
needs.
3. Assess at least three (3) types of technologies that will
improve the quality of the product or service. Explain how the
technologies will help enhance capabilities and customer
loyalty.

9. 4. Identify at least two (2) technology policies that will apply
to the product or service initiative. Next, analyze three to five
(3-5) ways how those policies that you have identified affect
your product or service initiative.
1. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify
as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Analyze the strategies for managing growth, the implications for
growth, and sources for business growth.

10. Use technology and information resources to research issues in
entrepreneurship and innovation.
Write clearly and concisely about entrepreneurship and
innovation using proper writing mechanics.
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