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FIN 375 Week 1 My Future Business Opportunity
FIN 375 Week 2 Individual Financial Ratios (Moserk Company's)
FIN 375 Week 2 Team Financial Break-Even Analysis
FIN 375 Individual Assignment Business Loan Eligibility
FIN 375 Week 3 Assignment Funding the Business
FIN 375 Week 3 Cash Conversion
FIN 375 Team Assignment Business Loan Requirements
FIN 375 Week 4 Team Selecting a Business Location

FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Plan
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FIN 375 Entire Course
FIN 375 Week 1 Venture Concepts Paper (2 Papers)
FIN 375 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3
FIN 375 Week 2 Venture Budgeting and Forecasting Paper (2
Papers)
FIN 375 Week 3 Pro-Forma and Business Cycle Research Paper (2
Papers)
FIN 375 Week 4 Financial Prospectus Content Paper (2 Papers)
FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Prospectus Completion Paper (2 Papers)
FIN 375 Week 5 Capitalization and Reporting Document
Presentation (2 PPT)

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FIN 375 Individual Assignment Business Loan
Eligibility
FIN 375 Individual Assignment Business Loan Eligibility
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FIN 375 Team Assignment Business Loan
Requirements
FIN 375 Team Assignment Business Loan Requirements
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DQ 1
1. What types of advantages create a business opportunity?
2. How might these types of advantages be obtained? Name a small
business, with which you are familiar, that thrives due to a business
advantage.
3. What advantage does that company have over other businesses in
the same industry?
DQ 2
1. What are the advantages of purchasing an existing business
opposed to opening a new venture?
2. If a business is purchased, what factors would influence the
decision to grow the business versus operating the business as is?
3. Suppose you purchased a small business. What would you do to
ensure your business is financially successful? What would you not
do?

DQ 3
1. What factors determine the amount of working capital that a new
small business must budget?
2. Suppose you start a business that has a soft opening and sells half
of the expected product in the first quarter. You notice towards the
end of the quarter that sales pick up near what was expected. How
much working capital might you need to budget ahead of time to
overcome this obstacle, and how would you obtain this amount of
working capital?
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FIN 375 Week 1 My Future Business
Opportunity
My Future Business Opportunity
Instructions:
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment builds on the ideas that you have for creating a small
business. Planning what you can afford and what is needed to gain
financial backing is critical to success, and this is an area that can
hurt
small business owners financially in both the short and long run.

In this assignment, you will assess a small business opportunity and
conduct initial research. Your final product will be an engaging
presentation.
Note: It is recommended that you save this graded presentation for
use
in MGT/465.
Assignment Steps
Create a 25-slide presentation about a potential business opportunity.
Describe a small business that you would like to start or purchase.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages between starting a
business from scratch and buying an existing business.
Include details such as the number of employees, the type of facilities
and equipment needed, target customer demographics, and marketing
channels.
Research three to four companies within your industry, and highlight
important parts of their annual reports that can assist you in the
development of your own business plan.
Describe how these benchmarked companies started financially and
how they have grown by answering the following questions:
• How did the companies allocate their funding last year?
• What information did they use to distribute the funding?
• How did the companies perform against their financial plan?

• What financial roadblocks or challenges did the companies meet
and
how were they addressed?
Determine the components that you will need to include in the
financial
section of your business plan, and explain how this information will
be
used to allocate funding for your business.
Include a final slide with the references from the different sources you
used.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation.
Note: For presentations, you may use any presentation software you
prefer.
SupportingMaterial:Office Sway First LookResource: Designing an
InfographicMy Future Business Opportunity Grading Guide
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FIN 375 Week 1 Venture Concepts Paper (2
Papers)

This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers
For this and subsequent individual assignments leading up to a
complete financial prospectus due in Week 5, select a conceptual
small business startup venture that you would like to plan, develop
and operate. This can be any venture that interests you that fits within
the category of small business.
If you do not have a particular business in mind that you would like to
develop, the small businesses for sale listings found in your local
newspaper or through the internet could provide some interesting
ideas and opportunities.
Write a 550- to 750-word paper in APA format in which you do the
following:
Describe your conceptual venture that you would start if you had the
resources. Include details such as the number of employees, the type
of facilities and equipment needed, target customer demographics,
and marketing channels.
Research at least one current company that is an appropriate
benchmark to your venture. Describe how this benchmark company
started financially and how it has grown. Compare this company to
your conceptual venture by discussing how your venture might be
funded similarly or differently than it was. If all the details of exactly

how this benchmark company was funded are not available, you may
make assumptions for the sake of comparison. Post your Assignment
as a Microsoft® Word attachment. Please ensure to follow APA
standards
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FIN 375 Week 2 DQs
DQ 1
1. What is involved in a market analysis?
2. Why is a market analysis an important part of a financial
prospectus?
3. Suppose you create small business plans to build the strongest
rocking chairs on the market without performing a market analysis.
What kinds of concerns might potential financers have?
DQ 2
1. What is the importance of maintaining current and accurate
financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP)?

2. Suppose you own a small business that is contacted by the IRS to
report quarter earnings for tax purposes. What might happen to your
small business if current and accurate financial statements are not
maintained?
DQ 3
1. How do you continue or restart the growth cycle when your small
business has already reached a plateau and began to decline?
2. Provide an example of a business that was on the decline and
made an adjustment to continue growth. What caused the company to
go into decline in the first place and what adjustment did that
company make to avoid further decline?
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FIN 375 Week 2 Individual Financial Ratios
(Moserk Company's)
Financial Ratios
Instructions:
This assignment helps you to explore financial ratios and compare
your

business financial health to similar organizations. There are two
parts to
this assignment.
Assignment Steps
Part I:
Review the assigned Moserk Company's financial statements in the
Financial Ratio Worksheet, and calculate the financial ratios for the
assigned company's financial statements.
Show all financial calculations in the Financial Ratio Worksheet
included in the Student Materials.
Part II:
Write a 525- to 700-word summary of your Financial Ratio
Worksheet
analysis.
Explain the possible reasons for any differences between the
company's ratios and those of the industry average (cross-sectional).
Compare the calculated financial ratios against industry averages,
and
state possible reasons for the differences.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment documents.
Supporting Material: Financial Ratios Grading Guide Financial
Ratios

Worksheet
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FIN 375 Week 2 Team Financial Break-
Even Analysis
Financial Break-Even Analysis
Instructions:
The Worksheet provided contains three different tabs. Each tab
should
be viewed as a possible variable for a business to choose.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper with three separate sections that
include the following:
• Debt-Equity: Determine the effects of using debt versus equity to
finance a company. Select the preferred method for your proposed
business(es), and explain your answer.
• Leverage-Breakeven: Compare and contrast the three tabs on the
Breakeven-Leverage Worksheet. Explain how the future year's
forecasted financials will be affected in the areas of net income, cash

flow, leverage, and breakeven. Explain why the growth stage of a
company might be the deciding factor as to which variable is ideal to
follow.
• Forecasting: Explain what a Pro Forma statement is and how it is
applied in financial forecasting. Discuss the major models of
forecasting
and how different they are from each other. Describe which model
you
prefer for financial forecasting, and explain why.
Cite a minimum of three references with in-text citations.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the
Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a
grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not
all
students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.
SupportingMaterial:FinancialBreak-Even Analysis Grading
GuideFinancial Break-Even Worksheet
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FIN 375 Week 2 Venture Budgeting and
Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)

Resources: Kudler Opening Budget
Write a 700- to 900-word paper in APA format in which you do the
following:
Illustrate how your venture would perform by estimating the revenue
and expense to calculate operating profit or loss. Include estimates of
your venture’s main sources of revenue and the expenses expected in
the main cost categories such as the cost of goods, sales and
marketing, labor, rent, maintenance, and any other significant
expenses.
Illustrate your venture’s startup costs by estimating a preopening
budget—also termed development budget—thatincludes startup costs
such as building and construction, Web site development, preopening
marketing, equipment, merchandise, preopening operations, research
and development, working capital, and any other significant
preopening expenses. An example of a preopening budget may be
found in the materials listed on the course page for the University of

Phoenix student Web site for Week Two named Kudler Opening
Budget.
Develop financial planning goals by illustrating how your venture
would be initially funded by using cash on hand, debt, venture capital,
or a combination of these. Use a mortgage calculator found on the
Internet and calculate your loan payments. Include these expenses in
your Operating Budget
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FIN 375 Week 3 Assignment Funding the
Business
FIN 375 Individual Assignment Funding the Business
Funding the Business
Instructions:
This assignment asks you to describe a new business you'd like to
start, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of starting a
business from scratch versus buying an existing business.

Assignment Steps
Write a 1,050- to 1400-word paper on funding a business, in which
you:
• Describe the various types of funding available to a business, and
include at least three examples.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each type of funding.
• Identify the best source of funding for your business, and explain
why you selected this source.
• Explain how you plan to grow and support the business over the
next
3-5 years.
• Describe the major costs that you will need to cover prior to
generating any revenue, and how you plan to cover your cash
management.
• Determine your anticipated "break-even" point at which you expect
to
start seeing a return on your investment (for both your investors and
you).
Note: Save your completed assignment with faculty feedback for
MGT/465 as you will reuse some of this information to construct your
business plan.

SupportingMaterial:Funding the Business Grading Guide
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FIN 375 Week 3 Cash Conversion
Cash Conversion
Instructions:
One downfall of many small businesses is the inability to keep
sufficient
cash on hand and to calculate the amount of liquid cash that is
necessary for day-to-day operations. This assignment asks you to
calculate cash conversion and to determine the funds necessary for
the
maintenance of business health.
Assignment Steps
Complete Parts 1 and 2 of the Cash Conversion Cycle. Use
Microsoft® Excel® to record your calculations. Note: formulas for
the
cash conversion cycle are included in the document.

Write a 350- to 525-word paper in which you complete the following:
• Explain the difference between permanent and temporary working
capital, and describe what a firm could do to minimize risk.
• Evaluate how small adjustments made to total cash conversion can
have a large impact upon the financial health of a company.
• Describe Economic Order Quantity (EOQ Using the EOQ formula
and an example product for your business, determine the optimal
quantity of the item to purchase that will help to minimize the annual
total costs of keeping that item in inventory.
• Describe what a Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory system is and its
significance in reducing inventory costs.
• Show all cash conversion cycle calculations in a spreadsheet, and
attach it as an Appendix.
Note: Save your completed assignment with faculty feedback for
MGT/465 as you will reuse some of this information to construct your
business plan.
SupportingMaterial:Cash Conversion Grading GuideCash
Conversion
Cycle
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FIN 375 Week 3 DQs
DQ 1
1. What types of financial partnerships are available for small
businesses?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a financial
partner in a small business?
3. If you were opening a small business selling and installing floor
tile, why might a financial partnership be of interest to you?
4. What potential problems, if any, might a financial partnership
lead to in the future?
DQ 2
1. How might inventory and accounts receivables be leveraged for
short-term financing?
2. Suppose you own a water purification company that sells and
installs reverse osmosis systems for homes and businesses. You have a
large profitable job lined up two months away, but after buying all of

the supplies, you do not have enough capital to sustain the business
until that time. What would you do?
DQ 3
1. Why is it important for a small business venture to gain support
from prospective financiers and key customers?
2. If you started a business venture, how would you describe your
venture to gain support from prospective financiers and key
customers?
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FIN 375 Week 3 Pro-Forma and Business
Cycle Research Paper (2 Papers)
Summarize your findings in a 750- to 1050-word paper and research
two different existing businesses to compare and contrast the pro-
forma financial statements of these companies. At least one of these
businesses must be publicly traded.
Describe the financial viability of these businesses using ratio
analyses such as a payback period analysis, ROI analysis,

capitalization rate analysis—cap rate determined by annual profit
divided by opening expense—, etc.
Summarize a typical business cycle for a small business and identify
where the companies are in the cycle.
Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment in APA
format.
This assignment is collaborative. All team members are expected to
actively participate in Week 3.
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FIN 375 Week 4 DQs
DQ 1
1. What are the most important financial components to track to
determine the success of a small business? Explain why.
2. Provide an example of a company with a high volume of sales
and a low profit margin, and provide an example of a company with a
lower volume of sales, with a higher profit margin? Which company
is more financially successful and why?

DQ 2
1. What are some of the differences in problem-solving techniques
as they relate to increasing sales and controlling costs?
2. How does a small business keep a balance of increasing sales
while controlling costs?
3. Suppose you manage a small business and notice that sales are
high, but costs are higher. What areas would you look at changing to
create a more profitable business?
DQ 3
1. What data might be used to distinguish short-term success or
failure versus long-term trends when measuring financial
performance in a small business?
2. Why is it important to look for long-term trends, even if things
are looking great for the short term? Provide an example of a
situation where the short-term success of a business is doing well,
whereas the long-term trends are pointing towards future decline.
3. What would you do to change the long-term trends into
something more positive for that company?
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FIN 375 Week 4 Financial Prospectus Content
Paper (2 Papers)

Resources: Final Prospectus Expectations
Prepare the first seven components of your venture’s Financial
Prospectus. The Financial Prospectus must include the information
you provided in the individual assignments from Week One and Two,
revised as necessary based on material covered in subsequent
workshops and organized with new material added as necessary.
See the Instructor Guidance Before starting this assignment located in
the Discussion forum of this assignment!
Post your (seven component items) assignment as a Microsoft® Word
attachment in APA format.(Used the templates that are attached to
Discussion Assignment Only)
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FIN 375 Week 4 Team Selecting a Business
Location
Selecting a Business Location

Instructions:
Successful small business owners look to others for counsel on
important business decisions. In this assignment you will work with
your
in-class counsel (learning team) to come up with ideas, calculate
risks,
and contemplate opportunities related to choosing a location for your
business operations.
Your company is thinking about purchasing a small, successful
business. You have two choices: Small Business A or Small Business
B. The purchase price of each business is $250,000 (and you cannot
spend more than that, so acquiring both is not an option).
Review the following data:
Small Business A:
Revenue = $100,000 in year one, increasing by 10% each year.
Expenses = $20,000 in year one, increasing by 15% each year.
Depreciation Expense = $5,000 each year.
Tax Rate = 25%
Discount Rate = 10%
Small Business B:
Revenue = $150,000 in year one, increasing by 8% each year.

Expenses = $60,000 in year one, increasing by 10% each year
Depreciation Expense = $10,000 each year
Tax Rate = 25%
Discount Rate = 11%
Assignment Steps
Identify the key factors to be considered when it comes to choosing a
business location.
Analyze how models such as Reilly's Law of retail gravitation can
affect
understanding the competition and financial success.
Create a team presentation of 25 slides in total with appropriate
references in which you outline the key factors you used to select a
business location. Explain why the choice of location can make or
break
a business, and analyze how capital budgeting impacts location in
both
the short and long run.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation.
Note: For presentations, you may use any presentation software of
your
choice.
SupportingMaterial:Understanding CapitalBudgetingResource:
Designing an InfographicResource: Office SwaySelecting a Business

Location Grading Guide
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FIN 375 Week 5 Capitalization and Reporting
Document Presentation (2 PPT)
This Tutorial contains 2 Different PPT
Resources: Kudler Opening Budget, found in the materials listed on
the course page for the University of Phoenix student website.
Use at least one of the publicly traded businesses researched for the
Week Three Learning Team assignment. Compare and contrast the
capitalization and reporting documents for a privately held business
with those of a publicly traded business. If your team does not have
access to adequate financial reports from a privately held business,
Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization may be used. An example of
Kudler’s financial reports is found in the materials listed on the
course page for the University of Phoenix student website named
Kudler Opening Budget.
Describe, in a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation,
how these companies were funded by outlining the initial investments,
debt, and operating investments that made these companies into what
they are today.

Measure the financial performance of these companies and describe
their current performance. In the presentation, include the business
tracking tools you used to perform the measurement. Include a
description of which trends were monitored and analyzed, and the
problem-solving techniques used to optimize revenue and control
costs.
Analyze how cash flow was managed at these businesses and discuss
alternative options that they might have considered.
This assignment is collaborative. All team members are expected to
actively participate in Week 5.
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FIN 375 Week 5 DQs
DQ 1
1. What are the differences between short- and long-term financing?
2. What are some of the popular types of short-term financing
available to small businesses?

3. Suppose you own a small business. What is a situation where
short-term financing would be beneficial for your company? Explain
why.
DQ 2
1. What types of benefits and services must a small business expect
from a bank that it has a merchant account with?
2. What other useful tools, such as inventory management
assistance or a point of sale system (POS), would a bank offer its
customers?
3. Suppose you own a small business and are researching with
which bank to open your merchant account. Which benefit, service, or
tool offered by banks is most important for you? Explain why.
DQ 3
1. How might collateral be used to secure long-term financing?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using collateral to
secure long-term financing?
3. If you owned a small business, what types of situations would
warrant using collateral to secure long-term financing?
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FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Plan

Financial Plan
Instructions:
In this assignment, you will be evaluating a cash budgeting scenario
and developing a financial plan for a fictional business.
Assignment Steps
Review the Cash Budgeting Scenario.
Calculate the cash budget using the Cash Budget Worksheet, and use
the Cash Budget Worksheet Answers to review your work.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word financial plan in which you complete the
following:
• Discuss potential cash budget benefits and pitfalls for the business,
including how the budget supports the strategic goal of the business
to
increase revenue by 10% annually.
• Outline your expected business expenses (e.g. fixed and variable
costs, marketing, labor, operations, insurance) and sources of
revenue
(e.g. funding, sales of products/services).
• Include an income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow
statement.
• Explain how you will adjust your small business cash budget to

manage contingencies (such as emergencies and market shifts) as
well
as product and distribution shifts.
• Compare the differences between a cash budget and an operating
budget, and explain why both are beneficial.
• Explain why a budget variance analysis is crucial for the operation
of
a business, and discuss how often a budget variance analysis should
be performed.
• Summarize your findings/recommendations.
SupportingMaterial:FinancialPlan Grading GuideCash Budgeting
ScenarioCash Budget WorksheetCash Budget Worksheet Answers
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FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Prospectus
Completion Paper (2 Papers)

Complete the last three components of the Financial Prospectus for
your venture and add them to the Financial Prospectus Content
Paper submitted in Week Four.
Submit all ten components of your completed Financial Prospectus as
a Microsoft® Word attachment in APA format
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