strayer bus402 week 1 to week 6 discussions Question # 00021899 Posted By: spqr Updated on: 08/03/2014 08:36 PM Due on: 09/21/2014 Subject Business Topic General Business Tutorials: 1 See full Answer Question EntrepreneursPlease respond to the following:Inc. magazine claims, “Entrepreneurship is more mundane than it is sometimes portrayed . . . you don't need to be a person of mythical proportions to be very, very successful in building a company.” Discuss whether you agree or disagree with this statement and why.Analyze the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur and determine if you have what it takes to start your own business. Provide specific examples to support your response.week 1 diss 2Strategic ManagementPlease respond to the following:Analyze the steps involved in developing a strategic plan for a company and determine which step is the most difficult to get right. Explain your rationale.From the e-Activity, determine how you would leverage the support provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration in planning and starting your own business. Provide specific examples to support your response.wek 2 diss 1Choosing a Form of OwnershipPlease respond to the following:From the e-Activity, describe the most appropriate form of ownership for your new franchise based on your current financial situation. Provide specific examples to support your response.Assume the form of your new business will be a partnership (if you have not already done so). Discuss the types of conflicts that may arise and how you could prevent them from arising in the first place.week 2 diss 2Franchising and the EntrepreneurPlease respond to the following:Based on the case study (“Firehouse Subs”), determine which of the three options executives are considering would be most beneficial to a single franchise owner. Explain your rationale.From the e-Activity, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being a franchisee of the franchise you selected. Provide specific examples to support your response.uying an Existing BusinessPlease respond to the following:From the e-Activity, discuss the best possible method for determining the value of the business you selected. Explain your rationale.Create a strategy for negotiating the purchase of the business you selected in the e-Activity.week 3 diss 1Feasibility Analyses and Business PlansPlease respond to the following:Develop an idea for a new business and conduct a feasibility analysis. Please be as creative as you like in the development of your idea (but as careful as you can be in your analysis of that idea).Analyze the steps involved in crafting a wining business plan and make at least one recommendation for improving the process. Explain your rationale for making the recommendation you didweek 4 diss 1Creating a Solid Financial PlanPlease respond to the following:Discuss the best way to leverage a breakeven analysis when defining a business strategy.Analyze the 12 financial ratios mentioned in the textbook and determine which is the most useful to the greatest number of small businesses. Explain your rationale.week 4 diss 2Managing Cash FlowPlease respond to the following:Analyze the steps involved in preparing a cash budget and determine which steps presents the greatest number of obstacles to the greatest number of small businesses. Explain your rationale.Analyze the steps involved in avoiding a cash crunch and make at least one additional recommendation for doing so. Provide specific examples to support your response.Guerrilla MarketingPlease respond to the following:From the first e-Activity, discuss the key elements that made the guerrilla marketing so successful. Explain your rationale.Discuss possible best practices from the guerrilla marketing campaign that different types of small businesses could leverage. Provide specific examples to support your response.week 5 diss 2Advertising and PromotionPlease respond to the following:From the second e-Activity, determine the best possible way to leverage Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites to advertize and promote the small business of your choice. Explain your rationale.Select a small business with which you are familiar and then determine the best way for that business to stretch its advertising budget. Provide specific examples to support your response.week 6 diss 1Pricing and Globalization StrategiesPlease respond to the following:From the e-Activity, discuss the best possible pricing strategy based on whether the company you selected is a retailer, manufacturer, or service firm. Explain your rationale.Discuss the best possible way the company you selected could expand its market globally.week 6 diss 2Globalization and Sources of Equity FinancingPlease respond to the following:From the e-Activity, discuss how the company you selected might benefit from selling new customers on e-Bay (as opposed to building and maintaining its own Website).Referring to the same company, determine the best source of equity capital available to the company you selected. Explain your rationale. Rating: 4.9/5
Solution: strayer bus402 week 1 to week 6 discussions