Lesson 2 - Planning The Enterprise
Lesson 2 - Planning The Enterprise
ENTERPRISE
What is a Business Plan?
A written document prepared by an
entrepreneur that describes all
elements involved in starting a
venture.
Who reads it?
Entrepreneur
Investors
Employees
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Executive Summary
III. The Business Proponents
IV. Target Customers and Main Value
Proposition
Contents
V. Market Demand and Supply, Industry
Dynamics, and Macro-Environmental
Factors
VI. The Product and Service Offerings
VII. The Enterprise Strategy and Enterprise
Delivery Systems
Contents
VIII. The Financial Forecasts and
Expected Returns, Risks, and
Contingencies
IX. Environmental and Regulatory
Compliance
Contents
X. The Capital Structure and
Financial Offering
I. Introduction
A. The Business Concept and the
Business Model
B. The Business Goals: Vision,
Mission, Objectives, and
Performance Targets
I. Introudction
C. The Business Offering and
Justification
A. The Business Concept
Essence of the Enterprise
Value of the Product Offering
An idea that is the basis for
founding or transforming a business
A. The Business Concept
Identify exactly what you are
offering
Explain what you will be doing and
determine and specializations
A. The Business Concept
Clarify the unique aspects of your
company.
Combine them into a few sentences
and make a powerful statement
A. The Business Model
A formula on how the entrepreneur
would make money out of the
business
4 Areas of Moneymaking
How will the business raise
revenues? What are the critical
factors that will cause revenues to
materialize?
4 Areas of Moneymaking
What are the costs of operation?
What other costs may be incurred?
How will you manage the costs?
What are the critical factors that will
drive the costs? How can the factors
be controlled?
4 Areas of Moneymaking
What will be the major investments
of the enterprise? Why will these
investments give a competitive
edge?
4 Areas of Moneymaking
How will the enterprise finance the
investments? How will the enterprise
fund its growth?
B. The Business Goals
Composed of:
Vision
Mission
Objectives
KRAs and Performance Indicators
Vision (or Vision Statement)
Aspirational description of what an
organization would like to
accomplish in the medium or long-
term future.
Mission (or Mission Statement)
Declaration of an organization’s
core purpose and focus that normally
remains unchanged over time.
Vision vs Mission
The former is the cause while the
latter is the effect.
The mission usually describes what
the organization does to achieve the
vision.
Objectives
A specific result that is to be
achieved within a time-frame.
Key Result Areas (KRAs)
Qualitative manifestation of the
objectives that are being achieved.
Performance Indicators
Quantified performance
measurements.
Serves as a scorecard for the KRAs
II. Executive Summary
A synthesis of the entire plan
Why the business will work
Why should the readers participate
in the venture
Written Last
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Business Proponents and their
Partners
Organization and Capabilities
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Technology providers and their
expertise and experience
Suppliers and all the major service
providers
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Description, Features, and
Justification of the products or
services
The Enterprise Strategy and the
Enterprise Delivery System
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Financial Strategies and Forecasts
Investment Requirements
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Projection, Analysis, and
Conclusion of the summary of
Income Statement, Balance Sheet,
Cash Flow, and Funds Flow.
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Yields, Returns, and Contingency
Measures.
II. Executive Summary
Contains:
Environmental and Regulatory
Compliance
Capital Structure and response to
investments and forecasts
III. The Business Proponents
Contains information about the
business proponents.
These are classified into four types.
4 Types of Proponents
3. Governance and
Top Management
S. P. E. E. T.
V. Macro Environmental Factors
P. E. S. T. E.
V. Macro Environmental Factors
P – Political Environment
E – Economic Environment
S – Social Environment
T – Technological Environment
E – Ecological Environment
VI. The Product and Service
Offerings
Description, Evolution, and
Justification
Be sure to show how your
customers benefit from the product.
VII. Enterprise Delivery System