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ENT 588 Wk 1 – Defining Your Competitive Advantage

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

How would you go about identifying a market fora new business? What are its most frequent uses; its most effective uses? What steps would you take to identify and evaluate potential markets or market segments? What metrics and related milestones would you apply? How would you develop those?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

ENT 588 Wk 2 – Setting Operations Goals

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

What steps are involved in product selection and design? How would you source your product? Would you make (manufacture it yourself) or buy it? Why would you make or buy it? What role would protection of IP and Business Confidential Information play in your decisions? How would you design the necessary“back-office” and “customer-facing” functions?What would those functions be?How would they be addressed in your initial Business Plan? What would be your marketing and sales plan? What steps would you follow to price your product? How would your supply chain and distribution plan support your operations and sales activities?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

ENT 588 Wk 3 – Planning Market Penetration

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Discuss how you would forecast market penetration. What steps would you take in developing that forecast? Thinking about market penetration, to what extent and how would you plan to engage potential customers? What steps would you take to establish a successful presence in the market? What distinctions would you have to make when considering terrestrial versus virtual forecasts and plans? What important differences would there have to be?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

ENT 588 Wk 4 – Financial Forecasting

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Discuss how best to forecast the required investment and operating capital that will be required. What steps should be followed for that purpose? What documents and analyse swill be required to establish forecast credibility? How would you attract needed investors? What provision will or should one make regarding the attracting investors, and any related or required compliance? What would be the best or least disruptive investor exit strategy for the business to follow, and why?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

ENT 588 Wk 5 – Team Building

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Discuss how a sound management team would be built, maintained, and transitions accomplished. What steps would be necessary to identify candidates for and select a Board of Directors, if a Board is required by the business entity used? How would an effective cadre of employees be built, developed,motivated and necessary transitions accomplished? What steps and system or systems would be necessary in each case? How would those best be identified?

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.

ENT 588 Wk 6 – Business Plan Presentation

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

What would be the most effective manner of presenting market penetration plans, considering all available options. What key elements would you include? What would you omit? How would the financial forecasts most effectively presented? What key documents and forecasts would you present?What would you omit or defer (present later, or only if asked)? Give reasoning for each position that you take.

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates. Be constructive and professional in your responses.