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FIN 575 Wk 1 Discussion – Business Plan

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:

The business plan is the firm’s roadmap. By analyzing your plan for marketing, sales, manufacturing, website design, and more, you greatly improve your chances for business success.

Next, a financial institution or other lender will not invest in your company unless you can demonstrate that you have a roadmap to success. Banks want to lessen their risk of default and private investors want a realistic projection for when they will be obtaining a return on their investment.

Considering there are many potential purposes of a business plan, Discuss what you feel are the top three purposes.

Good business plans generally have between seven and ten sections. List the sections that you feel a good real estate builder’s business plan would have.

Due Monday

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

FIN 575 Wk 2 Discussion – Cash Flow Statement

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:

The cash flow statement is one of the four major accounting statements. “Cash is king” is an age-old saying that is popular in business. The cash flow statement is a report, like the income statement and balance sheet, that firms use to explain changes in their cash balances over a period of time by identifying all of the sources and uses of cash for the period spanned by the statement. The focus of the cash flow statement is the change in the firm’s cash balance for the period of time covered by the statement (i.e., one year or one quarter). The cash flow statement uses information from the firm’s balance sheet and income statement to identify the net sources and uses of cash for a specific period of time.

Discuss three ways the cash flow statement assists users.

Explain what is meant by the statement “Cash is king.”

Due Monday

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

FIN 575 Wk 3 Discussion – Cash Conversion Cycle

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:

The cash conversion cycle (CCC) is a metric that illustrates the amount of time it takes a firm to convert investments within their inventory into cash. The cash conversion cycle formula calculates the amount of time, in days, it takes for a company to turn its resource inputs into cash.

The cash conversion cycle formula is: CCC = DIO + DSO – DPO

Discuss the benefits the company stands to gain by accurately determining the cash conversion cycle (CCC).

Discuss how an increase in the DPO will impact the cash conversion cycle?

Due Monday

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

FIN 575 Wk 4 Discussion – Time Value of Money

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:

Time value of money is a financial concept that illustrates how the value of money grows over time. This takes into consideration that the money can be invested at a specified interest rate, that grows. One financial concept is present value (PV) and another financial concept is future value (FV).

Discuss and show one example of how the present value formula is a good method to determine how much is needed to save monthly, in order to have a specified sum of money at retirement age in 25 years at 8% interest.

Discuss and show one example of how the future value formula is a good method to determine how much of a lump sum is needed today, to invest for 25 years to reach a specified retirement amount, with 8% interest.

Due Monday

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

FIN 575 Wk 5 Discussion – Financial Capital

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:

Firms often make decisions that involve spending money in the present and expecting to earn profits in the future. Firms often need raise the financial capital to meet various needs that include projects, equipment, staffing, expansion, and more.

Discuss the top three sources for companies to borrow money from, for a new building purchase, what are the typical lending interest rates, required collateral, and repayment terms at each of the three sources.

Due Monday

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

FIN 575 Wk 6 Discussion – Business Budget

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:

Organizational budgets assist businesses leaders with awareness of expenditures and managing resources. Businesses use a variety of budgets to measure their spending and develop effective strategies for maximizing their assets and revenues. Organizational budgets are generally designed to meet specific needs of the organization.

Discuss the benefits that may be achieved by creating a business budget.

Discuss the likely organizational problems that may arise from not creating a business budget.

Due Monday

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