boogle
03-23-2011, 01:08 PM
I have already made a few posts about the fact I am going to be teaching middle school math next year and want to have my students learn the standards of mathematics through the process of writing a business plan. Obviously a lot of what I am going to be teaching is budgeting, profit vs. loss, gross vs. net, market share and anticipated sales, etc. We will be doing marketing through probability and floor plans through geometry.
My question is about formatting. I have written several business plans but they have all been primarily for my staff and me, a blueprint for the business. I have never really worried too much about making sure all the "right" data is in there, nor formatting it the "right" way because I have never needed to shop it to investors or anyone who would really care about the proper formatting. I know this varies from market to market and there are no rock solid rules, but I am assuming some things remain constant.
My students will be graded in part by how a group of business owners and investors judge their business plan and I want to make sure I am showing them the an acceptable way to format it.
Since some of you are probably familiar with bplans.com, I am curious if I sort of followed their way of ordering and laying things out would I be on the right track? Are those formatted in a way that would be acceptable? If not are there other resources that would be better?
As a side note, my students will be picking between a restaurant, a music store, a sporting store, and a clothing store.
Thanks
My question is about formatting. I have written several business plans but they have all been primarily for my staff and me, a blueprint for the business. I have never really worried too much about making sure all the "right" data is in there, nor formatting it the "right" way because I have never needed to shop it to investors or anyone who would really care about the proper formatting. I know this varies from market to market and there are no rock solid rules, but I am assuming some things remain constant.
My students will be graded in part by how a group of business owners and investors judge their business plan and I want to make sure I am showing them the an acceptable way to format it.
Since some of you are probably familiar with bplans.com, I am curious if I sort of followed their way of ordering and laying things out would I be on the right track? Are those formatted in a way that would be acceptable? If not are there other resources that would be better?
As a side note, my students will be picking between a restaurant, a music store, a sporting store, and a clothing store.
Thanks