Business Plan on Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business
As you prepare your business plan, ask these questions:
Does this business plan do justice to my dreams and goals of owning a business?
If I saw this business plan presented by someone else, would I be interested and eager to participate and invest in the project?
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that you would use to gain support for your business venture.
1. Why is it important to carefully prepare and plan for a business plan presentation?
2. What are the most important issues involved with preparing for a business plan presentation?
3. What is meant by the statement, "as you present your plan, your audience will not only be judging your plan, but they will also be judging you?"
4. Why is it important to know about the people you'll be presenting your business plan to?
5. Why is it important to practice your presentation?
6. What is the proper role of PowerPoint slides in a business plan presentation?
7. What are the positive aspects of involving as many of the members of a management team as possible in a business plan presentation?
8. What is meant by the phrase "death by PowerPoint?"
9. What is a reasonable number of PowerPoint slides to include in a 20- to 30-minute business plan presentation?
10. List the title of the slides included in the mock 12-slide business plan presentation included in this chapter.