Final Project Introduction
Written on 6.3.08 by Six
The SL Businesses: The following 3 SL entrepreneurs have volunteered their time to help us learn more about business writing and proposals.
Pulaski Fizz of AV Puli Animations
YouTube Video Intro to AV Puli and audio transcription
SLURL to AV Puli Sim
Lavinia Laviolette of Bongo Beats and Aroha Island
YouTube Video Intro to Bongo Beats and audio transcription
SLURL to Bongo Beats
SLURL to Aroha Island
Link to Bongo Beats Online
Toko Voom of Vain Inc.
YouTube Video Introduction to Vain Inc. and audio transcription
SLURL to Vain Inc. Poses at White Square
SLURL to Vain Inc. Art Gallery
Link to Vain Inc. Online Magazine
Link to Vain Inc. Website
The Business Proposal:
1. With your teammates, select and define your problem/plan. Define your roles and objectives within the team based on the business owner's needs and goals. Turn in the planning sheet by Thursday, July 9 at 10pm.
2. Choose an article related to your business proposal topic that you feel will be helpful to your team. Summarize the article in a summary (about 250-300 words) and share it with your team and with me via Google Docs by Thursday July 16th.
3. List the types of information you will need to supply to your business owner. Design a rough outline of your final report. Here is a list of samples and resources that may help you get started.
Template for business proposal
Template for business proposal with guiding questions
Template of mock business plan
How to: the Business Proposal (Power Point)
How to: Business Plan ebook (page 29-30 has a nice format outline)
Sample: Photographer business plan (Power Point)
Sample: Go Green business proposal
Sample: Mobile Cord business plan
4. Decide on your division of labor. Each team member will writer their section of the business proposal.
5. Meet with me in a "board room" meeting Wednesday, July 15th or Thursday July 16th and present your plan informally. I will give you feedback for the final presentation at this time.
Write your section of the report. As a team, prepare a formal business presentation of your findings July 22nd (group presentations should be 15-20 minutes. Be creative!).
6. After the presentation, write individual executive summaries for your project. Finalize your written business proposal as a team. Turn them in (individual executive summary and team business proposal) by Friday, July 24th at midnight. We will discuss strategies for the executive summary in class before you give your presentations. These materials will guide you: Executive summary template, Executive summary intro, Executive summary strategy.
7. The resources I have provided will help you get started. You will not use every section of the template, and you may even come up with sections of your own! Be creative and work with the medium of your business to come up with a proposal they can use. You will need to spend a lot of time on this outside of class! Get started...and have fun!
