COMPANY STRATEGY PROJECT

Break into your groups and begin discussing your business and as a group answer these questions on a new web page titled “ABOUT US”. Your Presentation should be 13 minutes in length…. Essentially 3 paragraphs of description per question with researched examples for your motivation.

PART A..

1. What are characteristics and trends in the industry in general related to E-Business?

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2. What products do you plan to sell? 

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3. Who is your target audience?

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4. What are the initial overhead costs of starting your business?    

For example:

A. Web Site hosting?

B. Domain name purchasing?

C. How much is it to purchase or manufacture the product?

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5. What are do customers and suppliers seem to want? 

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6. What are the driving factors for the business? What are the goals of the firm? E-Business must support these goals.

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7. Where does the firm make money & What will your pricing look like?? 

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8. Where does the firm lose money? How will products be delivered, how many people will be involved with the management?

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9. What is your budget for starting this business ( Employees, Products, Etc.)?

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10. Is your company going to be servicing clients that are: b2b, b2c, etc…

Present your answers on your “ABOUT US” WEB PAGE, with images to describe your answers:

Example: If you were to answer question number 2, if customers want puppies, show us a picture of puppies Tells us why you chose puppies!! Show us successful companies in selling your product puppies or if they don’t sell you product it can be a related industry such as kittens!!

Note: Act like you are doing a sales pitch to an angel investor, don’t forget the tips from David S. Rose… your peers will be analyzing how you hit the elements he recommends in the video…

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PART B…

Among your group members select the header you choose to represent your company.

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THIS COMPANY STRATEGY PROJECT & INDUSTRY RESEARCH PROJECT ARE DUE ON OCTOBER 18TH!!