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[Press Release] PR Web - May 12 12:32 AM WebHelps, a global provider of web hosting services headquartered in Bellevue, Iowa, is announcing their new and improved web hosting plans. They are offering traditional hosting plans from personal to business and several low-cost reseller plans. They also offer 4 different specialty hosting packs, A la Carte, Web Tools, Wiki and the Online Community, which include their proprietary and
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Helio Debuts Cell Service Via Varied Retail List
Digital WebCast - May 10 10:25 AM (TWICE) _ LOS ANGELES Helio, the EarthLink-SK Telecom joint venture, launched its youth-oriented but pricey brand of cellular service through an unusual and diverse mix of sales outlets frequently shopped by its 18- to 32-year-old target customers.
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Kodak No Longer Digital Camera King
R News - May 11 11:51 AM Kodak has lost the top spot in U.S. digital camera sales. It is the first time in five quarters that Kodak did not lead the market share list.
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Middle East Times - May 12 12:32 AM WASHINGTON -- In a sign of a shakeup in the online music scene, Napster is taking a new stab at free music, but with limits.
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Casper Star-Tribune - May 12 9:27 AM Today Professional Teaching Standards Board * A meeting will be held today at the Wyoming Oil & Gas Commission, 2211 King Blvd. The meeting will consist of regular business, review of waiver and exception requests, district staff development plans, program approvals, and discussion of rules and regulations. The public is welcome to attend. For a complete agenda and Info: contact Linda Stowers at
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The Buffalo News - May 11 6:00 AM Kathleen Wenner and Stacy Stamates donned crisp-looking pants instead of their regular work sweats to attend a luncheon Wednesday honoring them for growing their small business - with pluck and some help from government-funded business advisers.
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The Telegram Online - 51 minutes ago Krista (not her real name) is counting down the days until she’ll be free to leave the Correctional Centre for Women in Clarenville. When that day comes this month, the single parent will head for home and her two children.
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Remarks by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale at the International Space Development Conference
SpaceRef - 14 minutes ago Thank you Hugh (Hugh Downs, Chairman of the Board of Governors and an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors for the National Space Society) for that very gracious introduction.
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Falls Church News-Press - May 10 7:42 PM The Falls Church Housing Corporation is hosting an Open House and celebration of their newly refurbished Clubhouse in Winter Hill. Join the FCHC and special guest Congressman Jim Moran from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 15, 2006 . RSVPs are required.
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Sales tax increase has little support in one border town
The Myrtle Beach Sun News - May 12 3:28 AM Many residents in this city near the Georgia border are opposed to S.C. lawmakers increasing the state sales tax to help reduce property taxes, but they acknowledge an extra penny or two on the dollar won't send them scurrying across the state line to shop.
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Farm wives taking on larger roles in business
Bismarck Tribune - May 10 11:15 PM ENDERLIN (AP) - Georgia Olson grew up a military brat in Jacksonville, Fla. The thought of being a farm wife, in wintry, far-off North Dakota no less, never occurred to her.
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters to acquire remaining shares of single-cut coffee company Keurig
The Burlington Free Press - May 04 1:22 AM Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has agreed to acquire the remaining shares of privately held Keurig Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., in a $104 million deal that will give the Waterbury coffee company control of a major player in the fast-growing single-cup coffee market.
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The Globe and Mail - May 12 1:07 PM TORONTO (Reuters) - Linamar Corp. said on Friday it has received a C$44.5 million ($40 million) grant from the Ontario government that will help create 3,000 jobs at Canada's No. 2 auto-parts maker.
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Asheville Citizen-Times - May 11 9:23 PM North Carolina's entrepreneurs expressed strong support for Gov. Mike Easley's proposal to increase funding for the state's business innovation grants and to reduce sales taxes on research and development purchases by research companies.
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The Huntsville Times - May 09 5:53 AM U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer has introduced legislation that would increase the amount of money available to help small businesses compete for federal research and development awards.
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A bridge, a village, a ford and a swamp were Bladen's battlefields
Bladen Journal - May 12 8:47 AM Two men who never lived in Bladen played a major role in the county's role in the American Revolution. Without David Fanning and James Craig, 1781 likely would have been a tense, but quiet year in Southeastern North Carolina.
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A conversation with economists Laura Tyson and Glenn Hubbard
CNN Money - Apr 28 2:31 PM Following is an interview with Laura Tyson, dean of London Business School and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration, and Glenn Hubbard, dean of the Columbia Business School and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the first years of the Bush administration.
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A business plan
is a summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur
intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement
activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.
It is a written explanation of the company's business model.
Business plans are used internally for management and planning
and are also used to convince outsiders such as banks or venture
capitalists to invest money into a venture.
Business plans are noted for often quickly becoming out of date.
One common belief within business circles is that the actual
plan may have little value, but what is more important is the
process of planning, through which the manager gains a greater
understanding of the business and of the options available.
Example of the Content of a business plan
A business plan can be seen as a collection of sub-plans
including a marketing plan, financial plan, production plan, and
human resource plan.
The business plan has many forms. There is however a format that
is typical:
Executive summary
explains the basic business model
gives rationale for the strategy
Background
gives short history of company (unless it is a new company)
provides background details such as:
age of company
number of employees
annual sales figures
location of facilities
form of ownership including
sole proprietor
partnership
entrepreneurial startup
private corporate startup
publicly traded corporation
limited liability company
public utility
Non Profit Organization
background of key personnel including
owners
senior managers
head scientists and researchers
Marketing
the macroenvironment
the competitive environment
the industry
the customers priorities
product strategy
pricing strategy
promotion strategy
distribution strategy
Production and manufacturing
describe all processes
production facility requirements - size, layout, capacity,
location
inventory requirements - raw materials inventory, finished goods
inventory, warehouse space requirements
equipment requirements
supply chain requirements
fixed cost allocation
Finance
source of funds
existing loans and liabilities
projected sales and costs
break even analysis
expected return
monthly pro-forma cash flow statement
Human resources
assign responsibilities
training required
skills required
union issues
compensation
skills availability
new hiring
Specialized sections such as product research and development,
legal strategies, marketing research, or inter-company
collaborations, are added to deal with unique features or
characteristics of the business or its markets.
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