Business Planning and Capital Readiness Program
Business Planning and Capital Readiness is a six-week program to help you develop a comprehensive business plan for your business to secure funding. The program is facilitated by the Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at 波胆网站 (CWE) in collaboration with Bridgeway资本.
This program takes a deep dive into each section of the business plan with a concentration on financial projections, 它们是什么?, and how to create them. Topics covered will include:
- Business Planning: target markets, 竞争, 市场营销, operations and management team, 扩展, and strategic planning.
- Capital Readiness: preparation of financial statements, 盈亏平衡分析法, 销货成本, 预测, understanding the lending process and 5 Cs of credit, sources and uses of funding, 投手, 和更多的.
The foundation of a successful business is a solid business plan. Committing your idea to paper in the form of a comprehensive business plan not only increases your chances of obtaining financing but also of keeping your efforts in line with your strategy. You will work through all the major components of writing a business plan and emerge with a business plan that will hold up to the scrutiny of loan applications.
If you are seeking funding for your business, "Business Planning and Capital Readiness" is the program for you.
Through an application process, the CWE and Bridgeway资本 will select 15 emerging businesses and guide them through an intensive six-week training program. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will have the opportunity to pitch for up to $10,000 of business services offered by Bridgeway资本's Entrepreneurship Hub.
The Business Planning and Capital Readiness Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be a registered for-profit business.
- Actively seeking funding to grow your business.
- An entrepreneur who owns a majority stake in their business and is actively involved in the business's day-to-day operations.
- Willing to complete the six-week training program & 最后一节.
- Willing to complete interim and final program surveys.
The Business Planning and Capital Readiness Timeline:
- August 21, 2023: Applications Open.
- September 11, 2023: Applications Close
- September 15, 2023: The Business Planning and Capital Readiness Cohort Finalized & 通知.
- September 25, 2023: First Session for Business Planning and Capital Readiness Program
Selected applicants will participate in training sessions over six weeks. Three sessions will be in-person at the 波胆网站 Eastside Building and three sessions online via Zoom. Applicants will expect to attend all the sessions.
Required: Zoom capable device and internet access to participate.
The Business Planning and Capital Readiness Program will run on Monday evenings from 6:00-8:00 PM from September 25 to October 30, 2023. In-person sessions will be on September 25, October 9, and October 30, 2023.
To view the syllabus for the Business Planning and Capital Readiness Program 点击这里!
Program Facilitator: Melanie Ansell, President/Owner My Business Builders LLC
As President and Owner of My Business Builders LLC, Melanie is well versed in assisting small businesses. She is a past Bank President, current business owner, and a teaching professor at several universities on the topics of Finance and Small Business Planning and Management. 在她的职业生涯中, she has worked with thousands of start-up and existing business owners to help them create successful businesses and secure funding.
Funding support for this program was provided by the Business Navigator Accelerator Program and by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
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