choose a business you’d like to use for your future course assignments. Throughout this course, you will develop assignments that you will later combine into a complete business plan for your chosen company. That final assignment is due in Week 10.
You have a choice between writing a business plan for:
A snack food company.
A startup company of your choice (instructor approval required).
Read the guidelines for each option. Once you select an option, you will work on that company during this entire course.
Snack Food Company Guidelines [PDF] Download Snack Food Company Guidelines [PDF].
Company of Your Choice Guidelines [PDF] Download Company of Your Choice Guidelines [PDF].
All discussions and assignments in this class will focus on the company you select here.
Create your company name and explain its significance.
Describe the product or service you will produce or sell.
If you are focusing on the snack food company, clarify the key ingredients and any flavors you plan to offer.
If you choose your own company, and it is a service company, clarify the service options you plan to offer.
If you choose your own company and product, specify the options (flavors, versions of the product, et cetera) you will offer to consumers.
Develop your company’s mission statement.
Enclose your mission statement within quotation marks