Assume you work for a vegan restaurant. The owner has a successful restaurant in North Park and he/she/they is considering expanding and taking his/her/their business mobile by adding a food truck. Based on your research of the mobile food truck industry, present pros and cons of entering this market. Include information such as permit requirements, operations-related considerations, all costs including specific permitting costs in San Diego, marketing, opportunities, challenges and anything else you think would be important to present to your boss. Tip: Look at it through the eyes of the receiver. If you were the owner, what information would you need to make this decision? Also, you can be creative and come up with your own name for the restaurant and background information that led up to this point.
Assume you’ve been hired by Emma who is interested in starting a house cleaning business. Emma is considering buying into a franchise such as Molly Maid or starting on her own. In your report, present Emma the pros and cons of purchasing a franchise versus starting independently and (2) the profile, or characteristics, of an entrepreneur that is best suited for each avenue (some personalities do better as independent owners while others will be more successful as franchise owners). (3) Last, present an overview of the top 2-3 house cleaning franchises (initial franchise fee, start-up cost, royalty fees, and any other costs or information to consider), in Emma decides to take that route.
Choose your own topic. You must submit your topic in advance for approval by April 24 through this submission, once this date has passed, you must choose from options 1 or 2 above. Reflect on your school, home or work life. Have you been wanting change and/or improvement? You need to choose a complex topic that can be supported by research and findings, usually something that would take strong convincing and may be expensive (simple proposals and solutions will not work for this type of report). Here’s an example, but use something from your own life: perhaps you work in a business that has old cash registers or point-of-sale systems and you strongly feel that the business would benefit from updating these systems or equipment. Write a proposal to your boss including the reasons why this would improve the business (quicker processing time, improve efficiencies, more aesthetically pleasing, ability to up-sale to customers, etc.), suggest systems or software to replace the current set up, and include cost and any other information you believe is applicable… something like that. Or, in your personal life, it could be a proposal to purchase something expensive or make a major lifestyle change.
