For the purposes of this curriculum, we will concentrate on
the financial and funding request portions of the plan for your
small business. Your financial plan shall tied in with your
Executive Summary prepared in Week 3.
Although each plan will be unique, depending on business
sector, location, stage of development, and so forth, all plans
should include the following:
1) Introduction
2) discussion of whether cash or accrual basis accounting will be
used
3) discussion of the type of accounting and finance software will
be used
4) discussion of all sources, purposes and amounts of funds to
be raised
5) Balance sheet (Existing Business: historic and one-year pro
forma projections / Start-Up: one-year pro forma projection)
6) Income statement (Existing Business: historic and oneyear pro forma projections / Start-Up: one-year pro forma
projection)
7) 12-month Pro-forma Cash Flow Projection (going forward
monthly including cash receipt and cash expenditures for one
year) NOTE: When preparing income, balance sheet, and cash flow
projection, provide descriptive assumptions for each account
relevant to your business
8) Ratio analysis (provide at least one financial ratio of
profitability, liquidity, leverage and efficiency)
9) Executive Summary (submit your Executive Summary already
prepared in Week 3). When you attach your Executive Summary
in your submission (preferrably as a seperate Word document),
you will immediately earn the credit assigned to 9).
10) Conclusion
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit your
responses for all task items in a Word document. Refer to the
syllabus writing requirement and Content/Syllabus/Course
Resources/Writing Resources for more information about
referencing and formatting.
Submit at least 5-page paper in length excluding appropriate
source of reference when outside resources are used in your
work.
2) discussion of whether cash or accrual basis accounting will be
used
3) discussion of the type of accounting and finance software will
be used
4) discussion of all sources, purposes and amounts of funds to
be raised
5) Balance sheet (Existing Business: historic and one-year pro
forma projections / Start-Up: one-year pro forma projection)
6) Income statement (Existing Business: historic and oneyear pro forma projections / Start-Up: one-year pro forma
projection)
7) 12-month Pro-forma Cash Flow Projection (going forward
monthly including cash receipt and cash expenditures for one
year) NOTE: When preparing income, balance sheet, and cash flow
projection, provide descriptive assumptions for each account
relevant to your business
8) Ratio analysis (provide at least one financial ratio of
profitability, liquidity, leverage and efficiency)
9) Executive Summary (submit your Executive Summary already
prepared in Week 3). When you attach your Executive Summary
in your submission (preferrably as a seperate Word document),
you will immediately earn the credit assigned to 9).
10) Conclusion
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit your
responses for all task items in a Word document. Refer to the
syllabus writing requirement and Content/Syllabus/Course
Resources/Writing Resources for more information about
referencing and formatting.
Submit at least 5-page paper in length excluding appropriate
source of reference when outside resources are used in your
work.
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