 FIN 375 Week 1 Venture Concepts Paper (2 Papers)  FIN 375 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3  FIN 375 Week 2 Venture Budgeting and Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)  FIN 375 Week 2 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3  FIN 375 Week 3 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3  FIN 375 Week 3 Pro-Forma and Business Cycle Research Paper (2 Papers)  FIN 375 Week 4 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3  FIN 375 Week 4 Financial Prospectus Content Paper (2 Papers)  FIN 375 Week 5 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

 DQ 1  1. What types of advantages create a business opportunity?  2. How might these types of advantages be obtained? Name a small business, with which you are familiar, that thrives due to a business advantage.  3. What advantage does that company have over other businesses in the same industry?  DQ 2

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  For this and subsequent individual assignments leading up to a complete financial prospectus due in Week 5, select a conceptual small business startup venture that you would like to plan, develop and operate. This can be any venture that interests you that fits within the category of small business.

 FIN 375 Week 2 DQs  DQ 1  1. What is involved in a market analysis?  2. Why is a market analysis an important part of a financial prospectus?  3. Suppose you create small business plans to build the strongest rocking chairs on the market without performing a market analysis. What kinds of concerns might potential financers have?  DQ 2

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  Resources: Kudler Opening Budget  Write a 700- to 900-word paper in APA format in which you do the following:  Illustrate how your venture would perform by estimating the revenue and expense to calculate operating profit or loss. Include estimates of your venture’s main sources of revenue and the expenses expected in the main cost categories such as the cost of goods, sales and marketing, labor, rent, maintenance, and any other significant expenses.

 FIN 375 Week 3 DQs DQ 1 1. What types of financial partnerships are available for small businesses? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a financial partner in a small business? 3. If you were opening a small business selling and installing floor tile, why might a financial partnership be of interest to you? 4. What potential problems, if any, might a financial partnership lead to in the future?

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  Summarize your findings in a 750- to 1050-word paper and research two different existing businesses to compare and contrast the pro-forma financial statements of these companies. At least one of these businesses must be publicly traded.  Describe the financial viability of these businesses using ratio analyses such as a payback period analysis, ROI analysis, capitalization rate analysis—cap rate determined by annual profit divided by opening expense—, etc.  Summarize a typical business cycle for a small business and identify where the companies are in the cycle.  Post your assignment as a Microsoft® Word attachment in APA format.

 FIN 375 Week 4 DQs  DQ 1  1. What are the most important financial components to track to determine the success of a small business? Explain why.  2. Provide an example of a company with a high volume of sales and a low profit margin, and provide an example of a company with a lower volume of sales, with a higher profit margin? Which company is more financially successful and why?  DQ 2  1. What are some of the differences in problem-solving techniques as they relate to increasing sales and controlling costs?  2. How does a small business keep a balance of increasing sales while controlling costs?

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  Resources: Final Prospectus Expectations  Prepare the first seven components of your venture’s Financial Prospectus. The Financial Prospectus must include the information you provided in the individual assignments from Week One and Two, revised as necessary based on material covered in subsequent workshops and organized with new material added as necessary.

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different PPT  Resources: Kudler Opening Budget, found in the materials listed on the course page for the University of Phoenix student website.  Use at least one of the publicly traded businesses researched for the Week Three Learning Team assignment. Compare and contrast the capitalization and reporting documents for a privately held business with those of a publicly traded business. If your team does not have access to adequate financial reports from a privately held business, Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization may be used. An example of Kudler’s financial reports is found in the materials listed on the course page for the University of Phoenix student website named Kudler Opening Budget.

 FIN 375 Week 5 DQs  DQ 1  1. What are the differences between short- and long-term financing?  2. What are some of the popular types of short-term financing available to small businesses?  3. Suppose you own a small business. What is a situation where short-term financing would be beneficial for your company? Explain why.  DQ 2  1. What types of benefits and services must a small business expect from a bank that it has a merchant account with?  2. What other useful tools, such as inventory management assistance or a point of sale system (POS), would a bank offer its customers?

 This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers  Complete the last three components of the Financial Prospectus for your venture and add them to the Financial Prospectus Content Paper submitted in Week Four.  Submit all ten components of your completed Financial Prospectus as a Microsoft® Word attachment in APA format ​ 