The Business Plan More Than Fund Raisers & What Was Spent Dan Kinzer Raytheon Test Engineer 10 yr+ Mentor FTC Teams 506, 516, 3101 FTC Business Plan The Business Plan More Than Fund Raisers & What Was Spent

A Business Plan Details the Financial Past, Present & Future of the Team Building On The Past From the End of Last Season to Present About 18 Months Using Dated Material -- Identify It With a Purpose Outline Past Success -- With Future Impact New Teams, Why Did You Start Don’t Dwell On the Past Past Performance Does Not Insure Future Success It May Not Keep the Judges Attention Long

Identify What Do You Need The Business/Strategic Plan: Identify the Purpose for a Business Plan for your Team. Outlining Team Goals, Outreach & Funding Needs NOW, The Present Identify What Do You Need How much money does your Team need: To get started and for what? The Budget To Raise Through Fundraising Efforts? Anticipate Raising through Grants? To Raise through Sponsorship? Community Efforts Which May Not be Linked to Funding This gives the team Personality & Promotes the Effort Sponsors & Keeping Them How will you promote a Sponsor if you receive Funding? Logo on Team t-shirts and flare. Robotics Demo / Photo Ops Letters of Recognition & Grant Requirements Framed Pictures with Their Logo Are you planning to use a Trifold Business Plan to seek out Sponsors?

The Business/Strategic Plan: Show Them The PIE, Graphics Are Key PIE Charts Pie Charts are Really Effective at Displaying Distributions Income Pie, Where Did It all Come From Team Dues Fund Raisers Grants Sponsorships Expenses Pie, Where Did It All Go, The Budget Capital Assets Purchased New Hardware & Electronics Recycled Hardware

The Business/Strategic Plan: Show Them The PIE, Graphics Are Key Show Them The Bottom Line Costed Bill Of Material, What A BOM, That is a Good Thing The Costed Bill Of Material

Sustainment Plan: Future Teams In For The Long Haul Funding & Assets Into the Future New Electronics Choices Programming Platforms & Sensors Mechanical Drawing Platforms Replacement of Consumable Parts Mechanical Parts Development Phased Team Asset Plans, Do You Have Parts to Expand. Building Future Talent, How Deep is the Pool Recruitment Of New Members Recruitment Of Future Teacher Sponsors, Mentors, Parents. Team Mix for Development of Talent Students Mentoring Students What Is The Legacy Of Your Team

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