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2. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 1 New or Established Venture? • BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Opportunity • BUS 435 Week 1 Business Research • BUS 435 Week 1 Business Research • Business Research. Identify a product or service for a new business you would like to start. Provide research from at least three references in a one to two BUS 435 Entire Course (Ash) BUS 435 Week 1 Business Research (Ash)

3. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 1 New or Established Venture? • New or Established Venture?.What would be your choice if posed with the decision between starting up a new venture or buying an ongoing venture if you have an opportunity to be an entrepreneur? What are the considerations that would help you make the decision? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. • BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Opportunity • Business Opportunity. Identify a product or service and assess the business opportunity for a new venture in that market. Is there a good opportunity for BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 1 New or Established Venture? (Ash) BUS 435 Week 1 DQ 2 Business Opportunity (Ash)

4. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 2 Business Concept • Business Concept. Prepare a one to two page summary for your initial Final Paper business concept. The summary should address the concept description, summarizing the essence of your venture, as well as at least three of the following elements: • BUS 435 Week 2 DQ 1 Franchising • Franchising. Assume that you consider a franchising BUS 435 Week 2 Business Concept (Ash) BUS 435 Week 2 DQ 1 Franchising (Ash)

5. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 2 DQ 2 Legal Forms • Legal Forms. There are different legal forms of a business: corporation, limited liability company (LLC), proprietorship and the partnership. Which • BUS 435 Week 3 Customer Survey • Customer Survey. Prepare a questionnaire to survey at least 5 potential customers to determine the level of interest in your product or service. Potential questions are: What do they purchase now and how do they BUS 435 Week 2 DQ 2 Legal Forms (Ash) BUS 435 Week 3 Customer Survey (Ash)

6. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 3 DQ 1 Marketing Research • Marketing Research. How do you conduct the marketing research for your new venture? Describe the steps that you will be using in your Final Paper research process and identify the limitations of your research. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. • BUS 435 Week 3 DQ 2 Pricing • Pricing. How do you set the price for your product or service? Identify at least two pricing strategies that you may be using for your start-up business and explain why you think each identified pricing strategy is BUS 435 Week 3 DQ 1 Marketing Research (Ash) BUS 435 Week 3 DQ 2 Pricing (Ash)

7. BUS 435 ASH Courses • 1. Question : The term “going rate” implies that there is • 2. Question : In the following array of data, which value is the 9th decile? • 3. Question : Many specialists who make extensive use of survey data believe that _______ values provide • Describe the relevance of performance standards for today's knowledge-directed workers, and how their use will result in a more competitive compensation and benefit strategy. BUS 434 Week 3 Quiz (Ash) BUS 434 Week 4 DQ 1 (Performance Standards) (Ash)

8. BUS 435 ASH Courses • To Compare and contrast when it would be preferable to motivate employee performance through short-term incentives versus long-term incentives, and vice-versa. • 1. Question : The National Association of Suggestion Systems claims that a dollar spent in rewarding suggestions will return ______ dollars in improved operations to the organization. • 2. Question : The size of a bonus received by an operating manager will quite often be determined by all but which one of the following criteria? BUS 434 Week 4 DQ 2 (Performance Incentives) (Ash) BUS 434 Week 4 Quiz (Ash)

9. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 4 DQ 1 Start-Up Capital • Start-Up Capital. How do you obtain your start-up capital? Identify at least three sources of your start-up capital. There are four types of loans available from banks for new ventures. Which type of loans would you prefer to borrow from banks? Explain why • BUS 435 Week 4 DQ 2 Sales and Cash Budget • Sales and Cash Budget. Define sales budget and cash budget. Explain the importance of sales budget and cash budget to the owner-manager. How do you use sales budget and cash budget to control the operation of your venture? Give a detailed example of how the process of a sales budget and a cash budget would work for your venture. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. BUS 435 Week 4 DQ 1 Start-Up Capital (Ash) BUS 435 Week 4 DQ 2 Sales and Cash Budget (Ash)

10. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 4 Funding Strategies • Funding Strategies. Prepare a one to two page paper on funding strategies for your • BUS 435 Week 5 DQ 1 MBO • MBO. How do you apply the MBO (Management by Objectives) process in your venture? Provide examples on how better morale will enhance productivity. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings BUS 435 Week 4 Funding Strategies (Ash) BUS 435 Week 5 DQ 1 MBO (Ash)

11. BUS 435 ASH Courses • BUS 435 Week 5 DQ 2 Global Expansion • Global Expansion. Identify at least three challenges of global expansion and address how you would face those challenges. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings. • BUS 435 Week 5 Final Paper • Focus of the Final Paper • Construct a business plan for a small business venture of your choosing. • The components of the business plan should include: BUS 435 Week 5 DQ 2 Global Expansion (Ash) BUS 435 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)

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