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For more course tutorials visit uophelp.com is now newtonhelp.com www.newtonhelp.com 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 FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Prospectus Completion Paper (2 Papers) FIN 375 Week 5 Capitalization and Reporting Document Presentation (2 PPT) FIN 375 Financial Ratio analysis Moserk Company

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Review the assigned Moserk Company's financial statements. Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company's financial statements.


Write a minimum 500-word summary of your analysis. · Explain the possible reasons for any differences between the company's ratios and those of the industry average.. · Compare the calculated financial ratios against the industry averages stating the possible reasons for the differences. Show all financial calculations in a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet. FIN 375 Individual Assignment Business Loan Eligibility

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FIN 375 Team Assignment Business Loan Requirements

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FIN 375 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

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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

1. What are the advantages of purchasing an existing business opposed to opening a new venture? 2. If a business is purchased, what factors would influence the decision to grow the business versus operating the business as is? 3. Suppose you purchased a small business. What would you do to ensure your business is financially successful? What would you not do?

DQ 3 1. What factors determine the amount of working capital that a new small business must budget?


2. Suppose you start a business that has a soft opening and sells half of the expected product in the first quarter. You notice towards the end of the quarter that sales pick up near what was expected. How much working capital might you need to budget ahead of time to overcome this obstacle, and how would you obtain this amount of working capital? FIN 375 Week 1 Venture Concepts Paper (2 Papers)

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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.

If you do not have a particular business in mind that you would like to develop, the small businesses for sale listings found in your local newspaper or through the internet could provide some interesting ideas and opportunities.

Write a 550- to 750-word paper in APA format in which you do the following:

Describe your conceptual venture that you would start if you had the resources. Include details such as the number of employees, the type of facilities and equipment needed, target customer demographics, and marketing channels.


Research at least one current company that is an appropriate benchmark to your venture. Describe how this benchmark company started financially and how it has grown. Compare this company to your conceptual venture by discussing how your venture might be funded similarly or differently than it was. If all the details of exactly how this benchmark company was funded are not available, you may make assumptions for the sake of comparison. Post your Assignment as a MicrosoftÂŽ Word attachment. Please ensure to follow APA standards FIN 375 Week 2 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

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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 1. What is the importance of maintaining current and accurate financial statements using generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)? 2. Suppose you own a small business that is contacted by the IRS to report quarter earnings for tax purposes. What might happen to your small business if current and accurate financial statements are not maintained? DQ 3


1. How do you continue or restart the growth cycle when your small business has already reached a plateau and began to decline? 2. Provide an example of a business that was on the decline and made an adjustment to continue growth. What caused the company to go into decline in the first place and what adjustment did that company make to avoid further decline? FIN 375 Week 2 Venture Budgeting and Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)

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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.

Illustrate your venture’s startup costs by estimating a preopening budget—also termed development budget—that includes startup costs such as building and construction, Web site development, preopening marketing, equipment, merchandise, preopening operations, research and development, working capital, and any other significant preopening expenses. An example of a preopening budget may be found in the materials listed on the course page for the University of Phoenix student Web site for Week Two named Kudler Opening Budget.


Develop financial planning goals by illustrating how your venture would be initially funded by using cash on hand, debt, venture capital, or a combination of these. Use a mortgage calculator found on the Internet and calculate your loan payments. Include these expenses in your Operating Budget FIN 375 Week 3 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

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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?

DQ 2 1. How might inventory and accounts receivables be leveraged for short-term financing? 2. Suppose you own a water purification company that sells and installs reverse osmosis systems for homes and businesses. You have a large profitable job lined up two months away, but after buying all of the supplies, you do not have enough capital to sustain the business until that time. What would you do?


DQ 3 1. Why is it important for a small business venture to gain support from prospective financiers and key customers? 2. If you started a business venture, how would you describe your venture to gain support from prospective financiers and key customers? FIN 375 Week 3 Pro-Forma and Business Cycle Research Paper (2 Papers)

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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 MicrosoftŽ Word attachment in APA format. This assignment is collaborative. All team members are expected to actively participate in Week 3. FIN 375 Week 4 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

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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? 3. Suppose you manage a small business and notice that sales are high, but costs are higher. What areas would you look at changing to create a more profitable business? DQ 3 1. What data might be used to distinguish short-term success or failure versus long-term trends when measuring financial performance in a small business? 2. Why is it important to look for long-term trends, even if things are looking great for the short term? Provide an example of a situation where the short-term success of a business is doing well, whereas the long-term trends are pointing towards future decline. 3. What would you do to change the long-term trends into something more positive for that company? FIN 375 Week 4 Financial Prospectus Content Paper (2 Papers)

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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. See the Instructor Guidance Before starting this assignment located in the Discussion forum of this assignment! Post your (seven component items) assignment as a MicrosoftŽ Word attachment in APA format.(Used the templates that are attached to Discussion Assignment Only) Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. FIN 375 Week 5 Capitalization and Reporting Document Presentation (2 PPT)

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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. Describe, in a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, how these companies were funded by outlining the initial investments, debt, and operating investments that made these companies into what they are today. Measure the financial performance of these companies and describe their current performance. In the presentation, include the business tracking tools you used to perform the measurement. Include a description of which trends were monitored and analyzed, and the problem-solving techniques used to optimize revenue and control costs. Analyze how cash flow was managed at these businesses and discuss alternative options that they might have considered. This assignment is collaborative. All team members are expected to actively participate in Week 5. FIN 375 Week 5 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3

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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? 3. Suppose you own a small business and are researching with which bank to open your merchant account. Which benefit, service, or tool offered by banks is most important for you? Explain why. DQ 3 1. How might collateral be used to secure long-term financing? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using collateral to secure long-term financing? 3. If you owned a small business, what types of situations would warrant using collateral to secure long-term financing? FIN 375 Week 5 Financial Prospectus Completion Paper (2 Papers)

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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 MicrosoftÂŽ Word attachment in APA format


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