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| Please edit this plan and feel free to fork it and create another plan, or subplan. Be Bold!
| | ===Products=== |
| | Create a product with a subpage. |
| | <!-- use the syntax: * [[/You're product name/]] and add one below --> |
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| | * [[/One or More Laptops Per Person/]] |
| | * [[/Linux Boxes/]] |
| | * [[/One Green Car Per Person/]] |
| | * [[/Feed Everyone Project/]] |
| | * [[/openPhone/]] |
| | * [[/Book Reader/]] (e-ink) |
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| == Executive summary == | | ==Divisions== |
| * Funding will come from a diverse size of monetary investments, from perhaps a few dollars to an unlimited amount.
| | Hypothetically, divisions we may be interested in developing. |
| * The products that will be used to create a return on investment will be created by and decided upon by the investors and community involved in the business.
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| | :[[/Energy/]] |
| | :[[/Aerospace/]] |
| | :[[/Media/]] |
| | :[[/Technology/]] |
| | :[[/Agriculture/]] |
| | :[[/Aquaculture/]] |
| | :[[/Automotive/]] |
| | :[[/Manufacturing/]] |
| | :[[/Construction/]] |
| | :[[/Engineering/]] |
| | :[[/Natural resources/]] |
| | :[[/Finance/]] |
| | :[[/Marketing/]] |
| | :[[/Real estate/]] |
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| == Organizational background == | | ==Subpages== |
| Anyone can join this organization, and anyone can help fulfill the mission that is decided upon by the participants.
| | * [[/Wikipedia/|Wikipedia readings]] |
| | | * [[/See also/]] |
| === Mission ===
| | * [[/External links/]] |
| '''"Our mission is to help alleviate problems in the world through innovative and collaborative means, to democratize education, and remove barriers to access"'''
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| === History ===
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| Founding date: '''19 October 2007'''
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| == Marketing ==
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| For each significant substitute product one must explain:
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| * Name, features, why substitute, why proposed product better | |
| ** Create a product with a subpage like [[/One or More Laptops Per Person/]], [[/Feed Everyone Project/]], [[/oPhone/]] and so forth
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| * Switching costs and why new product justifies switching
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| * Expected adoption dynamics
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| * Expected role once market begins to develop (see above for existing products)
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| === Pricing ===
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| * Chosen price points
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| * Proposed [[Wikipedia:Pricing]]
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| * Research supporting chosen price points
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| === Distribution ===
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| * [[Wikipedia:Distribution (business)]]
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| * List of major distributors
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| * Current status of negotiations
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| === Promotion and brand development ===
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| * [[Wikipedia:Promotion (marketing)|Promotion strategy]]
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| The promotion of this company and this companies products will be done virally.
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| === Current products and projects ===
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| Suggest some. Use subpages please.
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| === Manufacturing/deployment ===
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| * [[Wikipedia:Supply chain]]
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| === Information technology ===
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| Wikis...
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| * Systems needed
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| ** Operations: Billing, HR, SCM, CRM, Knowledge bases, etc
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| ** Websites: internal, public
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| * Security and privacy requirements
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| * Hardware requirements
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| * Off-the-shelf software needed
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| * Custom development requirements
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| === Staffing ===
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| Once capital is accrued utilize those desiring to learn, and where someone can't fulfill a role in a safe learning capacity, hire someone to do it and teach others how to do what they are doing when appropriate.
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| ==== Organizational learning ====
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| The organizational learning plan discusses what lessons will be learned from the marketing, operational, and finance plans and how those lessons will be consolidated to gain strategic advantage.
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| * Market sensing - organization's method for collecting information about customers (George Day)
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| * [[Wikipedia:Strategic Staircase|Strategic Staircase]] - the accumulation of future competencies by building on existing competencies. (Michael Hays, Costas Markides) | |
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| Organizational memory
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| == Financial plan ==
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| Nanoinvesting.
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| The basic economics of this business are important. From start to finish, this business is wiki wiki wiki. It doesn't matter who contributes. There will need to be policies and guidlines specific to this business. Be civil. Act in good faith. Assume good faith. Don't revert. Don't delete. Change, play, be creative.
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| Finances are of importance.
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| : Everyone earns a share in the profits depending on how much they invest.
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| : Share of profits = (% of Business owned) * (Net earnings - a certain % reinvested in the company)
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| : % of business owned = (An individual's investment) / (Total all owners have ever invested)
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| Everyone decides together (consensus) how money is allocated. Everyone decides what projects are funded. People stick to what they are good at (and can teach others) and what they want to learn about.
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| Intellectual property will be licensed creatively. GFDL, CC-By... and so forth (to be determined)... probably just GFDL unless they're is a compelling reason to switch.
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| See also: [[Wikipedia:Financial plan]] | |
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| === Funding plan ===
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| * Micro investments?
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| : Everyone earns a share in the profits depending on how much they invest.
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| : Share of profits = (% of Business owned) * (Net earnings - a certain % reinvested in the company)
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| : % of business owned = (An individual's investment) / (Total all owners have ever invested)
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| === Financial forecasts ===
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| * Sometimes called [[Wikipedia:Pro forma|'pro forma]]s'
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| ** Balance sheet
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| ** Income statement
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| ** Cash flow statement
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| * 1-3-5-7 year projections (depends on length of project)
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| ** For loans, the repayment period determines length of projections. For example, a six month loan doesn't need a seven year forecast. | |
| ** For investments, points at which returns are stabilize ([[wikipedia:terminal value|terminal value]]) determines length of forecast.
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| * Annual, quarterly, and monthly versions should be provided.
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| * Graphs of key values like gross revenue, EBITDA, NPV, and so forth are often helpful.
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| * Financial portions of the marketing, asset development, and operations are often placed in this section rather than in the section discussing the specific aspects of the plan. They are viewed as elaboration on the various line items in the pro-formas.
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| == Risk analysis ==
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| For more information, see [[Wikipedia:Risk analysis]].
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| * Market risks- lack of surgeons; large geographical area so that we don't compete against our own clients;
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| ** New entrants to market
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| *** Ease of entry
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| *** Potential threat to market share - advertising companies
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| ** Slower than expected adoption
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| * Operational risks
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| * Staffing risks- embedding the right candidate for the right surgeon
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| ** Availability of skilled workforce- x-pharma reps, x-equipment reps
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| ** Union issues
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| * Financing risks
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| ** Liabilities
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| ** Poorly worded investor contracts at risk for litigation
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| ** Investor pull-out
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| ** Lack of follow-on funding to complete project
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| * Managerial risks
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| ** Poor board or investor dynamics
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| ** Agency risk particular to the venture
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| === Risk management ===
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| Detailed plans are more often found as part of in internal plans.
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| For both companies and consumers that participate in online business, security concerns are very important. Many consumers are hesitant to buy items over the Internet because they do not trust that their personal information will remain private. Recently, some companies that do business online have been caught giving away or selling information about their customers. Several of these companies have guarantees on their websites, claiming customer information will be private. By selling customer information, these companies are breaking their own, publicized policy. Some companies that buy customer information offer the option for individuals to have their information removed from the database (known as opting out).
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| Plans written for funders may need to include a high level description if there are significant controllable risks.
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| * Methods and procedures to limit liabilities
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| * Reserve funds
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| * Continuity of operations plan
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| Business plans typically cover five major content areas:
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| * [[#Organizational Background|Background information]]
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| * [[#Marketing Plan|A marketing plan]]
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| * [[#Operational Plan|An operational plan]]
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| * [[#Financial Plan|A financial plan]]
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| * A discussion of the [[#Decision Making Criteria|decision making criteria]] that should be used to approve the plan.
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| == Decision making criteria ==
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| * Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Break even analysis|Break even analysis]]
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| * Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:NPV|NPV]]
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| * Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:IRR|IRR]]
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| * Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Balanced Scorecard|Balanced Scorecard]]
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| == See also ==
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| * [[School:Business]]
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| * [[Wikiversity's Business Incubator]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Content of a business plan]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Business plan]]
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| * [[Novel economic mechanisms]]
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| * [[Efficiency in Computing Project]]
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| * [[OpenMoko]]
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| * [[Topic:Wiki business ventures]]
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| * [[Wikiversity NPC]]
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| * [[Resources for Developing a Financial Plan]]
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| * [[Trade Finance]]
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.cambrianhouse.com/ Cambrian House]
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| * [http://www.cambrianhouse.com/idea/idea-promoter/ideas-id/MKHdFW4/ The idea at Cambrian House]
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| * [http://wikiworld.com/wiki/index.php/SolarCellFarms Solar Cell Farms]
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| * [http://ncba.coop/ National Cooperative Business Association]
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| * [http://www133.americanexpress.com/osbn/tool/biz_plan/index.asp Writing a business plan at Amex]
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| * [http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k2686&pageid=icb.page29950 Harvard resources]
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| * [http://www.inc.com/guides/write_biz_plan/20660.html Business plan @ inc.com]
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| * [http://www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/index.html Business plan @ entrepreneur.com]
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| * [http://www.google.org/recharge/rfp/index.html Google.org investment proposals for plugin hybrid projects]
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| * (November 2007) '''[http://biopact.com/2007/11/scientists-convert-biodiesel-byproduct.html Scientists convert biodiesel byproduct glycerin into ethanol]
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| * [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Buying_Interest_List Open Moko Buying interest list] - a potential model
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| [[Category:Entrepreneurship]] | | [[Category:Entrepreneurship]] |
