Engineering Enterprise

Instructions to Students1.Wordcount: at least 3,500 words – references are excluded from the wordcount;2.Please submit ONLY word documents. PDFs or any kind of photo documents will notbe marked;3.Please do not plagiarise: any similarity index above 20% will be referred to the EthicsCommittee;4.Essay form/Prose coupled with metrical structure is highly recommendedYour New Business – Business PlanLike so many others before you, you have decided to set up your own business.Having investigated various options, you have concluded that your ‘idea’ is viable, it suitsyou and can be developed to be an interesting enterprise with rewarding financial results.Your project can be assmall or as big as you want to. Similarly, your ‘idea’ does not have tobe ’unique’. In fact you might consider bringing an established service or product to a newmarket or develop an existing concept to a new application. It is advisable that you select abusiness that is not totally fictitious or imaginary. The closest you are to reality, the easier itwill be for you to think your project through properly and present it to others. Ideally, youwant to present something that you are genuinely considering as an alternative for yourfuture. Who knows? Maybe it will happen one day!To get your new business started, you need to approach financiers / lenders / investors tohelp you raise the necessary capital for your purposes. You therefore need to put togethera business proposal (else known as a Business Plan (BP)) which will include a comprehensivedescription of the new business and any other additional material that will convince youraudience to back you up. You should be clear in how much funding you need, for how longand how you are going to pay back in a way that will be worthwhile for your supporters. Thestructure of a good plan has been discussed in class (Please check Topic 4: Business Plan onMoodle). Please take use Topic 4 as template for your report.It is important that your Business Plan adequately covers what you plan to achieve, in a waythat it generates interest and confidence in your arguments. It is worth keeping in mind atall times the golden rule:you + idea + (money/credit + facilities/people) = Product/service +marketing = Money/credit = Profit
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