Exam Prep Flashcards
Business Concept
Description of idea Description of products and services Intended market Potential competitive advantages High-level revenue versus cost
Business Life Cycle
Intro
Growth
Maturity
Decline
Market feasibility
Opportunity sufficient to achieve goals or objectives
TAM
Total available market
SAM
serviceable available market
SOM
Share of market
Technical feasibility
Logistics
- time and capacity constraints
- location constraints
- technology constraints
Financial Feasibility
Ensure projected revenue surpasses costs
- startup and overhead cost
- sources of funds
- anticipated revenue
Business Plan Structure
1-executive summary 2-customer and market analysis 3-product and service description 4-business model and competitive advantage 5-competitor analysis 6-implementation plan 7-risk 8-financial highlights and assumptions 9-overview of team 10-detailed financial projections as needed 11-under resume as needed in appendix
Business Plan purpose
- plugging the gaps/contingency plans
- establishing the framework
- long-term perspective
- motivating/selling
- inviting feedback
- big picture
Vision Statement
Describes what and where an organization wants to be / optimal future state
Mission Statement
Fundamental purpose, including:
- key market (target customer)
- contribution (what products or services)
- distinction (competitive advantage)
What is Strategy in regards to a business plan?
The plan to achieve the vision and mission statement
Effective strategies …
- provide direction
- is company wide
- considers strategic fit
PESTI
Political, economic, social and cultural, technological, international
SWOT analysis
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
Porters Five Forces Model
Some boys can't tie shoelaces 1- substitutes 2 - bargaining power of customers 3 - competitive rivalry 4 - threat of new entrants 5 - bargaining power of suppliers
Porter’s chain model - primary activities
- Inbound/outbound logistics
- marketing
- operations
- CRM (customer relationship management)
Porter’s chain model - support activities
- Finances/procurement
- management
- human resources
- technology
Strategy Statement
1- identify competitive advantage
2 - consider long-term goals and overall vision
3 - boundaries, barriers of service and service model
4- Tie strategy to long-term goals
5 - dynamic dimensions within industry and company (market landscape)
Types of Strategy
- differentiation
- cost leadership
- growth
- merger and acquisition
- product elimination
- innovation
- integration
- diversification
- defensive (lost mitigation, cost reduction etc)
- hybrid
Change Management Steps
Create a climate for change - increase urgency, build the guiding team, get the right vision
Engage and enable the whole organization - communicate for buy-in, empower action, create short-term wins
Implement and sustain change - don’t let up, make it stick
Market cycle quadrants
Phase one - recover (declining vacancy, no new construction)
Phase 2 - expansion (declining vacancy, new construction)
Phase 3 - hypersupply (increasing vacancy and new construction)
Phase 4 - recession (increasing vacancy, more completions)
Organization Types
- Proprietorship
- Partnerships
- Corporations
2 types of partnerships
- general/equal (equal ownership / liability)
- limited (unequal with active and passive partner)
Short term financing options
- trade credit (allows additional time to pay)
- line of credit/operating loan
- commercial paper (unsecured by collateral, higher interest, sold to investors at discounted rate)
- factoring (selling block of accounts receivables at discounted rate)
- crowdfunding
What is commercial paper?
A loan unsecured by collateral with higher interest rates that are sold to investors at discounted rates
What is factoring?
Selling blocks of accounts receivables at discounted rates
What are the three types of crowd funding?
1- equity (backer becomes investor)
2- debt (backer becomes lender)
3- donations (backer becomes donor)
Long term financing options
- business loan
- leasing (long-term rental)
- equity financing (borrowing against equity)
- personal savings
- venture capital
- going public/stocks
- retained earnings / profits
What is ERM
Enterprise risk management
Difference between risk and issue?
Risk - future
Issue - present
Types of risks (7)
- personal (health, finances, relationship)
- business (instability, management, financial etc)
- competition
- operational (internal processes, systems, staffing etc)
- hazard (legal liability)
- strategic
- reputational
Asymmetrical risks
Low probability with a high impact - black swan events
How do you calculate risk rating?
The probability X the severity
Probability ranking
1-very unlikely to 5-almost certain
Risk Severity ranking system (including financial, reputation, operational and stakeholder impacts)
1-minimal (less than 1% of budget, no impact on reputation, negligible impact on operation, some of one group of stakeholders impacted)
2-minor (1 to 5% of budget, 1 to 2 weeks impact to reputation, no admin difficulty, one group of stakeholders impacted)
3-significant (5 to 10% of budget, short-term 1 to 6 months impact to reputation, short-term delays, more than one group of stakeholders impacted)
4-major (10 to 15% of budget, medium 6 to 12 months reputation impact, medium-term delays and several stakeholders impacted)
5-massive (greater than 15% budget, long-term one year plus impact to reputation, long-term delays or failure to achieve, most stakeholders impacted)
Existing risk control ratings
1) excessive- meats requirements, possibly using too many resources
2) robust - meets requirements, prevention strategies with redundancies
3) adequate - meets requirements, some preventative measures
4) week-insufficient controls, limited preventative measures
5) non-existent
Risk tolerance levels
Monitor-risk is tolerable, existing controls are adequate or better
Treat - risk is tolerable but existing controls are insufficient
Avoid - cannot live with risk, must avoid
GAAP
Generally accepted accounting principles
Types of accounting reports
1) audited statement- high level of assurance and disclosure, high complexity
2) review engagement - moderate level of assurance and disclosure, moderate to high complexity
3) notice to reader or compilation engagement- low complexity and no gaap compliance required
Revenue recognition principle
Revenue should be recognized when earned
Cost principal
Cost not market value are recorded for assets not including HST or GST
Matching principle
Expenses associated with revenue are recognized in the same period
Material principle
Don’t sweat the small stuff, recognizing small expenses as made
Objectivity principle
Accounting info verified with objective and verifiable data
Consistency principle
Recording transactions in generally consistent manner
Asset classes
Tangible/intangible
Current/non-current
Financial/non-financial
Accounting equation
Assets-liabilities=owner’s equity/capital
Income statement
Revenue -expenses=profit/loss
What are the 2 methods.of depreciation?
Straight line method and declining balance method
What is the formula for the straight line method of depreciation?
Depreciation=(asset cost-residual value)/recovery period of asset
Depreciation is the same every year
Is the formula for the declining balance method of depreciation?
Depreciation=cost remaining X depreciation rate
What are the two types of cash flow statements?
Direct method - recording transactions as they happen
Indirect method - based on change in income
Profit Margin formula
Net income over sales
Return on investment formula
Net income over average total assets
Return on equity formula
Net income over average owners equity
Quality of earnings formula
Cash flows from operating activities over net income
How do you calculate the long-term debt ratio
Total non-current liabilities over total non-current liabilities plus owner’s equity
What is the debt ratio
Total liabilities over total liabilities plus owner’s equity
What is the debt/equity ratio
Total liabilities over owner’s equity