Sample Business Summaries
IT Industry
Web Services Provider's key markets for DSL are small and medium businesses,
nationwide. Web Services Provider's key markets for Web hosting and resale
accounts are Web design firms, individuals, and small businesses with a need for
space on a server. Web Services Provider's key markets for dedicated servers are
small to large companies where security and speed are necessary. Web Services
Provider's key market(s) for collocation include medium and small businesses such
as online trading, e-tailers, online information sites, and entertainment Web
companies.
Computer telephony integration (CTI) is the convergence of the telephone and
computing industries. Currently, the CTI market totals $4 billion and is growing at
30% a year, with many segments growing at a rate of over 100% a year. The
Washington-based Multi-Media Telecommunications Association estimates that the
CTI market will grow by nearly 70% in the next year, and triple by the year 2000.
Café
Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta will be the leading gourmet pasta restaurant in
Eugene, OR with a rapidly developing consumer brand and growing customer
base. The signature line of innovative, premium, pasta dishes include pesto with
smoked salmon, pancetta and peas linguini in an alfredo sauce, and fresh
mussels and clams in a marinara sauce. Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta also serves
distinctive salads, desserts, and beverages.
Sigmund's Gourmet Pasta will reinvent the pasta experience for individuals,
families, and take-away customers with discretionary income by selling high
quality, innovative products at a reasonable price, designing tasteful, convenient
locations, and providing industry benchmark customer service.
In order to grow at a rate consistent with our objectives, Sigmund's is offering an
additional $500,000 in equity. Existing members will be given the first right to
subscribe to the additional equity to allow each of them to maintain their
percentage of ownership. The portion not subscribed by existing members will be
available for prospective new investors.
Retail Store
Classique Gifts Etc. is a start-up retail store offering fine gifts, collectible dolls and
doll accessories. The store will be located in Lexington, Kentucky, catering to the
middle- and upper-class consumers who look beyond the congested retail malls for
the special shopping experience. In addition to offering a wide array of unique,
quality products, the consumer will enjoy friendly and knowledgeable customer
service and a convenient, un-congested location. This business plan is prepared to
obtain financing in the amount of $50,000 to purchase inventory and to help cover
expenses in the first year of operations. We are also asking for a credit line of
$10,000 to be used as necessary in low cash flow periods. Brenda and Charles
Gajdik will own and operate the store together as a team. They will provide $40,000
in cash as an equity investment to be used in start-up costs, equipment purchases,
and operating capital. The sales forecasts used in this plan are very conservative
compared to a similar business now operating in Lexington. Brenda has observed
the strengths and weaknesses of this store and is convinced it can be done better.