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Remember Scalability from Chapter 2.
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Business Plan Organization: Issues Analysis, Legal Forms, and E-Business Partnerships, Slides of Fundamentals of E-Commerce
An overview of key components in creating a business plan for an e-business. Topics include issues analysis, legal forms of organization, and e-business partnerships. The importance of risk assessment, economic changes, and legal factors, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of different legal forms and strategic partnerships.
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Business Plan Organization
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DISCUSS CASE ON PAGE 99.
Remember Scalability from Chapter 2.
Business Plan Organization
(continued) Issues Analysis and Critical Risks Identifying the threats to and opportunities for a startup e-business is called an issues analysis or riskassessment (or sometimes SWOT analysis). An issues analysis shouldconsider the following outside influences that can affect an e-business’ssuccess and describe any necessary contingency plans.
Economic changes - Impending product innovations and/or technological advancements - Environmental changes and government regulations - Barriers to market entry - Legal factors and staffing concerns - Level of managerial expertise among the business’s principals
Business Plan Organization
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Appendices
Resumes
Pictures of products - Explanation of services - Legal documents - Other supporting documentation
Legal Forms of Organization
Sole proprietorship
Business started by an individual
Owner and business are one in the same for taxand legal liability issues
Legal Forms of Organization
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Corporation
Separate legal and taxable entity from its owners - “C” corporation owners are it shareholders - Liability is limited to investment in business - Profits are taxed twice: once for the corporation and again whendistributed to owners as stock dividends. But its income is taxed atlower rates than individual income. - Great if your business needs to accumulate capital for inventory orfinance other growth. - Lower taxes than LLCs for the first 50,000 to 75,000 profits - Attracts VC investments.
Legal Forms of Organization
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Corporation (continued)
“S” corporation gives owners partnership statusand corporate liability protection
Owner’s salary is subject to employment taxes. - Business Profits are subject to Income Tax
Limited liability company (LLC)
Tax status of sole proprietorship or partnership
Liability status of a corporation