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Programme Resource Materials

This section provides you with all the material you need to submit your business plan.

The programme consists of four Modules each with its own sub sections. Each sub section has a powerpoint presentation outlining the key massages for each topic.
Teaching notes have also been added to highlight the focal areas of each presentation.

Business Plan Competition

Templates for Business Plan Submission

Instructions on completing Financial and Business Plan Templates.doc
YEP Business Plan.doc
Financial Projections for a Service Business.xls
Financial Projections for a Trading Business.xls

Instructional videos on completing the Financial Projections file. Videos should be viewed in sequence on the first viewing. The material is presented by the file creators, Gerard O Brien & Dominic Moriarty.

Video 1: Security Setting
Video 2: Control Panel
Video 3: Service
Video 4: Trading
Video 5: Payroll
Video 6: Operating Expenditure
Video 7: Fixed Assets
Video 8: Investments
Video 9: Metrics

Module 1

1. The Entrepreneur

The-Entrepreneur.ppt
The-Entrepreneur-Teaching-Note.doc

2. Communication & Meetings

Communication-and-Meetings.ppt
Communication-and-Meetings---Teaching-Note.doc

Module 2

Idea Generation

Idea-Generation.ppt
Idea-Generation-Teaching-Note.doc

2. Market Research

Market-Research.ppt
Market-Research-Teaching-Note.doc

Module 3

Developing a Strategy

Developing-a-Strategy.ppt
Developing-a-Strategy-Teaching-Note.doc

Module 4

Legal Structures of a New Business

Legal-Structures-of-a-New-Business.ppt
Legal-Structures-of-a-New-Business-Teaching-Note.doc

2. Team Development

Team-Development.ppt
Team-Development-Teaching-Note.doc

3. Operating Finance & Financial Statements

Operating-Finance-and-Financial-Statements.ppt
Operating-Finance-and-Financial-Statements-Teaching-Note.doc

4. The Business Plan

The-Business-Plan.ppt
The-Business-Plan-Teaching-Note.doc

Case Studies

Daft.ie

Daft.ie Case Study
Daft.ie Teaching Notes

Stockbyte

Stockbyte Case Study
Stockbyte Teaching Notes

JFC

JFC Case Study
JFC Teaching Notes

Ovelle

Ovelle Case Study
Ovelle Teaching Notes