Entreprenuership Business Plan
Assessment 7: Business Planning
(20.0 points)
In Unit 7, you learned about forming a company purpose, making a business plan, and doing a SWOT analysis. Now, you'll apply what you learned to analyze real companies and develop your own business idea.
1. Visit the Website for a well-known company, and find the unit that states its mission. Then answer the following questions about it. TIP: If the company's Web site doesn't describe its mission, choose a different company.
a. What is the name of the company, and what is its mission? (1.0 points)
Tennis Warehouse is a company that wants to provide people with the best tennis gear and equipment to get better.
b. How does the mission relate to the type of products the company sells? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
The products are what make this company possible, if they didn’t sell the equipment they do, the company would be useless. Also, this company sells the best equipment which supports their idea of trying to be the best providers.
c. Did anything surprise you about the mission? Why or why not? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
No, nothing surprised me about the mission because I have been buying products from them for many years, and know what they strive for in tennis gear. I already know what their mission is and how hard they work to perfect everything they do.
2. Visit the Website for a different well-known company, and find the unit that lists the company's values. Then answer the following questions. TIP: If the company's Web site doesn't describe its values, choose a different company.
a. What is the name of the company, and what are its values? (1.0 points)
Supercuts, the employees of this company must be patient, understanding and also creative. The values of this company revolve around respect, the patient and employee must respect each other.
b. How do the company's values relate to the products the company sells? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
This company is service based not product based, so
(20.0 points)
In Unit 7, you learned about forming a company purpose, making a business plan, and doing a SWOT analysis. Now, you'll apply what you learned to analyze real companies and develop your own business idea.
1. Visit the Website for a well-known company, and find the unit that states its mission. Then answer the following questions about it. TIP: If the company's Web site doesn't describe its mission, choose a different company.
a. What is the name of the company, and what is its mission? (1.0 points)
Tennis Warehouse is a company that wants to provide people with the best tennis gear and equipment to get better.
b. How does the mission relate to the type of products the company sells? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
The products are what make this company possible, if they didn’t sell the equipment they do, the company would be useless. Also, this company sells the best equipment which supports their idea of trying to be the best providers.
c. Did anything surprise you about the mission? Why or why not? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
No, nothing surprised me about the mission because I have been buying products from them for many years, and know what they strive for in tennis gear. I already know what their mission is and how hard they work to perfect everything they do.
2. Visit the Website for a different well-known company, and find the unit that lists the company's values. Then answer the following questions. TIP: If the company's Web site doesn't describe its values, choose a different company.
a. What is the name of the company, and what are its values? (1.0 points)
Supercuts, the employees of this company must be patient, understanding and also creative. The values of this company revolve around respect, the patient and employee must respect each other.
b. How do the company's values relate to the products the company sells? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)
This company is service based not product based, so