Identification of Business Opportunities: Objectives, Sources, Factors and Challenges
Where business ideas come from and what to check before you commit, from demand and competition to inputs, capital, skills and government rules.
Starting and running a business: ideas, theories, funding, challenges and the Indian startup ecosystem.
Where business ideas come from and what to check before you commit, from demand and competition to inputs, capital, skills and government rules.
Shape the idea, choose the business and its legal form, set objectives, decide the right size and sign initial contracts: how a new unit gets started.
Gathering spoken and written information, competitive intelligence, forecasting, market surveys and threat analysis: how firms study their environment.
External analysis is a continuous scan for opportunities and threats. Its features, why every firm needs it, and how it shapes strategy and goals.
Industry trends, the age of the business, its size and power, technology, geography and planning: six angles for studying a firm’s outside world.
What goes in a bank-ready project report: general details, technical and market feasibility, project cost, working capital, projections and timelines.
Location, plant capacity, technology, buildings and layout, raw materials, labour and more: what lenders and founders assess before a project goes ahead.
What a project report is, the features of a good one, and why you need it, from choosing the best investment to approvals and getting finance.
A practical action plan, wide observation, legal checks, objective assumptions, a clear organisation and risk analysis: what an ideal project plan has.
From finding the project idea and preliminary analysis to the outline, appraisal, selection and implementation: how a new project takes shape.