Strategic Expansion Blueprint: Ignite Your Business Growth
General
- Graduate
- 7 learners; individual projects
- 50 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 5/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Sole proprietorship, Small to medium enterprise
- Any, Business services, Cosmetics & beauty, Energy, Environment
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 9, 2024Experience start
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March 16, 2024First round of student deliverables milestone
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April 1, 2024Final report milestone
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April 1, 2024Experience end
Timeline
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January 9, 2024Experience start
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March 16, 2024First round of student deliverables milestone
The "First round of student deliverables milestone" marks a key point where students submit their initial project tasks. It's a crucial phase for assessment and feedback, guiding them towards successful project completion.
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April 1, 2024Final report milestone
Submissions due.
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April 1, 2024Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Working in a team, students will prepare a Business Analysis report as well as a treatment plan for the expansion/ improvement of the business.
- Learner skills
- Business analysis, Treatment planning, Blueprinting
- Deliverables
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1- Full Business Analysis report and treatment proposal
2- Summary of the report and the proposal
3- Presentation (20 minutes) in-person or via recording
Project Examples
1. Executive summary
o Exec summary of your client's business
o Main goals and objectives that you plan to pursue during this project
o Main steps you plan to take to pursue the objectives and find the solution within a clear and structured timeline.
o Explain your methodolgy of gathering the information of your client (ie. Interview, questionnaie, GEMBA etc.)
o A short description of the potential solution you might offer to the company
2. Busines Analysis
o SWOT analysis along with suggested solutions for each item of the SWOT
o PESTEL analysis
o Business model and business structure
o Their CRM
o Their presence on social media (You can include Google Analytics)
o E-commerce features of the business
o Their operational issue that is detected by your team or the business owner
o Their branding and marketing strategy
o Their competition (who, what, how much?)
o Their competitive advantage / their competition and differentiation strategy
3. Solutions
o Gantt chart/time frame for the modifications
o Budget for changes and the financial forecast for your clients after implementing the suggested solutions
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Are you currently facing any operational issues in your business?