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Week #
Topics
Staffing
1 Status of Business since last semester
The Team
Partners, Employees, Consultants, Advisors, Investors/Board Members
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2 The Industry
Where does the product fit, Competition
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3

The Product Development
Product updates and modifications, Stability, Labeling and directions, Packaging, Process development

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4

Manufacturing
Quality Assurance, Quality control, Degree of automation, Process control, Patent of trade secret, ISO

Manufactuing Engineer
5 Submit Plan to Revise the Business Plan Consumer/clinical trials, Focus groups, Customer feedback ISBT
6 Risks of doing business
Product liability, Patent infringement, Employee safety
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7

Exam
Regulations
FCC, FDA, CLIA, DOT, EPA, OSHA, Export and Import, Other Federal, State, and Local

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Regulator
8 Marketing
Distribution, Sales, Advertising, Public Relations
Marketing
9 Operations
Location, Hours, Number and type of employees, Facility requirements, Types of compensation
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10 Submit Revised Business Plan
Required resources
Money, Vendors, Material and labor, Equipment
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11 Financial Statements
Upgrade all statements to include new information, Prepare pro formas on a monthly basis for 5 years
Accouting
12 Financing the Start-up
Grants, Venture funds, Angels, Friends and Family
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Venture Capitalist
13 The Company after financing
Ownership and Control, Organization, Reporting requirements

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14 Submit Final Business Plan
Growth and the future
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