This guide is for BUSI 435 Week 6 Business Plan, start to submission. A 12-page minimum business plan, built on the feasibility analysis and good enough to receive financing, with at least 6 outside sources.
BUSI 435 is Small Business Entrepreneurship, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Business Administration. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI435; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 435 Small Business Entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 6 |
| Points | 150 points |
| Length | At least 12 pages, not including charts and pro forma statements |
| Sources | At least 6 outside sources |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA with charts and pro forma statements |
What BUSI 435 Week 6 Business Plan asks for
Beginning with the knowledge gained in the feasibility analysis, you create a business plan of high enough quality to receive financing. It is at least 12 pages, not counting charts and pro forma statements, in current APA with at least 6 outside sources. It is due in Module/Week 6 with Scarborough chapters 8 to 10. Worth 150 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 435
In the published schedule, Business Plan is one of 6 graded written assignments in BUSI 435. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 3 and comes before Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 4.
How BUSI 435 Week 6 Business Plan is graded
Liberty grades Business Plan with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 150 points in the published guide. That is about 15% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in BUSI 435 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 435 Week 6 method, step by step
Start from the need
Assess the need first. The plan's goals and measures all depend on a clear statement of the gap.
Write measurable objectives
Turn the need into objectives that can be measured: who, what, how much, by when. Vague goals make the evaluation section impossible to write.
Choose methods that fit the objectives
Select the strategies, content or interventions that fit each objective, and say why they fit, citing evidence (At least 6 outside sources).
Plan the resources and timeline
Show the sequence and the resources. A realistic timeline makes the plan credible.
Plan the evaluation
Tie each objective to a measure and a time point. Evaluation is where most plans are thinnest.
Format and length
Use the template or headings the guide gives and stay within At least 12 pages, not including charts and pro forma statements, in current APA.
Build the financials from unit assumptions (customers per day, price, costs) carried over from the feasibility analysis, and show the cash flow month by month in the first year so the lender sees when the business becomes self-sustaining.
A structure for BUSI 435 Week 6 Business Plan
Word targets are planning numbers for about 2,000 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Executive summary | The business and the funding request. | ~160 words |
| Company and product | What you offer. | ~200 words |
| Market analysis | From the feasibility analysis. | ~320 words |
| Marketing plan | Price, place, promotion. | ~320 words |
| Operations and management | How it runs and who runs it. | ~320 words |
| Financial plan | Pro forma statements, break-even and use of funds. | ~480 words |
| Risks | What could go wrong and responses. | ~200 words |
A topic angle that works
Write for a lender: the executive summary states the loan request and how it will be repaid, and the financial plan includes three years of pro forma income statements, cash flow and a break-even analysis.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
The business requests a $120,000 SBA loan to fund facility build-out ($70,000), equipment ($20,000) and six months of operating reserve ($30,000). Revenue assumes 25 dogs a day in month one, rising to 45 by month twelve at $32 a day. Monthly fixed costs of $14,500 give a break-even of about 21 dogs a day after variable costs, reached in the second month, and projected cash flow covers loan payments from month four.
- The loan request.
- Unit assumptions.
- Break-even and repayment.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 435 Week 6
- Financials without assumptions.
- Under 12 pages.
- Fewer than 6 sources.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 12 pages, not including charts and pro forma statements
- Sources: At least 6 outside sources
- Each objective is measurable and has an evaluation measure
- Required template or headings used
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is the BUSI 435 business plan?
At least 12 pages, not counting charts and pro forma statements, with at least 6 outside sources.
How many points is BUSI 435 Week 6 Business Plan worth?
150 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 435, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 15% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 435 Week 6 the same in every section of BUSI 435?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 435. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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