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to help to pick one of the numbered 125 sections and develop
that section.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
·Opportunity Statement
·Business Concept and Product or Service
· Description of the Target Market
·Competitive Advantage
· Economics
·Technology and Operational Issues
· The Team
·Financial Highlights
·Financing Needs and How the Team Proposes to Raise the Money
THE INDUSTRY
THE
COMPANY, CONCEPT AND PRODUCT(S) OR SERVICE(S)
1.
The Company and the Concept
2. The Product(s) or Services(s)
3. Entry and Growth Strategy
MARKET
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
4.
Definition of Your Relevant Market and Customer Overview
5. Market Size and Trends
6. Buyer Behavior
7. Market Segmentation and Targeting
8. Competition and Competitive Edges
9. Estimated Market Share and Sales
10. Ongoing Market Evaluation
THE
ECONOMICS OF THE BUSINESS
11.
Revenue Sources and Gross and Operating Margins
12. Fixed and Variable Costs
13. Operating Leverage and its Implications
14. Breakeven Chart and Calculation
15. Overall Economic Model
16. Start-up Costs
17. Profit Potential and Durability
THE
MARKETING PLAN
18.
Overall Marketing Strategy
19. Pricing
20. The Selling Cycle
21. Sales Tactics
22. Advertising and Sales Promotions
23. Publicity
24. Customer Service
25. Warranty or Guarantee Policies
26. Distribution
DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
27.
Development Status and Tasks
28. Difficulties and Risks
29. Product Improvement and New Products
30. Projected Development Costs
31. Proprietary Issues (patents, licenses, copyrights, brand names)
OPERATIONS
PLAN
32.
Operating Model and Cycle
33. Geographic Location and Physical Location Requirements
34. Facilities and Improvements
35. Equipment Requirements
36. Strategy and Plans
MANAGEMENT
TEAM
37.
Organization Structure
38. Key Management Personnel and Responsibilities
39. Management Compensation and Ownership
40. Other Current Investors
41. Employment and Other Agreements, Stock Option and Bonus Plans
42. Board of Directors
43. Other Shareholders, Rights, and Restrictions
44. Supporting Professional Advisors and Services
OVERALL
SCHEDULE
45.
Help s time tables of desired accomplishments.
CRITICAL
RISKS, PROBLEMS, AND ASSUMPTIONS
46.
Help evaluate potential critic paths and how to navigate
potential problem areas.
FINANCIAL
PLAN
47.
Pro Forma Income Statements
48. Pro Forma Balance Sheets
49. Pro Forma Cash Flow Analysis
50. Months to Breakeven and to Positive Cash Flow
51. Cost Control
52. Highlights of the Financial Statements
PROPOSED
COMPANY OFFERING
53.
Desired Financing
54. Offering
55. Capitalization
56. Use of Funds
57. Investor’s Return
APPENDICES
58.
Help with display and examples including studies on economic
impact.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
59. Financing Needs and How the Team Proposes to Raise the Money
60. Economics
THE
COMPANY, CONCEPT AND PRODUCT(S) OR SERVICE(S)
61.
The Company and the Concept
Company
Description
Springfield
Technology Park will have a Board of Directors. It will be
owned by the Citizens and operated by the board. An election
process of voting on the board will take place much in the
same way local college boards such as Ozark Technical College.
The Park will ask College Presidents from all certified colleges
in southwest Missouri to attend quarterly board meetings
to help steer the operations of the facility.
We
must be able to spread Technology Development to extended
areas to allow for such development as Technology Research
and for Incubators which allow new companies to start up.
The Technology Parks are also established to facilitate the
exchange of technical information to foster technology transfer
and to develop technology-based enterprises and high technology
manufacturing and service clusters. They perform agricultural,
medical, environmental, and other research.
The
Technology Park issue will be placed on the Springfield ballot
with the hopes that the people will vote yes they want such
a project to occur in Springfield. If passed by the voters,
efforts will begin the process of raising the capital and
putting an organization in place. Efforts to secure assistance
from the State of Missouri Economic Development Department
and any possible assistance from the United States government
will begin in earnest. The initial opening date will be for
the middle of 2007.
The Technology Park will be the only such project in southwest Missouri thereby
affecting over one-half million people.
________________________________________________________________
The
Proof
The following report gives a very good argument for more Technology Funding
for Missouri Citizens:
http://www.missouritechnology.org/reports/documents/MissouriTechnologyPlan2002.pdf
62.
The Product(s) or Services(s)
63. Entry and Growth Strategy
MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
64.
Definition of Your Relevant Market and Customer Overview
65. Market Size and Trends
66. Buyer Behavior
67. Market Segmentation and Targeting
68.
Competition and Competitive Edges
69.
Competitors in Market
Rolla,
St. Louis, Kansas City, Etc. as Possible Competitors ---
but also as good arguments of why southwest Missouri should
get State and Federal help with funding.
http://www.missourienterprise.org/whowe-bio.asp?Id=32
ALSO let government officials we are not getting fair share
of funding!
In Missouri and Southwest Missouri we have a limited amount of competitors
doing exactly what we are proposing.
St.
Louis has--- Fort Leonard Wood has—Kansas City has----
These are all examples of where the State and Federal Governments are put monies
into Technology development for the people of those areas. That is a reason
that Southwest Missouri should get its fair share of funding. It is very hard
to pin down representative and government agencies, but if the people of Springfield
VOTE YES they will all agree it is a good thing and funding efforts will follow.
70.
Estimated Market Share and Sales
71. Ongoing Market Evaluation
THE
ECONOMICS OF THE BUSINESS
72.
Revenue Sources and Gross and Operating Margins
73. Fixed and Variable Costs
74. Operating Leverage and its Implications
75. Breakeven Chart and Calculation
76. Overall Economic Model
77. Start-up Costs
78. Profit Potential and Durability
THE
MARKETING PLAN
79.
Overall Marketing Strategy
80.
Strategic Focus and Plan
Mission
The
Mission of Springfield Technology Park is to allow new entrepreneurial
company start ups and Research and Development in the Technology
area. The standard of living will rise for the citizens by
bringing more business opportunities and commerce to the
southwest Missouri area. At the same time additional tax
monies generated by additional job creations should create
additional tax flows for the local community which should
lower the need for additional tax increases and maybe even
lower current taxes. This will enhance business development
and create higher paying jobs which will raise the standard
of living---insert see census---for all the Citizens of the
southwest Missouri area.
One of the major components will be to bring together the local colleges and
educational community and the business community to work on transferring knowledge
into the market place.
81.
Pricing
82. The Selling Cycle
83. Sales Tactics
84. Advertising and Sales Promotions
85. Publicity
If
passed by the Voters it will be possible to have the State
and Federal governments help promote the issue via the internet
and other means.
90.
Customer Service
Technology
Park 2006 will develop an overarching Six Sigma Program (Russell & Taylor,
Operations Management) ---which is a measure of how much
a given product or process deviates from perfection, or zero
defects; the basis of a quality improvement program. TP2006
will develop a Total Quality Management (TQM) Program---the
management of quality throughout all organizations in the
Technology Park at all management levels and all areas. (Russell & Taylor
2)
91.
Warranty or Guarantee Policies
92.
Distribution
DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
93.
Development Status and Tasks
94. Difficulties and Risks
95.
Situation Analysis
SWOT
Analysis --- A SWOT Analysis for Technology Park 2006 is
in the process of being prepared. It will include a complete
overview of (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
analysis); the environment Technology Park 20006 will start
in.
Opportunities
Examples
http://www.eprairie.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=6094
State just passed --- Missouri recently passed a law pledging $684 million
to enhance Missouri’s standing as a center of plant and life sciences
research. Some of that funding will have to come to Southwest Missouri.
96.
Product Improvement and New Products
97.
Projected Development Costs
98.
Proprietary Issues (patents, licenses, copyrights, brand
names)
OPERATIONS
PLAN
99.
Operating Model and Cycle
Qualified
companies will be allowed to bid on the development of a “Master
Plan”.
100.
Geographic Location and Physical Location Requirements
101.
Facilities and Improvements
102.
Equipment Requirements
103.
Strategy and Plans
Goals
The
following are Goals that the Technology Park would like to
achieve in the next ten years:
·
Center of Command Operations
104. Establish the Park as a National and International presence for possible
locating of companies looking for a highly educated and skilled work force.
At the same time having the opportunities for local Citizens to have more employment
and business opportunities.
105.
Educate the local public about starting their own business
in the Technology Park and have a process of approving new
start up companies that have a financial plan and backing.
106.
Will have several full time grant writers paid to apply for
local, State and Federal Economic Grants. Also work with
local banks to help satisfy their government required REINVESTMENT
into the COMMUNITIES.
Grants will be sought from private foundations that work to promote the ideal
of using economic development to create opportunities for job creation and
entrepreneurial opportunities.
107.
Our mission is to build Missouri business one success at
a time by using hands-on, client-based, business and technical
assistance through a family of complementary programs. The
qualified staff of Technology Park 2006 is comprised of highly
educated, experienced and
Professional individuals:
Sample only
·
· · 4 Ph.D's
·
· · 10 MBA's
·
· · 2 Certified Manufacturing Engineers
·
· · 4 Professional Engineers
·
· · 1 Certified Public Accounts
·
· · 6 former Company CEO/Presidents
·
· · 4 former Plant Managers
·
· · 9 staff with quality certifications
·
· · Several staff near CPIM certification
·
· · 844 years of manufacturing experience
·
· · 573 years in Business Management/Systems
·
· · 506 years in Process Improvement
·
· · 369 years in Quality Systems
·
· · 357 years in Human Resources
·
· · 309 years Marketing
MANAGEMENT
TEAM
108.
Organization Structure
109. Key Management Personnel and Responsibilities
110. Management Compensation and Ownership
111. Other Current Investors
112. Employment and Other Agreements, Stock Option and Bonus Plans
Board
of Directors
If the issue passes on the ballot, efforts will begin to organize
and develop a board of directors and seek assistance from
the city of Springfield and the state of Missouri to put
in place a not for profit foundation to run and oversee
the operations. Efforts to begin the process of attracting
tenants and interested businesses will begin during the
entire process including now. As part of our research we
will do field research that will include contacting possible
prospective customers, competitors, suppliers, venture
capitalist---angels and others to help develop the best
realistic plan.
113.
Other Shareholders, Rights, and Restrictions
114. Supporting Professional Advisors and Services
OVERALL
SCHEDULE
CRITICAL
RISKS, PROBLEMS, AND ASSUMPTIONS
FINANCIAL
PLAN
115.
Pro Forma Income Statements
116. Pro Forma Balance Sheets
117. Pro Forma Cash Flow Analysis
118. Months to Breakeven and to Positive Cash Flow
119. Cost Control
120. Highlights of the Financial Statements
PROPOSED
COMPANY OFFERING
121.
Desired Financing
122. Offering
123. Capitalization
124. Use of Funds
125. Investor’s Return
A very good site for information on Technology Parks is:
http://www.aurp.net/about/index.cfm
Even the United States Congress Understands the importance of such efforts.
Source: www.aurp.net on July 5, 2006
Research Park Legislation Introduced Into The U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman announced that he has introduced
bipartisan legislation that would help bring high-wage, high-tech jobs to states
like New Mexico.
Bingaman
is the author of the "Science Park Administration Act
of 2005", which encourage the formation of science parks
across the country and strengthen existing ones through the
use of federal loan and loan guarantees. Science parks are
a group of interrelated companies and universities that cooperate
as well as compete. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) is a cosponsor
of the bill.
"
Science parks have helped bring many high-wage jobs to our state. In Albuquerque,
the Sandia Science and Technology Park is now home to many of the state's high-tech
firms," Bingaman said. "A wise investment of federal dollars in science
parks would help create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of the future."
"
Federal investment in research parks partnering with our best universities
will help us advance technology and create stable and high-wage jobs," said
Senator Bunning.
Specifically,
Bingaman's bill authorizes over the next five years the U.S.
Department of Commerce to award $500,000 grants for the purpose
of planning a new science park for a total of $37.5 million,
creates a revolving loan program to help existing science
parks make upgrades at $300 million, and establishes a $1
billion loan guarantee program for up to $50 million per
loan for the construction of approximately 20 new world class
science parks.
The Science Park Administration Act of 2005 also offers a series of tax incentives
to business that want to locate in science parks, including accelerated capital
depreciation, and a tax credit for companies that invest in universities and
laboratories performing research. The bill has been sent to the Senate Finance
Committee; Bingaman is a member of that panel.
The bill has been assigned Senate number 1581. To see a complete copy of the
bill, please click
here.
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