Enterprise Business Start-up: Innovative Business Plan, Fundraising Strategy and Entrepreneurial Reflection
This Enterprise Business Start-up assessment requires students to generate an innovative and sustainable business idea and develop it into a comprehensive start-up plan capable of guiding venture creation, attracting customers and supporting external fundraising. The module is assessed through two connected components: a 10-minute business pitch presented to an audience representing angel investors and venture capitalists, followed by a detailed individual business-plan portfolio. Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… The principal written component is a 4,000-word detailed business plan. It begins with an executive summary before examining the proposed business idea, identified market gap, market research and competitor landscape. Students must then define appropriate customer profiles and segmentation, explain the development of the proposed product or service, and construct suitable marketing and communications strategies for reaching the intended market. Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… A substantial part of the business plan focuses on the venture's financial and commercial viability. Students are expected to develop costing, pricing, sales and revenue projections alongside an appropriate business model. They must also identify the founding team, explain relevant roles and demonstrate the core competencies required to launch and develop the business successfully. Financials and business models receive particularly strong emphasis within the marking criteria. Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… The written portfolio also includes a 1,000-word reflective component. Half of this section focuses on the student's fundraising strategy, including suitable funding sources and how potential investors or funders would be targeted, approached and secured. The other half critically reflects on the student's entrepreneurial tendency, personal experience and future skills development. Students are specifically required to complete the General Measure of Enterprising Tendency (GET) self-assessment and incorporate the results into their reflection. Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… Overall, the assessment integrates entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, market analysis, customer segmentation, product development, marketing, start-up finance, business modelling, team capability, fundraising and reflective entrepreneurial development. The accompanying pitch additionally assesses visual quality, creativity, clarity of message, presentation skills, preparedness and professionalism. Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… Assessment Brief Feb-May 2026 L… Important: the document does not explicitly specify a referencing style or academic level, so I would keep those fields as Not specified rather than assume Harvard or Masters.
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