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101 KeyTerms
Nature of Business Plans
Question | Answer |
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Accounting | The process of keeping and interpreting financial records |
Appendix | A segment added to the end of a document; incudes supporting information |
Balance sheet | A financial statement that captures the financial condition of the business at that particular moment |
Barrier to(market) entry | Anything that blocks the way or makes it more difficult to enter a particular market |
Bottom line | Net outcome |
Business model | The company's method or plan for making money |
Business plan | A company's blueprint for success; shows how the business works now and how it is intended to work in the future; the written business model |
Business structure | The company's configuration of employees for accomplishing specific business task; how the business is organized |
Capital investment | The amount of money the business has invested in its goods and other property |
Capital structure | The organization of the influx and outflow of the company's money, including where the money goes on a regular basis; how a business pays for its operations |
Cash Flow | The movement of funds into and out of a business; determines the amount of cash the business has to work with at any given time |
Cost estimate | A ball-park figure(or guess) of how much will be spent on a given activity |
Equity | Assets minus liabilities; also known as stockholders'(or shareholders') equity, book value, and net worth |
Executive summary | The most important part of a company's business plan because it gives an overview of the entire document; uses to determine whether it is worthwhile to read any further |
Finance | The |