I am interviewing a truck company owner. Transporting company.

developing a Small Business Sustainability, Survivability, and ongoing Maintenance Plan for the local business you have been interviewing. The plan you will develop and submit by Sunday of Week 4 must address how you and the Entrepreneur/mentor agree that he or she can insure that his or her business can survive for the next few years? After researching the subject of small business survivaility, you should have an extensive list of factors affecting the survivability of a small business, including: catastrophic business interruption incidents, major economic downturns, shifts in consumer demand, the loss of a key individual, a computer system crash, a loss of financing, significant legal issues. There are more factors that affect the survivability of a small business that we will leave for you to discover in your reading assignments. Your assignment for weeks 3 and 4 is to:

Do some additional research on survivability and ongoing business continuity factors

Develop a preliminary list to present to your Entrepreneur/Mentor

Conduct an interview with your Entrepreneur/Mentor

Finalize the Survivability, Sustainability, and Ongoing Continuity Plan

Develop and submit a creative solution-plan in some format of your choosing

PowerPoint Program

Video presentation

Flow chart and Diagram

Narrative description of your Plan

This project does not have a minimum number of pages, slides, or charts. You will be graded on: (a) the thoroughness of your understanding of Sustainabiliy and survivability factors affecting a small business, (b) the creativity you employ in your presentation, and (c) the timely completion and submission of your plan. As you are allowed two weeks to complete the interview, analysis, and creating of a "Creative-solution Plan," your submission needs to have a significant level of content that exhibits thought and creativity regarding the company's sustainability.