This assignment begins your course-long project, which is the development of a business plan.

Part One: Please review the following resources. These resources are easy to review and will not require a significant investment of time to examine.

Quick-Start Business Plan. 5 Questions Tell If Your Business Plan Idea Is Worth It By Susan Ward, February 15, 2017 https://www.thebalance.com/quick-start-business-plan-2948011Links to an external site.

Simple Business Plan Template: Here's a Simple Business Plan Template for Entrepreneurs By Susan Ward, March 26, 2018 https://www.thebalance.com/entrepreneur-simple-business-plan-template-4126711Links to an external site.

Pinson, Linda J. Anatomy of a Business Plan: The Step-by-step Guide to Building Your Business and Securing Your Company's Future. Tustin, CA: Out of Your Mind ... and Into the Marketplace, 2014.

Part Two: The first step for your course-long business plan project is to address the following:

Identify firearms-related business ideas, then choose and articulate one potential business to work on as a project for the entire class.

Part Three: The next step in your course project is to start a business plan template. You can utilize the course textbook as a guide to finalize a template or the resources provided. Please submit the following for this assignment:

The one potential business idea you would like to work on for the course, along with two alternative ideas.

The business plan template, set up as a Word document. This will allow your instructor to provide feedback and help you establish the correct format for the course.

Please note: A sample business plan template is provided, created in a Word document. The instructions can be removed and the template customized as needed.