Rating 4.7 out of 5 (178 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- Discover the Business Fundamentals of Business Strategy and the Business Plan and how the two inter-connect
- Discover the main strategic analysis frameworks and discover how to complete a SWOT analysis
- Be introduced to some of the key Business Models taught in Business School, providing a toolbox of frameworks to use when formulating Business Strategy
- Understand how to critically appraise Management
- Find out how to create a …
Rating 4.7 out of 5 (178 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- Discover the Business Fundamentals of Business Strategy and the Business Plan and how the two inter-connect
- Discover the main strategic analysis frameworks and discover how to complete a SWOT analysis
- Be introduced to some of the key Business Models taught in Business School, providing a toolbox of frameworks to use when formulating Business Strategy
- Understand how to critically appraise Management
- Find out how to create a Competitive Advantage for your Products and Services
- Understand your Competition and use some classic Business Models to appraise them
- How to evaluate your External Markets and Industry Sector
- Use the Business Model Canvas and other frameworks to assess your Business's operations
- Use my Six Minute Strategist Templated Scorecards to SWOT analyse your Business
- Understand the Customer Value Proposition and how to apply it to your Business
- Apply some Business School frameworks to your Sales and Marketing
- Discover my Six Minute Strategist Digital Business Transformation methodology
- Understand the three main Financial Statements, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
- Discover how Financial Ratio Analysis can improve your understanding of Financial Statements
- Use my Case Study to analyse real financial information using Ratio Analysis
- Complete my Six Minute Strategist Analyser Assignment to evaluate the achievability of your future strategy
- Discover SMART goal setting and the OKR framework to understand Goal Setting and Performance Management
- Review a wide selection of Growth Strategies to identify those most suitable for your Business
- Understand the key Valuation, Funding, Exit and Returns factors most important to your potential investors
- Discover how to carry out a Risk Assessment on your Business
- By completing all the Assignments as you go through the course, you will draft your comprehensive Business Plan as you learn
- Synthesise your Comprehensive and Complex Business Plan using the guidance in the final section
Description
Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan
Follow my detailed Mini MBA, Business Coaching, Business Analysis and Business Intelligence Strategies to enhance your Business Management, Business Writing and create your Business Plan
Welcome to the Business Strategy 2 Business Plan Course - which will enable you to understand Business Strategy to MBAlevel ANDcreate a comprehensive Business Plan simultaneously as you take the course. Everything you need is here teaching you Business Plan writing with our detailed template.A comprehensive easy to follow course to improve your Business management.
Discover Business Strategy to MBA standard - from an MBA (withDistinction fromCass Business School, London) - and simultaneously create a comprehensive Business Plan guided by an award winning 30 year London Investment Banker.
I guarantee that this is a unique course: the only course that teaches you Business Strategy and shows you how to create your Business Plan - at the same time! The 21 Assignments in this course draw on John's unique experience, including bespoke strategic exercises of his own which you will not see anywhere else. Step by Step following the incredibly detailed Business Plan template, John will guide you to apply the Business Strategy lessons to create your Business Plan. These will help any students of all levels and in any industry.
This course has over 160 lectures, over 14 and a half hours of detailed instructional video and nearly 180 downloadable materials (available from a dropbox link you will find at the start of the course). Despite its complexity, John has created a detailed course matrix for you to use to navigate through the course and understand the synthesis of Business Strategy 2 Business Plan. There are over 20 Assignments to make the course fun and highly interactive. The 2 Quizzes will challenge you too! Every section has an introductory video explaining the learning objectives and lessons in that section.
Following 8 years as a BritishArmy Officer, John started his 30 year+ investment banking career in 1988 and since then he has floated companies, bought and sold companies in M&Adeals, raised capital from Venture Capital and Private Equity. John was awarded theTallow Chandler's Prize for the Best Dissertation in his year when graduating with his MBA(withDistinction) in 1993 fromCass Business School in London. John has transacted deals worth well over $1billion in his career as a senior Investment Banker for Westdeutschelandesbank, Societe General and SecurityPacific Hoare Govett. He has also co-founded two London Investment Banking Boutiques. In his career, John has advised dozens of companies on their Business Strategy as well as reading (and writing for his clients) hundreds of Business Plans. In addition, John has two degrees (BA and MA) fromCambridge University.
Its hard to think of a more experienced or better qualified instructor to teach this topic on Udemy or anywhere else!
In this Course you will discover:
The connections between Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy and your Business Plan
Understand the main frameworks for Strategic Analysis and be able to complete a SWOT Analysis
Discover some of the Key Strategic Business Models taught at Business School, providing you with a toolbox of frameworks to apply to your Business Strategy formulation
Learn to think critically about the role of Management and their skills
How to create a competitive advantage for Products and Services
Use classic business models to evaluate your Competition
How to conduct an industry wide analysis of your Markets and Competitors
Review your business's Operations, with a close eye onCustomer Management
Use my templated scorecards to do a SWOTanalysis on your own business
The importance of your Customers and your Customer Value Proposition
Frameworks to maximise your return from your investment in Sales and Marketing
How to transform your online Digital Business Strategy
Understand the three main financial Statements, the Income Statement or Profit and Loss Account, the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement and how they fit together.
To understand the key Financial Ratios that apply to the Income Statement, the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement to enable you to interpret the financial information in these statements.
Use a real Case Study to analyse real financial information using Financial Ratio Analysis
Exercise to evaluate the achievability of your Strategic Goals when compared to your predicted rates of growth
Frameworks to incorporate Performance Management into your Business Strategy and Business Plan
GrowthStrategies to help your Business Strategy execution, also incorporating your Business Plan
Understand what factors are important to your Investors, specifically Valuation, Funding, Exits and Returns
How to incorporate a Risk Assessment into your Planning
Finally we show you how to synthesise your complete Business Plan from the lessons, assignments and templates in the course
This course is COMPREHENSIVEand enables you to benefit from John's real world Investment Banking and Business Strategy experience. NOONE ELSE has shown the experience required to create a course of this complexity and value, teaching you MBAlevel Business Strategy and showing you how to practically apply that knowledge in creating your Business Plan - in the same course at the same time.
I am totally confident that this course offers you a TOTALLYUNIQUEEXPERIENCEANDOPPORTUNITY and one which will enable you to create an amazing Business Plan while developing a deep understanding of Business Strategy.
What makes us qualified to teach you?
This is a Finance course taught by a 30+ year, Managing Director level, Investment Banker - from a practical perspective - I also have an MBA (with Distinction).
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" I like the course and the approach of Sir John Colley. I believe I shall be able to achieve what I want through this course. I am looking forward to deeper and great understanding of the subject as this course will help me to make a career in Credit Analysis" R.R. Five Star
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Our Promise
I have been teaching on Udemy since 2014 and am fully committed to it. If you have any questions about the content or anything related to any topic, you can reach out with your questions at any time and I always do my best to respond promptly
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Paid
Self paced
All Levels
English (US)
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Rating 4.7 out of 5 (178 ratings in Udemy)
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