Examples of Executive Summary in the following topics:
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- Elements of a Business Plan: Cover sheet, Executive summary (statement of the business purpose), Table of contents, Body of the document, Business Description of business, Marketing Competition, Operating procedures, Personnel Business insurance, Financial data, Loan applications, Capital equipment and supply list, Balance sheet Break-even analysis, Profit and loss statements, Three-year summary, Detail by month -- first year, Detail by quarters -- second and third year, Assumptions upon which projections were based, Pro-forma cash flow, Supporting documents, Tax returns of principals (partners in the business) for last three years, Personal financial statements (all banks have these forms), Copy of franchise contract and all supporting documents provided by the franchisor (for franchise businesses), Copy of proposed lease or purchase agreement for building space, Copy of licenses and other legal documents, Copy of resumes of all principals, Copies of letters of intent from suppliers, etc.
- Business Plan Executive Summary: The executive summary is a snapshot of your business plan as a whole and touches on your company profile and goals.
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- Executive Summary which goes at the beginning of your business plan but is often written last should contain a brief summary of each of the above mentioned business plan sections.
- Executive summaries should be limited to two or less pages.
- The Executive Summary is often the most read portion of your business plan so it's important to write and re-write this section until it's absolutely perfect.
- Some entrepreneurs recommend that you draft the executive summary first and use this document as a planning document to cross check what you need in order to complete the business plan.
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- For example, the latest publicly available report, "CHAOS Summary 2009" states:
- It is helpful in addressing problems if a highly-placed executive is a "champion" of the project and can step in and get problems solved if the project team is struggling.
- Executive champions should be aware that IT project risks are all too often known to the IT professionals but are not always shared with others.
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- However, when conducting a well executed market research study you can reduce the uncertainty in the decision-making process, increasing at the same time the probability and magnitude of success.
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- When teaching business students, the mantra of Milton Friedman is the droning undertone of almost every class discussion: "the business of business is business", the sole responsibility of the business executive is to increase shareholder return.
- These are not plot summaries for Hollywood; in an infinite variety, they are the stuff of professional life in the complex world of the twenty-first century.
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- Levels of executive pay have been controversial in recent times, with only tenuous links between executive pay and company performance.
- Typically, the chief executive officer (CEO) directs the fortunes of the company.
- Executive pay (also known as executive compensation) is financial compensation received by an officer of a firm.
- Defenders of high executive pay say that the global war for talent and the rise of private equity firms can explain much of the increase in executive pay.
- Rather than signaling a conspiracy, defenders argue, the increase in executive pay is a mere byproduct of supply and demand for executive talent.
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- The balance sheet is a summary of the financial balances of a company.
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- The outline provides a summary for those who may need to be aware of the contents but not need details.
- Summaries help busy managers learn the main points without reading the entire document, and they give those readers an overview of the communication's content and organization.
- For longer communications, especially those that are long enough to have covers and tables of contents, these summaries are longer and often printed on a separate page.