Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan
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
Requirements
- Students do not need an prior knowledge or experience. This course is applicable to any country and any industry sector
- While no excel skills are required, there are some spreadsheets providing information which will require opening with excel or a compatible programme (numbers, libra office)
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 MBA level AND create 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 (with Distinction from Cass 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 British Army Officer, John started his 30 year+ investment banking career in 1988 and since then he has floated companies, bought and sold companies in M&A deals, raised capital from Venture Capital and Private Equity. John was awarded the Tallow Chandler's Prize for the Best Dissertation in his year when graduating with his MBA (with Distinction) in 1993 from Cass 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 Security Pacific 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) from Cambridge 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 on Customer Management
Use my templated scorecards to do a SWOT analysis 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
Growth Strategies 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 COMPREHENSIVE and enables you to benefit from John's real world Investment Banking and Business Strategy experience. NO ONE ELSE has shown the experience required to create a course of this complexity and value, teaching you MBA level 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 TOTALLY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY 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).
Over 101,000 students have enrolled in my Udemy courses, this is what one of them said about this course:
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Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested in the Business Fundamentals of Business Strategy and creating a Business Plan
- Any Entrepreneur or C Suite Director or Startup who wants to develop an in depth understanding of Business Strategy and discover how to apply that knowledge to creating a comprehensive Business Plan
- Any Business Student or MBA Student seeking to deepen their Business Strategy and Business Plan knowledge and expertise.
- Any Company Owner who needs to prepare a Business Plan in order to attract investors and raise capital
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About John Colley, MA, MBA
John Colley is a distinguished online instructor, investment banker, and international speaker with a career spanning nearly three decades in the City of London's financial sector.
As the founder of Six Minute Strategist Consulting, John has been at the forefront of online business education, imparting knowledge to over 125,000 students across 184 countries through his suite of over 30+ eLearning courses on business strategy, social media, marketing, and course creation.
John's expertise in financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital raising, is grounded in his tenure at Pall Mall Capital and IAF Capital Limited as well as senior roles in major investment banks.
His acumen in the Technology, Telecoms, and Media sectors across Europe is evidenced by his success in guiding international corporations and early-stage tech startups through complex financial transactions.
Previously, as Managing Director at Pall Mall Capital Limited, John honed his cross-border M&A skills, particularly in the IT Services and Software sectors.
His earlier roles at SG Cowen (Director) and WestLB Panmure (Director) further solidified his reputation for executing high-profile transactions, including the $350m acquisition of a far eastern cement company by a German cement company
A Cambridge alumnus with a BA in History and an MA, John also holds an MBA with Distinction from Bayes Business School in London, where his dissertation received the Tallow Chandlers Prize.
His formative years as a Captain in the British Army endowed him with leadership qualities that have underpinned his corporate success.
Prior to retiring from formal advisory work, John was a Fellow of The Securities Institute and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, reflecting his standing in the financial and technology communities.
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Joe has his bachelors degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. He was a four year varsity letter winning college athlete in the sport of men's basketball. He is also a coach for USA basketballs pilot program.
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Joe is also a licensed and certified professional life coach and motivational speaker from the Fowler Institute of Life Coaching.
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