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LAP Sm-007 Nature of Business Plan
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accounting | the practice of tracking your business's financial data and interpreting it into valuable insights. |
| appendix | used to provide supporting documentation for key components in your business plan, such as financial statements or market research. |
| balance sheet | a statement of a business's assets, liabilities, and owner's equity as of any given date. |
| barrier to (make) entry | an economics and business term describing factors that can prevent or impede newcomers into a market or industry sector. |
| bottom line | a company's net income, or the "bottom" figure on a company's income statement. |
| business model | a strategic plan of how a company will make money. |
| business plan | a documented strategy for a business that highlights its goals and its plans for achieving them. |
| business structure | the legal structure of a company that influences the day-to-day operations of a business. |
| capital investment | the acquisition of physical assets by a company for use in furthering its long-term business goals and objectives. |
| capital structure | the amount of debt and/or equity employed by a firm to fund its operations and finance its assets. |
| cash flow | Cash flow refers to money that goes in and out. |
| cost estimate | an evaluation and analysis of future costs generally derived by relating historical cost, performance, schedule and technical data of similar items or services. |
| equity | how many of its component assets are owned by the company. |
| executive summary | a short introduction that summarises your business plan. |
| finance | borrowing & lending, investing, raising capital, and selling & trading securities. |
| financial plan | the process of assessing the current financial situation of a business to identify future financial goals and how to achieve them. |
| financial resources | the funds and assets that finance an organisation's activities and investments. |
| financing costs | the cost, interest, and other charges involved in the borrowing of money to build or purchase assets. |
| fixed assets | company-owned, long-term tangible assets, such as forms of property or equipment. |
| funding | Funding refers to the money required to start and run a business. |
| human resources | the division of a business responsible for finding, recruiting, screening, and training job applicants. |
| income statement | a financial statement that shows you the company's income and expenditures. |
| letter of intent | a document declaring the preliminary commitment of one party to do business with another. |
| liabilities | Liabilities are what a business owes. |
| life cycle | the course of events that leads from the beginning to the end of a product, business, or industry. |