Business Planning & Development Overview • Business Planning & Course Outline
The Diversity Business Development capacity building process is designed to assist global supply chain and inclusion programs towards developing qualified minority suppliers of scale. The EA-EDN combined its already successful Learn, Launch, Run and Grow entrepreneur development strategies to create the now successful EDN-Capacity Building Institute, which helps entrepreneurs develop a comprehensive business plan for growth.EA-EDN Target Market: The entrepreneur lead capacity building course targets small, minority, veteran and women owned businesses that are generally:
Have more than three years in operation.
· Have at least three employees, but usually without a fully functioning management team.
· Have annual revenues of approximately $250,000 to $40 million plus.
· Have the ability to do business regionally, nationally and or globally.
All current and potential entrepreneurs who fit this profile are encouraged to apply. At the request of our corporate and government partners a special effort is made to qualify and develop minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses.EA-EDN Business Growth Methodology: The goal of EA-EDN business planning and development processes is to develop existing entrepreneurial skills necessary to connect with and serve the marketplace by leveraging resources and proven methodologies - resulting in increased profits, reduced risk and long lasting relationships. Our growth and success is accomplished through entrepreneur lead and facilitated training sessions and industry/subject matter experts that share their "best practices" with students and encourage peer to peer networking that fosters relationship building and improved business processes.
EA-EDN Business Development Structure: EA-EDN targets corporations, franchise companies, government agencies and individual entrepreneurs that have a passion for small business development and high growth potential. Corporate buyers, procurement leaders, franchisors and financial institutions conduct 30-minute to 2-hour industry/subject matter expert session per class.
The majority of participants are selected by corporations who have a desire to grow small businesses to scale and increase their diversity business development and inclusion strategies in the global marketplace. Our training and development sessions are 5-hour classroom time, one-day per week for 7 weeks. Participants will spend an average of 20-to-40 hours per week with industry research related homework assignments.
Class participants will receive the following EA-EDN materials:
1. EA-EDN textbook for background reading.
2. EA-EDN workbook and resource guide business plan worksheets, resource guide and sample letters and signage/ branding guidelines for growth strategies.What gives the EA-EDN business planning and development process industry niche:
1. Entrepreneur Facilitated Training - Entrepreneurs not instructors or facilitators, provide world class capacity building strategies based on current industry trends and their day to day proven business success best practices.
2. Industry Specific Subject Matter Experts - EA-EDN provides guest speakers who are relevant to the majority of businesses that are currently in the capacity building sessions.
3. Capacity Building workshops - in addition to the business planning and development process workshops such as the RFX process, doing business with the federal government, supply chain resource strategies and how to communicate with buyers and sourcing leaders are also delivered to participants.
4. Program Management Support - EA-EDN Program Managers are primary point of contact for participants and are responsible for ensuring that each session is implemented in accordance with the EDN standard of excellence. Support includes tracking participant's progress, reviewing and grading weekly assignments, reviewing all participant correspondence and individualizing the class concepts to each participant's business industry
Business Planning & Development Overview • Business Planning & Course Outline