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Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan
Mini MBA & Business Plan: Business Plan Coaching to enhance Business Management & Business Writing

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14h 44m
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About Mini MBA: Business Strategy 2 Business Plan
_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:
" 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
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 Don't forget that this course (and all my courses) benefit from Udemy's money back guarantee! A
Verifiable Certificate of Completion
is presented to all students who undertake this finance course.
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Best regards from us both
Joe and John
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What You Will 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 Show moreShow less.