Thursday, March 28, 2013

Post 3 (KEE 120057)


On the fifth week, I had been taught on how to seek business opportunities and transform them into real business. Observation on existing market and research may give you an insight of potential business opportunities. Basically, there are two situations for business opportunities to exist. Firstly, existing product is not able to fulfill the needs of their customers or solve the problems of their customers. Secondly, there is not yet product developed to meet the demand. After recognizing the business opportunities, entrepreneur should analyze the environmental factors, self-abilities and business idea. Such assessment is crucial because it helps entrepreneurs to identify risk, competition and budget. The following formula is the way to calculate loss.
BEP=FC/(SP-VC)
Where
BEP = Break even point
FC = Fixed cost
SP = Selling price
VC = Variable cost

Careful assessments have to be made to determine suitability of a business.
I have learnt that we should not start up our business in haste.

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