small business

Paper Structure:

I. Introduction

Focus of the project, why you chose the issue, how the issue is relevant to our class topic, and overall structure of the paper

II. Company background

Industry, why you choose the company, the type of startups (table 7.2), the business model, primary customer, revenue model and their stage in the business life cycle.

III. Description of the Current Problem Facing the Outbreak of COVID 19

The major problems of the business, methods you identify the problems, to what extent the problem is relevant to our class discussion

IV. Diagnosis

Concept or framework you used to analyze/measure/solve the problem

V. Prescription

Solutions to the problem based on the analysis, list potential solutions and identify best solutions to given business context and discuss why you think your solution would work best

VI. Conclusion and Suggestion

Summarization of the project, lessons you have learned from the project, what you may not be able to solve, the feedback from the owner of the business, implications to the learning of the class topic

All written assignments will use the following format and are to be posted in Blackboard.

• Must be a WORD document.

• Always include the assignment or project title, name of students, and the date of submission.

• Always use headings and sub-headings when appropriate.

• Always include a title page.

• Always include a table of contents.

• Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch paper and bring to the class session in which the assignment is due.

• Double-space the text of your paper, and use Times New Roman. The font size should be 12 pt.

• Leave two spaces after periods or other punctuation marks.

• Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.

• Do not indent the first line of paragraphs.

• Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, ½-inch from the top and flush with the right margin.

• Always cite your resources in text and on a reference page at the end of your paper.