I helped the good folks at Ride On! Bike Co-Op with their business plan to present to investors.
Ride On! is a full service bicycle shop and cooperative located in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. Their goal is to introduce the cycling community to youth and other participants in and around Leimert Park. They hope to teach a rewarding activity and lifestyle that is not readily accessible to the local community. In addition to bicycle products and services, they offer free bike clinics to members and non-members of the cooperative.
I helped Mr. Lee with the financial planning and analysis that helped him predict this break-even points, pricing strategy, location, and more.
As mentioned in a previous post, financial planning and analysis is a crucial step for any startup because it helps the entrepreneur with budgeting, how much capital to raise, when to make capital expenditures, etc.
The OUTIE TOOL is a compact and convenient tool to easily and safely remove clear invisible braces such as TRU-LINE™, ClearCorrect, SmileCareClub, and Invisalign®.
Outie Tool is a bookkeeping client that I have been working with for several months. Bookkeeping is a crucial day-to-day task that new and established businesses alike need to stay organized and up-to-date on their financial position.
Bookkeeping is one of many professional low-cost services that at Your Startup Guru. See the full list of services at About and Pricing. If you have any questions or are ready to take your business to the next level, reach me at Contact me.
Titanium Coating Services is a PVD (physical vapor deposition) service located in Los Angeles, California. PVD is a method used to deposit thin films of a material onto various surfacses. PVD coating is used in machine components to reduce wear and friction on equipment.
I created a business plan complete with 5 year financial projections that was used to attract investment capital for Titanium Coating Services.
High-priced denim jeans maker True Religion, has filed for bankruptcy protection and announced it would be closing at least 27 stores. (BOB CHAMBERLIN / TNS)
Fast fashion’s continued domination in addition to the popularity of yoga pants / leggings has helped finish a 15 year run.
Consumer purchasing habit have changed due to the great recession. However as consumer spending has increased with the improved economy, tastes have changed.
But that growth has reversed in recent years. Sales of super premium jeans — brands like 7 For All Mankind, True Religion, Joe’s Jeans and Hudson — fell 8 per cent last year, according to market research firm Euromonitor International. Overall, jeans sales grew slightly in 2016 after two years of declines, as Americans traded down to lower-priced brands like Levi’s, H&M and Forever 21.
Instead, buys are increasingly filling their closets with yoga pants and leggings, which they’re wearing not just to the gym, but also to run errands and meet up with friends. True Religion’s $319 skinny jeans have been replaced by Lululemon’s $98 yoga pants.
Last year, surf brand Quiksilver has faced a similar fate and I laid out a strategy that it could use to save its brand.
On a related note yoga brand Lululemon is selling board shorts to expand their product categories to meet the ever-changing demands of their market. Food for thought.
It’s summer and festival season is here. Events are big business with over 87 million people attending trade shows, conventions, & conferences; while 32 million people attend music festival. Some annual industry and market stats:
Events are targeted. So attendees are in your market, many in your target market. Renting a booth, depending on the event, can be fairly inexpensive. This is an economical means of raising awareness for your product/service for the following reasons:
You are not locked into a commercial lease contract
Can test the viability of your product/service
Get targeted market feedback
Some of what you may need depending on the event:
Mobile merchant services such as Square
Email collection method
Banners and booth appeal
Ready-for-market product/service
Or compelling marketing materials (videos, images, samples) of your product/service.
