Business Plan: Entrepreneurship
Business Plan: Entrepreneurship
Business Plan: Entrepreneurship
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
“OKURI”
Submitted to:
Rizalie Mibato Ph.D.
Submitted by:
Abuyon Genevieve G.
De Gracia Caila Chin N.
Roncales Edelyn G.
Samande Angelyn G.
Valencia Shirley Ann O.
Introduction
In every event that happened in our life, to celebrate is one of the Filipino culture and
traditions. Birthdays, weddings, programs, christening and etc. with those occasions, it is usual
to give souvenirs and giveaways in remembrance of those events. As the market world grew
larger, a lot of competitors arise and as an entrepreneur, we will create this unique yet
affordable from other sellers. Parents who will buy wholesale giveaways for their children's
party's is one of the target market and students especially elementary who is fond of eating
Name of Business:
OKURI
products for you. It offers products like souvenirs, gifts and giveaways for birthday
parties, debut, weddings and other occasions. This business name OKURI is a Japanese
Address:
Nature of Business:
the products for you. It is a business which offers products like souvenirs, gifts and
The principals contributed 20,000 each for a total of 100,000. 50,000 borrowed from
their relatives. A total of 150,000 will be distributed to rent, raw materials, utilities, labor,
Birthdays, weddings, programs, christening and etc. with those occasions, it is usual to give
business. This business name OKURI is a Japanese word which means gifts. The internal
business environment comprises of factors within the company which impact the success and
approach of operations. The Internal and External environment of the firm includes the owners,
the owner and staffs of the business, cash resources, company culture, the economy,
Students, as one of the target market will be the one to direct sell of the products. For
easy access to customers, business is located in a spacious area receiving one square of it. An
should not stand there waiting for customers to visit and look for our products, rather we use
our marketing strategies such as giving a catchy brochures and person to person marketing. The
affordable, high quality and value of our product will bring us to the top from our competitors,
the availability and easy access to customers, and having our customers as the most valued
persons.
The internal business environment comprises of factors within the company which impact
the success and approach of operations. The Internal environment of the firm includes the
following:
Owners
We, as owners are the managers and capitalist of our business who
invested in the company and have property rights and claims on the
the company in the share market. We have the right to change the company’s
policy at any time. We are also in charge with the financial statement and as
Where employees have to be good at their jobs, whether it's writing code or
environment.
Cash resources
Cash resources is also one because it affects the number of people can
hire, the quality of the equipment, the amount of advertising that can buy and
marketing and pricing strategies the business can create .Cash have a lot more
Company Culture
This consists of the values, attitudes and priorities that the business and
employees live by. We ensure that the environment that our business
the top down. Staffs will infer the values based on the type of people hire, fire
and promote. Our business will promote a good value system and ethical
practices in dealing with staffs and employees of the business especially when it
The Economy
will know if the kind of product is profitable and efficient to the market. The
selling giveaways and keychains is our product that we know will give us big
revenues from a small products. But if customers lose their jobs or take jobs that
can barely support them, they'll spend less on sports, recreation, gifts, luxury
goods and new cars. High interest rates on credit cards can discourage customers
from spending. We can't control the economy, but try understanding it can help
Competitors
more experienced businesses in the same industry. And that by making our
develop making our marketing strategy more strong and catchy to the buyers
Government
Considering the new TRAIN law imposed by the president last December which
equivalent to high prices of commodities. We will make our products would still
available to the market yet getting the desired profit. In regards with taxes, the
Customers and suppliers are the most important people to deal with.
Suppliers have a huge impact on the product's costs because without them, we
can't make our products. They were the source and the reasons to make those
giveaways, keychains and souvenirs. And the one who would buy those were
the customers who purchase and return the cost of goods to make revenues
In this kind of business, we need to be in touch with our customers taste and preferences
as the time goes by. Since evolving of this generation, we will outlook that the Okuri will
be the main supplier of souvenirs, giveaways and gifts. From a small one, we look forward
to make it bigger and popular to the eyes of everyone. We also manage to build a good
name and reputation in the market and to the whole economy. Satisfying and meeting our
B. Analysis of Competitors:
product's quality and pricing. In market strategy, most of them mixed their product to their
other kinds of products so that customer will see it even if they don't look for it.
Considering that some of our competitors were engage in a big business, they can easily
persuade customers for the availability of other kind of products. The quality and
availability of their products is quite low because some keychains and souvenirs are not
available and others have defect. We always ensure that our product is effective and its
availability is always seen. Some of our competitors also engage in wholesale, which also
use as their marketing strategy, so we make sure that customers find our product less costly
compare to them.
C. Market Segmentation:
Okuri will be focusing on the customers who appreciate good quality of giveaways and
souvenirs product. The target market will be the customers who constitute a large portion of
Our most important group of potential customers is those who will have to celebrate a
special event. These are potential customers who want to have giveaways to distribute to
their guests or visitors as a token of gratitude for being there at the special event. They do
not want to waste their time making their own giveaways, but appreciate a good quality of
We also intend to appeal to the foreign and local tourists who would be looking at
products that will serve as their souvenirs before leaving the city.
D. Industry Forecast:
In our country there is a large present & potential market of do-it-yourself products. The
current firms in the industry are operating profitably. Main characteristics of this market can be
summarized as follows:
We project after one year we can gain loyal customers especially event’s
organizer which can be a big help for the success of the business.
Hopefully after one year, our capital is back and rolling our profit.
A. Product(s):
In the customer's point of view, these products were is a store primarily selling
souvenirs relating to a particular topic or theme, but with us these products were not
only available on given theme but we also welcome customization that satisfies the
memory. Souvenirs or giveaways are also referred to as keepsakes or mementos and can
be any item that somebody keeps for the memories it brings back. It is designed by cute
materials and mainly made with bottles in different sizes, design and style depending on
events and customers preferences. Many people like to take a little something home
with them as a reminder of their travels, something to show for where they have been,
something they can use to look back and reminisce about the fantastic experience they
had during their holidays. After all, buying souvenirs is part and parcel of the fun
holiday experience.
DIY Keychain
B. Service(s):
accept orders from customers for giveaways in such events. Delivery fee will is given to
the delivery man as a tip for service. For product deficiency and ineffectivity, warranty
for 3 days given for change of product and 1 week for remaking. We also accept service
contracts for big events, support follow up, or refund policy for discovering inefficient
C. Size of Business:
principals of the business. Because of the small size, managers are often very closely
E. Background of Entrepreneurs:
Gracia, Genevieve Abuyon and Shirley Ann Valencia. Since they enter the school
University of Negros Occidental- Recoletos, as a senior high school student, they
became classmates and later on became a circle of friends. Their families have its own
businesses and they are inspired to be like their parents. All of them are under in
Accountancy, Business and Management strand and they have planned to build their
own business and named it Okuri. Okuri wouldn’t be complete and establish without its
in junior high school. They have joined many competitions about “do-it-yourself”
products which inspired them to have their business in line with “do-it-yourself”
products. While Shirley Ann Valencia, Caila Chin de Gracia and Edelyn Roncales has a
lot of experience about managing their own business. They have grown up in a family
with its own business and they are there always helping their parents run the business.
They have gained a lot of knowledge which they can use when starting up a business of
their own. Combining them all will create perfect entrepreneurs of a certain business.
Management
(ABM)
Caila Chin N. de Gracia 17 Accountacy, Business and UNO-R
Management
(ABM)
Angelyn E. Samande 18 Accountacy, Business and UNO-R
Management
(ABM)
Edelyn G. Roncales 18 Accountacy, Business and UNO-R
Management
(ABM)
Shirley Ann O. Valencia 18 Accountacy, Business and UNO-R
Management
(ABM)
equipment).
Make sure that the bottles were clean, and ready to use, then put the chocolates,
B. Physical Plant
use big plants and such for the production; but things/raw materials that can easily seen
in surrounds.
We’ve done hand-on-hand process for making the product and we use
The sources of the raw materials will derive from the designated stores. To
maintain the quality of the raw material, the suppliers will be chosen significantly. Our
2. Sweets
3. Color Sand
4. Keychain
5. Keychain Holder
6. Laces
7. Special Paper
Bake n’ Bakers
China Mart
Lace Center
Diamond Marketing
use in pricing to encourage customers to respond on emotional levels rather than logical
ones. This will help a lot in the business by making sudden response from the customers
because they tend to put more attention in first number than the last. For example,
instead of setting price of item at 40 pesos per piece, set it at 39.99 pesos or 39.50
pesos. Another one is bundle pricing. With bundle pricing, small businesses sell
multiple products for a lower rate than consumers would face if they purchased each
item individually. Bundle pricing is effective in the business, Okuri, since giveaways
usually sold in multiple quantity. It can increase the value perception in the eyes of the
customers. Customers will be encourage to buy more because they can get discount if
they reach the minimum quantity of discounted. For example, with the starting price at
39.99, if the customer will buy 50 pcs it will be 37 per piece or lesser.
B. Distribution
Okuri store are the most prominent places where the company’s products are
distributed. This element of the marketing mix indicates the venues or locations where
the firm’s products are offered. Okuri’s main places for distributing its products are as
follows:
Restaurants
Okuri’s Website
Customers can place their orders through the website and Facebook page. This element
C. Promotion
Okuri promotes its products to attract more customers. This element of the
marketing plan defines the approaches used to communicate with the customers. Okuri
Advertising
Sales Promotion
Personal Selling
Okuri advertisements are the most notable and significant among its promotion
customers. It is to increase profit and capture the attention of the public. The store uses
Print Media which includes flyers and brochures and Online Media as well specifically,
a Facebook page. Okuri uses Sales Promotions as a bi marketing tool more extensively
incentive to buy, either by lowering the price or adding value, through discounts or
product bundles. It uses sales promotion to increase the effectiveness of its promotional
The first method of forecasting our product in the market is historical review. If
Okuri’s similar like business has introduced similar new products into similar markets
in the past, these histories can often be good predictors of future outcomes. We
therefore determine first the history of this kind of product to help derive a new product
sales forecast. A second method of forecasting Okuri products is the test market. We
introduced our new product into one or more test markets. Entrepreneurs consider
actual store sales and market shares, and data from retailers in some instances. The test
market gives us the opportunity to show the product's packaging, its shipping, its
display on store shelves, etc., so that a national rollout later is likely to be relatively
target-audience consumers with simulations showing the in-store retail environment and
a realistic display of all the major brands in the category. The consumer is asked to
choose or “purchase” brands as they normally would, or as they might on their next 10
purchases. Out from their products purchased, the new product is missing from the
simulation during this “before” measurement. Then the consumer is exposed to the new
product concept and/or advertising that conveys the new product concept. Later, the
consumer sees that Okuri's product is quite purposive and market-good quality of
E. CONTROLS
The local brewing market has been growing steadily over the last few years due
to increases in people's disposable income and opening of the economy. With this in
mind we intend our marketing programs to expand accordingly. The introduction of
establish a reputation for ourselves. With time, a presence on the Internet like having a
Facebook page for online selling and participation in regional trade shows will be key
milestones to expanding sales and marketing potentials through the utilization of new
undertake regular evaluations of our marketing programs so as to ensure that we are in-
Customer Feedback
a service. One control put into place in any marketing plan is the monitoring of
customer feedback through polls and surveys. We can reach our customers indirectly by
hosting online polls on the internet that ask specific questions about our latest marketing
plan. Conversely, surveys can be done with marketing groups or via individual
interviews by phone or in person. We will adjust our marketing plan according to the
results of our research. For example, if our marketing campaign includes a new
company advertisement and customer feedback indicates that the advertisement is not
effective, then the advertisement should be removed from our marketing plan.
Sales can be measured in units sold, revenue generated or profit amount. This
marketing plan sets out to determine the effect of the plan on the target market. Once
again, this will be done through market surveys or at the point of sale with the
assistance of retail partners. We will compared the actual sales in the target market to
the marketing plan projections to see if any changes is need to be made. For example, if
the target market of our marketing plan are event organizers, parents and students, then
the target market sales reports would monitor sales made to that group. If sales are
down, then we need further market research to be done to see why the target audience is
sales may indicate that the initial target market was inaccurate and a new target market
Budgeting
materials and the revenue created by the marketing plan. The several controls in place
that can be used to monitor a marketing budget are print advertising expenses, travel
expenses for trade shows, the cost of market research studies and internal personnel
costs for the company's marketing department. All of these costs is closely monitored to
maintain our budget and see exactly where spending increases come from.
*Market segment focus: We intend to have the discipline to maintain the market
segment focus.
*Saying no: Though difficult initially, we intend to be able to say no to special deals
that take us away from the target focus and are unprofitable.
(vii) Organizational Plan
A. Form of Ownership
SINGLE PROPRIETORSHIP
starting and operating this kind of business is one of the reason why this
shareholders, and board members. In controlling the decision making, only the
As Okuri is a sole proprietorship business and the proprietor is the owner of it. The
net profit will be given to her directly as for the assets and liabilities
Angelyn Samande
Manager
Personnels
The principals agreed to have a position in managing the business. Each principals will
have the authority for each department that have been assign to them. The main head is the
CEO, the one who is responsible in managing the whole business. When it comes in making
decisions principals agreed to discuss it first and then finally decide. The principals agreed to
have an equal distribution of profit and loss ratio. Each principal has the authority to sign a
contract, to hire and fire an employee provided that it was discuss and decided by the group.
D. Management- Team Background
Genevieve Gaban Abuyon is an ABM student of UNO-R. During her high school years,
she was engaged in selling in some of their subjects. They had a sari-sari store and frozen
store in their barangay which is also in line in managing and accounting the money in the
business.
Edelyn Giganto Roncales, an ABM student of UNO-R. She was appointed as a model
in a company and engaged in giving information and flyers to the customers. They had a
sari-sari store which is in line with managing and accounting the money. She had also
as a buyer during her high school days as elected business manager. Her family has a retail
business and she gained knowledge from their business about purchasing product at low
Angelyn Esmores Samande, an ABM student of UNO-R. She was able to join thrice in
Technolympics Bazaar Contest during her elementary and junior high school. Her
grandfather owned a big hacienda in which she was trained to account the money goes in
and out during the planting and harvesting time. She was trained as an entrepreneur in the
sari-sari store of her aunt and in their subject entrepreneurship which they were able to
Shirley Ann Ostras Valencia is also an ABM student from UNO-R. At an early age she
was exposed to business since her family had a small sari-sari store before. She and her
sisters were fund of cooking so every summer, they have a part-time business like halo-
halo, barbecue, and fishballs beside their house. She also experienced producing products
Genevieve Abuyon, the accounting analyst of Okuri Store will be responsible for
Caila Chin de Gracia will be the one who’s liable for ordering inventory, merchandising
Angelyn Samande, the owner of Okuri Store will be responsible in controlling and
Shirley Ann Valencia, the operation head of the business is in charge of the operation
and hiring, training, and scheduling employees other than part-time help in the busiest part
of the business.
(viii) Assessment of Risk
financial resource since it is the most important requirement in the business. The
entrepreneurs don’t have enough personal money to put up and fund the business. In
order to reach the required capital in putting up the business, the entrepreneurs will
provide the 50% of the capital and the rest will be borrowed from a friend or family. It
is better to borrow money from someone you know than in the banks because of the
absence of interest. As the business is starting, it has no assurance that it will gain much
profit in a short period, so it is preferably not to borrow fund in the bank so that there is
no pressure and most importantly no interest. Another weakness found in the business is
the unrecognized brand image to the public. Since the business is still starting, it is
difficult to generate sales activity because it haven't established a customer yet. The
biggest area for improvement to strengthen the image is product or service quality. With
affordability.
B. New Technologies
technology. Because of this, the technology risks in business are constantly growing
and evolving, especially the risks associated with cloud computing and data storage.
While the cloud offers a world of benefits such as increased performance and lower
*The best way to protect against this type of technology risk is to develop a
comprehensive risk management plan. This is a set of policies and practices that are
management policies may include, among others: Do not share login information or
passwords with anyone, including co-workers Do not open emails or files from
unknown senders, which could include malware that gives hackers access to business
* The issue for businesses then becomes how to manage these devices. To fight
against these issues, companies can create a set of mobile technology risk management
policies that employees must follow. These help employees remain cognizant of the
C. Contingency Plan
The need for drawing contingency plans emerges from a thorough analysis of
the risks that the Okuri will about to face. Entrepreneurs might expect the following to
This scenario can’t be avoided and we need to be prepared for this. If our raw
materials are unavailable we need to find an alternative or substitute product that really
fit in our style of product. We will also find alternative stores that also sell our raw
materials. We will contact them from time to time to avoid this kind of scenario.
Disaster
In case of any disaster, the store will have its safety equipment’s to ensure first
the safety of the employees. The action would include a detailed evacuation route,
procedures, roles and responsibilities. The store will also send the employees in a
seminar and to train them about proper ways to do in case a disaster would come.
Partners
A firm plans what to do if they lose a major partner. This include finding
another person who have the same capability and ability with the partner we lose.
Adjusting the business would also happen in case we can’t find a substitute.
increase our marketing budget. We'll be able to hire the marketing manager earlier, and
we'll be able to provide more equipment and possibly add an additional location.
simply have to re-double our marketing efforts. The danger in this scenario is that the
expenses. We have to get our message out to the target market, and we can't do that if
we stop spending on marketing. Additional capital infusions may become necessary and
Expenses
Marketing/Promotio 25,000 18,000 18,000
n
Depreciation 0 0 0
Rent 60,000 60,000 60,000
Utilities 35,000 35,000 35,000
Others 10,000 10,000 10,000
Total Operating 130,000 123,000 123,000
Expenses
Profit before tax 7,000 50,000 67,000
Interest Expense
Taxes Incurred 0 0 0
Net Profit 7,000 50,000 67,000
Expenditures
Cash Spending 150,000 160,000 175,000
Bill payments 36,000 36,000 36,000
Tax and VAT
Long term liabilities
Purchase of asset
Subtotal Cash Spent 186,000 196,000 211,000
F. Breakeven Analysis
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
Pesos
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
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500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Number of Units
Sources of Fund
Application of Fund
Start-up cost
Facilities-
Office equipment
Materials
Marketing-
Brochures
Grand opening
Ad Campaign
Tarpaulins
Administrative-
Insurance
Working Capital
Labor
Salary
Contingency