Assignment: Start Up a Small Business

Topic: Hair Salon/ Hookah Lounge

Select a business idea which you would like to implement and complete this assignment. Note: You may use the same idea that you have used in discussion topics during Week 2 through Week 4.

Write a seven to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Thoroughly proposed the value proposition of the product or service the business will offer and explain the rationale.
2. Thoroughly outlined the competitive market and the industry in which the business will operate.
3. Thoroughly determined at least two (2) strategies of each for protecting the following:Suggest methods to test the product idea for feasibility.
   1. the branding
   2. the logo
   3. the product technology
4. Thoroughly suggested to test the product idea for feasibility.
5. Thoroughly suggested at least three (3) strategies to incentivize the founding management team.
6. Thoroughly estimated the amount of cash needed to start the business. Provide a rationale to support your estimation.
7. Thoroughly use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.