Title: (Optional) Create a business plan for an entrepreneurial landscaping enterprise.
Course: Landscaping II (18054-II) > Section: Managing a Landscape Enterprise

Creation could include

- investigating sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporate structures for a business organization
- researching lending sources for small businesses
- determining capital needs
- analyzing the market for potential competition of proposed services
- considering personnel requirements for a proposed enterprise
- exploring insurance requirements and options
- exploring licensing requirements and options
- projecting cash flow and pricing structures
- researching equipment and supply vendors.

Teacher Resources:

- AgPlan, Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota
- Farm Business Management Guide, FFA

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the age when an individual can start a business?
- What are the differences among a sole proprietorship, a partnership, and a corporation?
- Which companies sell landscape equipment?
- How are potential employees identified?
- Who would loan money to a start-up business, other than a bank?
- How can a landscape entrepreneur plan for fluctuations within the industry?