1.3 Keys for Success

Buy the Time will need to:

  • Offer a much simpler, more convenient and personalized shopping experience than high-end shops.

  • Ensure 100% customer satisfaction.

  • Establishing close relationships with clients will ensure repeat business. Customer feedback can be used to improve service and encourage word-of–mouth marketing.


Printing Services Broker Business Plan


Printing Services Broker Business Plan


Copriso provides a complete solution for printing services and products, including office stationery, brochures and business forms. It is a Colorado-based, home-based business. Copriso was known as ePrint, Inc. during the past five-years under Adam Suson’s sole ownership. Adam joined the Sir Speedy franchise his father had created in 1972. From 1983 to 1996 Adam managed the scheduling, procurement and press operations for Sir Speedy. Adam, a freelance printing consultant, became an independent printer when the family decided to sell the franchise many years ago.

The name Copriso is a representation of Colorado Printing Solutions. This name change was due to a Colorado name registration conflict. With the new name, it was determined that an aggressive marketing strategy should be implemented. This strategy includes direct mail and telephone solicitation. Copriso recruited a business partner to assist with this marketing strategy.

Paul Levy brings 15 years of sales and marketing experience in both computer technology and telephony. Paul Levy demonstrated consistency over the 15-year period in exceeding sales goals. These goals included quotas of $1 to $3 million. Paul managed both sales for individuals and also sales training.

Most businesses must pay for printing. Our combined experience and the resilience of this industry make us believe that this change in name ownership and our new marketing strategy will prove to be a good business decision. Here are the key success factors and key factors for next year.

  • Implementing our new marketing plan.
  • To increase our customer base.
  • Cash flow planning and financial control

To help us with our marketing strategy, we are looking for a long-term loan. This loan will cover the initial year’s business expenses and help ensure consistency in marketing efforts, due to the seasonal nature this industry.

1.1 Mission

Copriso provides printing solutions and is committed to being a single source provider for all printing needs. With a focus on earning and maintaining customers trust, While maintaining a consistent margin, we will provide exceptional service and fair prices to our customers. We will create a work environment that is friendly, fair, creative, and respects hard work and new ideas.

1.2 Objectives

1. To increase annual sales by the third-year of this plan.

2. To establish a tiered client hierarchy:

  • 20% for long-term customers who are already established
  • 60% customers with ongoing irregular and periodic needs
  • 20% new customers with unestablished needs.

3. To find 12 new appointment and bidding opportunities each month.

4. To establish two new long-term “quality” relationships per month.

5. To operate at a minimum of 50% margin. This margin can only be determined by using historical rates from the preceding eight years.

6. To be a true ‘one-stop shop’ by being able address all of the customer’s printing requirements, from consulting and design assistance to printing and binding to distribution. Our goal: To eliminate the need for customers to source printing outside our reach.

7. To promote an awareness of Copriso so as to support sales and income goals through aggressive marketing and telephone contact. Marketing and word-of mouth referrals will help to spread this awareness. To continue and increase our customer base, we will ask for referral information from all customers. Copriso will promote its services through direct mailings, telephone sales and other means. Future marketing plans will be discussed with radio and TV potentials.

8. To achieve a 30% annual growth rate. This number is based on eight years of historical data combined with the new marketing program.


Data Recovery Services Business Plan


Data Recovery Services Business Plan


Data recovery is an often overlooked option when data loss has occurred. TTR Data Recovery Technologies has the expertise, customer support staff and laboratory facilities to handle most disaster recovery issues quickly, efficiently, cost-effectively, and effectively.

It is estimated that, last year, companies lost data valued at $2 billion dollars through mechanical or electrical failure, virus activity, system malfunctions, accidental erasure or water, fire or smoke damage. TTR Data Recovery Technologies is able to recover mission-critical data even when other methods and experts fail.

TTR Data Recovery Technologies can restore your data in as little as 24 hours, depending on how severe the damage is. Internet will make it possible to transfer data from one modem to another or transfer data at high speed via T1 FTP.

TTR Data Recovery Technologies uses a proprietary recovery technique that isn’t dependent on the operating system. The company is equipped with the knowledge and technology necessary to retrieve sensitive data. TTR Data Recovery Technologies’#8217 engineers are passionate about innovation and have developed custom software and hardware solutions to extract the most data.

TTR Data Recovery Technologies’ co-owner Dan Whitaker is a fifteen year veteran in the field. He has been responsible for recovering data for Fortune 500 firms, governments, military, as well a number of top educational and research institutes in the country.

1.1 Objectives

  • TTR Data Recovery has been established as the national leader of critical data retrieval.
  • During the next two years, the number VARs offering recovery services through TTR Data Recovery will increase by 20%

1.2 Keys for Success

TTR Data Recovery Technologies is a success story.

  1. Innovative solutions for data retrieval
  2. Fast and reliable solutions. Two days minimum to get the data back at the company
  3. Reliable administration that is available to service customers, prepare accurate billing and follow-up on orders. Also, keep a close eye on expenses and collect on accounts receivables.


Aquarium Services Business Plan


Aquarium Services Business Plan


EcoAquatics is a hobbyist company started by a sophomore high school student. Its primary goal is to allow its owner to pursue an interest and make it into a small business. This will provide her with the same economic benefits as other students who have less interesting jobs.

EcoAquatics can manage saltwater aquariums on behalf of its clients. We will help every step of the way, from setting up the aquarium, to cleaning it, maintaining it, and feeding the fish. We can help you through each step, or they can just relax and enjoy the finished product.

Our service can be used for a range of needs, from those who have never had an aquarium before and need step by step help, to someone who is an expert but does not have time to do everything. We will always tell our clients the truth so they don’t get anything that won’t work in their tank.

In the beginning stages of his business, the owner will be focusing on providing services to friends and family. Later, the company plans to expand its offerings to small businesses within the Eugene area. It is a hobby-based business so startup costs are minimal. The family friend will provide an interest-free loan that will finance the start-up. The loan will be repaid in year three.

EcoAquatics is registered in Oregon. They have been running the aquarium of their first client for four month as they write this business plan.

1.1 Mission

EcoAquatics is a hobbyist business intended to give its owner a way to develop environmentally-sound aquariums, sensitive to the potential ecological dangers of the aquarium hobby worldwide, on a small scale appropriate to a high school student’s infrastructure and reach. It should be rewarding, enjoyable, full of learning, useful for clients, and profitable for the owner.

1.2 Keys for Success

    1. Maintain the vision of a part-time hobbyist business, moving only slowly and appropriately up.
  1. Be informed on the environmental impacts of home and workplace aquariums.

1.3 Objectives

    • In the short term, my main goal is to grow my aquarium hobby. This will involve building and maintaining aquariums outside my house with close-in clients who are willing to work with me in an informal manner. I don’t want to pretend this a full-time business with completely normal business motivations.
  • The long-term goal is to make this a business that I can use to support myself in college and high school. This will allow me to earn a portion of my income through a parttime venture that relates to vocation.