It will sell memberships on an annual basis. The health club should appeal to the students because it is convenient and would be affordable to them.
Management Plan
Production Process:The business will provide its members with health club services, such as access to exercise machines, weight machines, and aerobics classes. It will rent the exercise and weight machines that were previously owned by Magnum Club for $7,200 per year. It will rent the space in the shopping mall across from the Texas College where Magnum Club was located. The rent expense for the facilities will be $5,000 per month, or $60,000 per year. Utility expenses are estimated to be $700 per month, or $8,400 for the first year.
Organizational Structure:Sue Kramer will be the president of CHC and will also manage CHC. She will not require a salary as manager of the business, as she wants to limit the salary expenses in the first few years.
Managing Employees
Sue will hire some part-time employees who are majoring in exercise science at Texas College. Typically, one or two employees will be working whenever the health club is open.
Sue will train the employees. The total salary expense of CHC is estimated to be $4,000 per month, or $48,000 during the first year.
Marketing Plan
Target Market:CHC will primarily target students at Texas College, but will also attempt to attract nonstudents who live nearby. The main competitor is Energy Club, but it is a 20-minute drive from the campus. Based on her survey of students about their interest in joining a health club, Sue is very confident that a minimum of 200 students will
become members in CHC’s first year of business. Her best guess is that 300 students will become members in CHC’s first year. She expects that the membership will grow each year.
Pricing:The price for an annual membership will be $500, which is less than the prices of most health clubs in the area.
Promotion:CHC will advertise in the Texas College newspaper and use other promotion methods such as posters throughout the campus. Sue estimates that the cost of
promoting CHC will be $300 per month, or $3,600 for the first year.
Financial Plan
Funding:Sue will invest $20,000 in the business. She expects that she will need an additional $40,000 to run the business. Diane Burke, a relative of Sue’s, has offered to lend the business $40,000 if she believes that the business plan is feasible. She will charge an interest rate of 10 percent on the loan. If Sue accepts the funds as a loan, she will have to pay Diane interest of $4,000 at the end of each year (computed as $40,000 X 10%).
Revenue:CHC’s main source of revenue will be the annual membership fees. Sue estimates that there will be 300 paid memberships over the first year. Since the membership fee is $500, CHC should receive a total of $150,000 in revenue (estimated as $500 X 300 members). The revenue is expected to increase yearly as the number of members increases.
Expenses:The monthly expenses expected to be incurred by CHC are summarized in Exhibit 6.8. The expenses are segmented into operating expenses, which result from 224 PART II STARTING A NEW BUSINESS operating the business, and interest expenses, which are incurred as a result of financing the business. CHC’s main operating expenses will be the cost of renting the facilities, salaries, utility expenses, the cost of renting the exercise and weight machines, marketing expenses, and the cost of insuring the business. The total expenses in the first year are expected to be $142,000. The annual expenses are expected to be stable over time.
Earnings:CHC’s earnings (before taxes) in the first year are derived by subtracting the
annual expenses from the annual revenue, as shown in Exhibit 6.9. Since the total revenue should increase over time (due to an increase in memberships) while the expenses remain stable, the earnings should increase over time. The earnings generated by CHC will be reinvested to support future expansion of the existing club or the possible establishment of an additional health club near a different college campus.
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