University College Birmingham: VEBSU Project University College Birmingham Business Plans: TomFree Gluten Free Sandwich Shop Mentors Directory Page 1 University College Birmingham: VEBSU Project TomFree Gluten Free Sandwich Shop Unlike most students at UCB who start in vocational areas and then switch to business in their final year, Tomas was a business student from the start although you would be forgiven for not identifying that from her choice of business sector. Tomas’ business idea evolved out of his interest in food and his knowledge of specialist, health conscious diets but interestingly unlike the majority of UCB students who specialise in their area of expertise, Tomas has no first-hand experience of the sector she is pitching into and the flaws in this strategy were pointed out to her throughout the business planning process. On one hand you could look at Tomas’ business model as being fool hardy given this lack of industry knowledge which may hinder the development of the business, however despite this being highlighted by her business mentor, Tomas did little to address this, believing that he had identified a clear gap in the market. Throughout his personal journey of constructing the business plan Tomas utilised the resources available on the VEBSU portal and on UCB Online to help him and he had semiregular contact with his tutor, Paul Matthews, along the way as these emails and guidance notes show. Sadly like may student’s Tomas did not fully utilise the support available to him through the mentoring service. __________________________ From: Paul Matthews Sent: 06 March 2012 13:32 To: 'Tomas Jankevicius' Subject: RE: Draft Business Plans Hi Tomas, No, these are expenses not assets, that means that they go on the profit and loss rather than the balance sheet. Paul From: Tomas Jankevicius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 06 March 2012 10:52 To: Paul Matthews Subject: RE: Draft Business Plans Hi Paul, I'm still a little bit stuck with balance sheet for the finance part of business plan. Do I need to include Rent & Rates in the balance sheet either as the fixed or current assets?? My rent is £15,000 a year with rates of £3,365 a year. My rent is a five year internal repairing and insuring lease. Thank you for your help Tomas From: Paul Matthews Sent: 29 February 2012 18:23 To: 'Tomas Jankevicius' Subject: RE: Business Plan Meeting 1 Mentors Directory Page 2 University College Birmingham: VEBSU Project Ok Tomas, I am in Room 807. See you then, Paul From: Tomas Jankevicius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 29 February 2012 18:09 To: Paul Matthews Subject: RE: Business Plan Meeting 1 Hey Paul, Thank you for getting back to me so quick. This Friday at 9.30 is perfect for me. I promise it won't take long, just a few questions. Regards, Tomas Subject: RE: Business Plan Meeting 1 Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:42:26 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hi Tomas, It is very late in the process and I am glad that you are progressing well on your own with the plan. I am happy to see you to answer any questions you have, but the only time I can see you is either: • • • this Friday at 9.30 -10.30am Monday at 3-4pm Tuesday at 3-4pm Let me know how these are for you, Thanks, Paul From: Tomas Jankevicius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 29 February 2012 16:07 To: Paul Matthews Subject: Business Plan Meeting 1 Dear Paul, My name is Tomas Jankevicius, BA Business Enterprise final year student. I know it might be a bit late, but I was wondering if it would be possible to arrange a short meeting with you regarding my business plan. It is going well, but I have a few questions I would like to discuss with you before my presentation next week. Please let me know if there is any chance of seeing you this week (even just for 15 minutes). I would really appreciate it:) Looking forward to hearing from you Tomas Mentors Directory Page 3 University College Birmingham: VEBSU Project Contact Details: To get more information about any of the material contained in this document please contact the UCB Enterprise Champion in the first instance or alternatively contact the Dean of the School of Business & Marketing or the Dean of the School of Tourism, Sport & Leisure via their details below. Enterprise Champion Mr. Paul Matthews Enterprise Champion University College Birmingham Rm. 807, Summer Row Birmingham B3 1JP. Ph.: +44 121 604 1000 ext 2276 E: [email protected] W: www.ucb.ac.uk Dean of the School of Business & Marketing Professor Richard Riley Dean of the School of Business & Marketing University College Birmingham Rm. 1007, Summer Row Birmingham B3 1JP. Ph.: +44 121 604 1000 ext 2408 E: [email protected] W: www.ucb.ac.uk Dean of the School of Tourism, Sport & Leisure Professor Melvyn Pryer Dean of the School of Tourism, Sport & Leisure University College Birmingham Rm. 7XX, Summer Row Birmingham B3 1JP. Ph.: +44 121 604 1000 ext 7259 E: [email protected] W: www.ucb.ac.uk Mentors Directory Page 4
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