Key Personnel

Team Challenge

Will a reader of your business plan believe that the right people are available to take the next steps with this plan?

This challenge forms the basis of the "Key Personnel" section of your plan.

Resources

If you find good online resources that help you with this section, we would appreciate it if you would add new resources to the Global Resources so that others may benefit from your brilliance in the future! (Have we said this "like" 50 times already?

Process

BASIC LEVEL Introduce each team member. Where is he or she from? Discuss each team member’s individual contribution. Introduce your mentors. What are their areas of expertise? Why was it valuable to the team? (Remember to THANK YOUR ADVISORS & MENTORS!!! offline, via email, or with a special gift of appreciation from the team). Recognize anyone else who may have been a resource for the team.

   GRAB YOUR POINTS!

   1. Log into eFolio. Place your work into your team's "GBP & TIP Challenges" folder. Title your entry with [Your Name]-[Challenge title]-[Process Level] (e.g.  David Gibson-Key Personnel-BASIC] so that we can credit you for your work!

2. Evaluate the Challenge.

GOING BEYOND In addition to the above, discuss the team structure for this project. If you had designated team roles, describe them. Describe how your team made decisions. What are each team member’s past experiences that contributed to his or her input for this project?

   GRAB YOUR POINTS!

   1. Log into eFolio. Place your work into your team's "GBP & TIP Challenges" folder. Title your entry with [Your Name]-[Challenge title]-[Process Level] (e.g.  David Gibson-Key Personnel-GOING BEYOND so that we can credit you for your work!

2. Evaluate the Challenge

GOING CRAZY In addition to all the above, discuss the strengths of each team member. An individual statement from each team member describes what he or she learned about your individual strengths through this project. What did you learn about being a team

   GRAB YOUR POINTS!

   1. Log into eFolio. Place your work into your team's "GBP & TIP Challenges" folder. Title your entry with [Your Name]-[Challenge title]-[Process Level] (e.g.  David Gibson-Key Personnel-GOING CRAZY so that we can credit you for your work!

2. Evaluate the Challenge