Below are the requirements for a project that I have to do. I am drawing a blank on possible topics that would work for this particular projects. What ventures could an existing business branch out in? Financials have to be easy to access as they are required with the project.

• use a project that you have or plan to propose to your organization or a start new business that already exist and that you would like to start someday.It is much easier to work with actual figures than to make up a fictitious company and researching what the possible figures might be.
• Financials must be easy to access for the company and competitors as financial calculations are required for the project

• Briefly describe the Business venture/project and its relationship to the organizational mission.

• method of accounting (Cash method Vs Accrual method)
• pricing strategy, Target Price and/or Cost Plus Price. Mark up.
• tracking cost using Job Order Cost system, Process Cost system, Operating Cost system, Activity Based cost system (for overhead) and/or a combination of the systems
• 1year Master Budget
• Cash budget (and/or Cash Flow statement) and provide a brief analysis of cash flows from Operation, Investing and Financing activities (Cash flow statement analysis)
• Break Even Analysis, Target Profit and Margin of Safety in units and Sales Dollars for the Business/Project
• Discuss the Return on Investment and/or Economic Value Added for the business/program/project to measure its projected performance.
• Business/Project's Payback Period, Accounting rate of return and Net Present Value
• If capital equipment is involved, is there a lease or buy decision - (NPV analysis).
• If new a Business or Project, calculate and show the Present Value of the Business or Project using NPV analysis based on the expected future cash flows (possibly from Cash Budget or Cash flow statement).
• Do you require new personnel?
• How will you fund this new program? Raising capital for the Business/project/program through funds internally (Retained Earning) to the company or externally via Bonds/Loans and/or Equity from investors.
• Evaluation business/project comparing following ratios with Industry and/or major competitor
• Profitability and Total Asset Managementby calculating the following ratios: Profit Margin, Asset Turnover and Return on Asset (Refer to Page 541 to page 543)
• Solvencyby calculating the following ratios: Debt to Equity and Time Interest Earned (Refer to Page 545 to page 546)
• Liquidityby calculating the following ratios: Cash flow yield, Cash flow to Sales, Cash flow to assets and finally Free Cash Flow and Time Interest Earned (Refer to Page 543 to page 544)

For this project what are some good businesses and ventures to use? I cannot think of an existing company, whose financials would be easy to access, that may have a possible new venture to start.