THE COMPLETE BUSINESS PLAN
A specific operating decision.
Can the shared vehicle-sales pool support inventory cash and the paid retail organization without assumed floorplan financing?
Fictional editorial scenario. Prices, workload, base pay, expenses and owner funding are illustrative inputs. They are not current quotes, market averages, verified demand or actual company results. Employer taxes, benefits and income taxes are excluded; resulting net income is before omitted taxes.
All three operating years show positive modeled net income. Positive funded cash assumes the full proposed equity is received; it does not establish commercial viability.
01 / THE PLAN
Executive summary
Cedar Motor Co proposes a single-site new and used vehicle retailer in Regional secondary-market United States; no selected city. Cedar Motor Co proposes a single-site new and used vehicle retailer with outsourced preparation and warranty repairs, and no separate finance-product or service-shop income. The central launch decision is: Can the shared vehicle-sales pool support inventory cash and the paid retail organization without assumed floorplan financing?
Business overview
Qualified regional vehicle buyers purchasing a defined new or used light vehicle through a verified retail transaction. Four hundred qualified, deduplicated monthly inquiries and 12% vehicle-sale conversion imply forty-eight sold vehicles. Six new and used segments allocate those vehicles once. Acquisition and inbound freight are stocked landed cost; outside preparation and warranty services are purchased separately. No uncommitted floorplan facility is assumed. The scenario is limited to this operating format; activity outside it needs its own inputs.
Key priorities
Track deduplicated qualified inquiries, completed sales, acquisition cost, preparation and collected consideration. A lead is not a sold vehicle and multiple contacts for one buyer are not separate opportunities. Validate the mix against real stock access before increasing volume. The proposed first operating month is January 2027. The owner should confirm service readiness, paid staffing and available cash before opening the calendar.
Financial highlights
The proposal requires $9,496,338.80 in equity. Launch spending is $3,767,720.37, leaving $5,728,618.43 in opening cash. Year 1 revenue is $21,844,800.00 and net income is $164,627.80. A positive first-year result depends on achieving the proposed fees and workload while keeping delivery within the paid team’s capacity. The initial project outlay is not recovered within three operating years.
02 / THE PLAN
Company & management
Cedar Motor Co proposes the operating format described in this example. The responsible management team must confirm legal formation, scope, paid staffing, commercial terms and cash controls before opening.
Company background
Cedar Motor Co is a fictional leased showroom and display-lot proposal. The offer includes new vehicles only if actual distribution and licensing prerequisites can be met. No franchise/distribution agreement, vehicle allocation, inspected lot or right to trade is supplied.
Ownership & management
The proposed owner contribution is $9,496,338.80 and covers all modeled equity. No external equity is included. Contributions and operating remuneration are separate; the listed paid roles do not establish the owner's employment or tax status.
Team & responsibilities
General management, sales, inventory buying, lot/delivery, title/customer administration and bookkeeping remain six paid roles. Owner management is inside the general-manager base-pay budget. Outside preparation and warranty workers are purchased services, not omitted employees or another source of vehicle-sale volume. General manager: 1 × $7,500.00 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance; Vehicle sales: 4 × $3,166.67 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance; Stock buying: 1 × $5,416.67 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance; Lot and delivery staff: 1 × $4,500.00 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance; Title/admin: 1 × $4,000.00 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance; Bookkeeping support: 1 × $2,500.00 monthly, with no employer-cost allowance. Paid roles are counted once in operating expenses. A zero employer allowance excludes burden from the forecast; it does not prove that no statutory charge or benefit is owed. Confirm the actual roster and fully loaded pay before launch.
03 / THE PLAN
Products & business model
The offer is limited to work the team can define, price and deliver consistently. Each agreement should identify the buyer, included tasks, access requirements, deliverables, acceptance and payment terms.
Products & services
New and used sedans, SUVs and pickups allocate the same sold-vehicle pool. Prices are net vehicle realizations under the selected mix. Registration and customer sales taxes are pass-throughs. Finance commissions, insurance-product sales and paid repair revenue are excluded rather than assumed to offset a weak vehicle margin.
Pricing & revenue streams
48 expected vehicle sale units per month before ramp and seasonality. This is one demand pool; there is no independent capacity ceiling. Validate paid delivery and scheduling separately before accepting that workload. 6 mutually exclusive service shares allocate that pool once. Each price is per vehicle sale. The 1-month ramp, 0% annual requested-volume growth, normalized monthly seasonality and 2% annual price growth are illustrative. Fractional units are expected monthly averages, not partial completed customer assignments. Actual scheduling, completed work and collections still need validation. New sedans: 10% of the shared demand pool at $34,500.00 per vehicle sale. New SUVs: 25% of the shared demand pool at $47,000.00 per vehicle sale. New pickups: 15% of the shared demand pool at $56,500.00 per vehicle sale. Used sedans: 15% of the shared demand pool at $21,500.00 per vehicle sale. Used SUVs: 25% of the shared demand pool at $29,500.00 per vehicle sale. Used pickups: 10% of the shared demand pool at $36,500.00 per vehicle sale. Fees exclude customer sales tax. Confirm scope and any exceptional materials before accepting a fixed price. Displayed shares are rounded to two decimals; calculations retain the full-precision mix.
Customer value
The proposition is a clearly documented vehicle sale with agreed condition, price, delivery and warranty responsibilities. Actual title, vehicle condition and authorization must be verified. No manufacturer appointment, lending approval, warranty guarantee or established buyer trust is claimed.
04 / THE PLAN
Market & competition
The initial market is the specific buyer and buying occasion described below. The launch should be justified by paid work in a practical service area, rather than by applying a market-share percentage to a broad industry estimate.
Target customers
Qualified regional vehicle buyers purchasing a defined new or used light vehicle through a verified retail transaction. Confirm who commissions the work, who supplies access or records and who authorizes payment. Keep the initial territory small enough to support the promised response and delivery time.
Demand & validation
Track deduplicated qualified inquiries, completed sales, acquisition cost, preparation and collected consideration. A lead is not a sold vehicle and multiple contacts for one buyer are not separate opportunities. Validate the mix against real stock access before increasing volume.
Competition & positioning
Buyers may choose authorized dealers, independent used retailers, private sales or defer replacement. Compare compatible vehicle condition, specification and total terms. National vehicle-price averages or a large inquiry list cannot establish this store’s achievable spread or stock availability.
05 / THE PLAN
Marketing & sales
The acquisition process should bring in work that fits the team and produces collected contribution after delivery costs. Track qualified opportunities, accepted quotes, completed work and cash received as separate steps.
Customer acquisition
Listings and advertising scale with sales under the selected allowance, separate from the launch campaign. Track sold and collected contribution by source rather than total lead count. Do not imply manufacturer representation or advertise stock that the business is not authorized and able to deliver.
Sales process
Verify buyer and vehicle documentation, agree price and conditions, complete title/delivery work and collect the consideration. The rounded collection lag represents assumed lender-funded receipts as well as cash sales. This is customer payment timing, not a bank facility funding the dealer’s own inventory.
Retention & measurement
Maintain delivery and complaint records and reconcile outsourced warranty responsibilities. Warranty claim services are direct expense; an insurer or provider has not guaranteed payment. Follow repeat and referral sales only when actually completed, without adding an unmodeled aftersales business.
06 / THE PLAN
Operations & milestones
Operating delivery must fit the actual premises, equipment, paid roster and service window. Confirm required resources and permissions before accepting customer or participant commitments.
Facilities & resources
Showroom/lot improvements, fixtures, computing, cameras and delivery/lot equipment are durable assets. Vehicle purchases and capitalized inbound freight enter inventory; preparation and claim services do not. Insurance is assumed paid monthly from launch, replacing the source upfront-payment timing rather than adding another premium. Nonrefundable opening payments are permits and setup USD15000.00; launch campaign USD20000.00; preopening base pay USD25000.00. These are preopening payments, distinct from ongoing payroll and overhead. The launch asset budget is Showroom and lot improvements: $225,000.00; Furniture and showroom fixtures: $35,000.00; Computers and network equipment: $18,000.00; Security and camera system: $16,000.00; Delivery and lot equipment: $22,000.00; Lease deposit: $36,000.00.
Service delivery
Source authorized stock, verify title and condition, arrange outsourced preparation, list and demonstrate, agree the sale and reconcile delivery and receipts. Sixty physical inventory days can require substantial cash before sale. The demand chain is not proof that the chosen lot or paid staff can process peak deliveries.
Launch & development milestones
Verify new-vehicle distribution and retailer permissions, actual lease and lot conditions, stock acquisition, insurer terms and outsourced preparation. Test completed transactions through title and collection. Reassess the cash low point before buying opening stock or assuming lender settlement timing.
07 / THE PLAN
Funding request & use of funds
All proposed equity must be available before launch payments. The funding plan separates equipment and setup spending from the cash reserve needed to support operations.
Use of funds
Launch spending totals $3,767,720.37: $352,000.00 for assets and refundable deposits, $60,000.00 for expensed setup and $3,355,720.37 for opening inventory. Refundable deposits (Lease deposit: $36,000.00) are paid once before opening and held at cost without depreciation in the planning asset ledger. This aggregates their carrying value with other assets as a planning proxy; refund timing, impairment and formal accounting classification are not modeled. Deposit cash is unavailable for operations. Additional site work needs scoped quotes.
Sources of funding
Total proposed equity is $9,496,338.80, entirely from the owner. This contribution is uncommitted. No external investors or borrowing are included, and financing receipts are separate from earned revenue.
Owner contribution
The owner must confirm availability and transfer of the proposed $9,496,338.80 contribution. The saved payroll rows fund continuing operating work separately from contributed capital. Equipment, setup, supplier and payroll obligations require cash even when additional time is contributed.
Funding request
No external equity is requested. Receiving the proposed owner equity leaves $5,728,618.43 of opening cash and a forecast funding gap of $0.00. Confirm the owner's available funds and transfer date before committing launch payments.
08 / THE PLAN
Financial plan
The forecast covers January 2027–December 2029 in USD, with launch spending reported separately. Its usefulness depends on the service mix, fee, staffing cost and collection terms below.
Forecast assumptions
48 expected vehicle sale units per month before ramp and seasonality. This is one demand pool; there is no independent capacity ceiling. Validate paid delivery and scheduling separately before accepting that workload. 6 mutually exclusive service shares allocate that pool once. Each price is per vehicle sale. The 1-month ramp, 0% annual requested-volume growth, normalized monthly seasonality and 2% annual price growth are illustrative. Fractional units are expected monthly averages, not partial completed customer assignments. Actual scheduling, completed work and collections still need validation.
Named direct costs total 94.5% of operating receipts. Vehicle inventory purchases: 93% of operating receipts, 100% allocated to tangible stock; Inbound vehicle freight: 0.45% of operating receipts, 100% allocated to tangible stock; Outsourced vehicle preparation: 0.85% of operating receipts, 0% allocated to tangible stock; Retail warranty claim services: 0.2% of operating receipts, 0% allocated to tangible stock. Only tangible material shares enter purchased stock; purchased services, assistance and paid employee costs do not. All paid-role rows remain separate operating expenses. Fixed salary and overhead assumptions grow 3% annually. Collections use 5 days. Inventory uses 60 physical material days applied once to each material share. Supplier payments use 0 effective total-direct-cost days across material purchases and outside services, a blended timing approximation rather than a material-only credit schedule. Displayed rates and stock days are rounded to two decimals; calculations retain full input precision. The 0% income-tax provision is a scenario input. Entity income taxes are excluded; the resulting net figure is before those omitted taxes. This establishes no exempt status. Personal taxes and customer sales-tax remittances are outside this scenario. Role-specific employer allowances follow the saved payroll rows.
Financial outlook
Year 1: revenue $21,844,800.00, EBITDA $230,227.80, net income $164,627.80 and closing cash $5,608,839.00. Year 2: revenue $22,281,696.00, EBITDA $226,758.24, net income $161,158.24 and closing cash $5,761,482.68. Year 3: revenue $22,727,329.92, EBITDA $222,977.28, net income $157,377.28 and closing cash $5,908,863.12. A positive first-year result depends on achieving the proposed fees and workload while keeping delivery within the paid team’s capacity. EBITDA excludes depreciation, interest and income tax; net income includes depreciation and the tax provision.
Cash needs & financial resilience
The lowest forecast cash balance is $5,397,796.85, and the funding gap is $0.00. Positive monthly operating EBITDA is first reached in month 1. The initial project outlay is not recovered within three operating years. Cash differs from profit because of equipment spending, depreciation, collection delays and financing. Review the monthly low point before committing the reserve.
Debt & repayment
No debt or investor distributions are included. Any borrowing option needs an amount, draw date, interest rate and repayment schedule before its affordability can be assessed. Pre-tax project payback measures recovery of the operating investment; it is not a promised dividend, investor return or financing approval.
09 / THE PLAN
Risks & contingencies
The main exposure is committing paid resources before collected sales justify them. The owner should use the service-specific risks below to decide when to narrow the offer, defer spending or stop.
Key risks
A small change in acquisition spread, stock age or vehicle realization can materially affect cash at the selected sales scale. No supplier credit or floorplan facility is committed. Title/condition issues, delayed funded consideration and higher preparation costs can worsen liquidity while payroll and rent continue.
Contingency actions
Track contribution and days held by vehicle, reconcile funded receipts and stop purchasing outside approved buying limits. Test fewer sales, slower collection and lower realization with all roles retained. Recalculate cash if insurance requires the source upfront terms or any supplier demands earlier payment.
10 / THE PLAN
Supporting documents
The launch decision needs commercial evidence as well as a forecast. Maintain an organized working file so that costs, commitments and delivery capacity can be reviewed before money is spent.
Available supporting information
The operating proposal defines the customer, service boundary, paid roles, launch assets and collection terms. The accompanying annual financial statements set out earnings, cash flow and the balance sheet for the three-year period. All funding remains a proposal; the business is at the prelaunch stage.
Documents to obtain
Actual distribution/retailer eligibility, stock and title evidence, a lot lease, buying limits, outsourced preparation/warranty terms, monthly insurance quotation, completed-sale records and owner-funding availability remain outstanding. No manufacturer agreement, lender facility or secured capital is supplied. Record the actual fee, total delivery effort and date of payment for each trial assignment. Update the forecast and funding decision when quotes, commitments or measured results change a material assumption.
02 / THE FINANCIAL MODEL
How this business earns and uses cash.
48 expected vehicle sale units per month before ramp and seasonality. This is one demand pool; there is no independent capacity ceiling. Validate paid delivery and scheduling separately before accepting that workload. 6 mutually exclusive service shares allocate that pool once. Each price is per vehicle sale. The 1-month ramp, 0% annual requested-volume growth, normalized monthly seasonality and 2% annual price growth are illustrative. Fractional units are expected monthly averages, not partial completed customer assignments. Actual scheduling, completed work and collections still need validation.
The forecast covers three operating years, with prelaunch spending shown separately. Fees, workload, staffing and collection terms determine whether the business can cover its commitments and preserve cash.
| Category | Pool allocation | Base price | Billing unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| New sedans | 10% | $34,500.00 | One vehicle sale |
| New SUVs | 25% | $47,000.00 | One vehicle sale |
| New pickups | 15% | $56,500.00 | One vehicle sale |
| Used sedans | 15% | $21,500.00 | One vehicle sale |
| Used SUVs | 25% | $29,500.00 | One vehicle sale |
| Used pickups | 10% | $36,500.00 | One vehicle sale |
| Cost or paid role | Base input | Treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inventory purchases | 93% of operating receipts | Cost of sales; 100% tangible stock |
| Inbound vehicle freight | 0.45% of operating receipts | Cost of sales; 100% tangible stock |
| Outsourced vehicle preparation | 0.85% of operating receipts | Cost of sales; 0% tangible stock |
| Retail warranty claim services | 0.2% of operating receipts | Cost of sales; 0% tangible stock |
| Vehicle listings and advertising | 0.6% of operating receipts | Operating expense |
| Transaction and title processing | 0.1% of operating receipts | Operating expense |
| Credit and chargeback loss expense | 0.05% of operating receipts | Operating expense |
| Showroom and lot rent | $18,000.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Utilities and communications | $2,500.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Garage and property insurance | $4,500.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Dealer software and IT | $2,000.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Security and lot services | $1,200.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Facility repairs and cleaning | $1,000.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Accounting and legal services | $900.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| Recurring licenses and training | $600.00/month before employer costs | Operating expense |
| General manager | $7,500.00/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Vehicle sales | $12,666.68/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Stock buying | $5,416.67/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Lot and delivery staff | $4,500.00/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Title/admin | $4,000.00/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Bookkeeping support | $2,500.00/month before employer costs | Paid role; 0% employer allowance |
| Input | Case value |
|---|---|
| Collection delay | 5 days |
| Physical material stock / effective direct-cost payment | 60 days / 0 days |
| Direct costs | 94.5% of operating receipts |
| Price / requested-demand growth | 2% / 0% annually |
| Salary and fixed-cost growth | 3% annually |
| Income-tax provision | 0% simplified provision |
| Proposed owner equity | $9,496,338.80 |
| Proposed external equity | $0.00 |
| Prelaunch setup | $60,000.00 |
Direct costs cover 94.5% of operating receipts and exclude the paid roles already shown in operating expenses. The material share uses the purchased-stock ledger; outside services remain direct expenses. All-in customer prices are not duplicated as extra parts or product revenue. Displayed rates and stock days are rounded to two decimals; calculations retain full input precision.
What the forecast shows
All three operating years show positive modeled net income. Net income includes depreciation and the monthly tax provision. EBITDA excludes depreciation, interest and tax; cash also reflects assets, working capital and financing.
| Measure | Year 1 · 2027 | Year 2 · 2028 | Year 3 · 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21,844,800.00 | $22,281,696.00 | $22,727,329.92 |
| Cost of sales | $20,643,336.00 | $21,056,202.84 | $21,477,326.88 |
| Gross profit | $1,201,464.00 | $1,225,493.16 | $1,250,003.04 |
| Operating expenses | $971,236.20 | $998,734.92 | $1,027,025.76 |
| EBITDA | $230,227.80 | $226,758.24 | $222,977.28 |
| Depreciation | $65,600.00 | $65,600.00 | $65,600.00 |
| Interest | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Tax provision | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Net income | $164,627.80 | $161,158.24 | $157,377.28 |
| Measure | Year 1 · 2027 | Year 2 · 2028 | Year 3 · 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening cash | $5,728,618.43 | $5,608,839.00 | $5,761,482.68 |
| Customer collections | $21,541,400.00 | $22,275,628.00 | $22,721,140.56 |
| Supplier payments | $20,689,943.23 | $21,124,249.40 | $21,546,734.36 |
| Operating expenses paid | $971,236.20 | $998,734.92 | $1,027,025.76 |
| Interest paid | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Tax provision paid | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating cash flow | -$119,779.43 | $152,643.68 | $147,380.44 |
| Investing cash flow | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Financing cash flow | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Net change | -$119,779.43 | $152,643.68 | $147,380.44 |
| Closing cash | $5,608,839.00 | $5,761,482.68 | $5,908,863.12 |
| Measure | Year 1 · 2027 | Year 2 · 2028 | Year 3 · 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $5,608,839.00 | $5,761,482.68 | $5,908,863.12 |
| Receivables | $303,400.00 | $309,468.00 | $315,657.36 |
| Inventory | $3,402,327.60 | $3,470,374.16 | $3,539,781.64 |
| Assets and deposits | $286,400.00 | $220,800.00 | $155,200.00 |
| Assets | $9,600,966.60 | $9,762,124.84 | $9,919,502.12 |
| Payables | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Loan balance | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Liabilities | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Equity and retained earnings | $9,600,966.60 | $9,762,124.84 | $9,919,502.12 |
| Reconciliation difference | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Launch spending is $3,767,720.37; opening cash is $5,728,618.43 after all proposed equity. The unfunded gap is $0.00. Pre-tax project payback is not reached within 36 months. Project recovery is not an investor distribution.
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Planning limits and qualifications
Planning model, not audited accounts or tax advice. Revenue follows the selected sales or service activity. Any modeled subscriptions use monthly billing. Annual prepayments, milestone invoices, unbilled contract assets, customer taxes, seller settlements, capitalized interest and tax-loss carryforwards are not modeled. Refundable launch deposits are included at cost; refund timing, impairment and formal classification are outside scope.
Collection and supplier terms use 30-day monthly interpolation. Inventory purchases and non-stock direct costs use supplier terms; operating costs, setup costs, taxes and opening stock are paid immediately. Stock coverage applies only to linked goods costs. Production stock is tracked separately at unit cost.
Entity-level income tax is set to zero. No jurisdictional tax rules or owner personal taxes have been inferred.
Fictional editorial scenario. Prices, workload, base pay, expenses and owner funding are illustrative inputs. They are not current quotes, market averages, verified demand or actual company results. Employer taxes, benefits and income taxes are excluded; resulting net income is before omitted taxes.
Source initial scale, mix, base prices and paid roles are retained for Jan2027–Dec2029; later expansion is omitted. Volume is flat, prices grow2% and base/fixed costs3%. Income taxes and employer burden are excluded, not exempt. Named material COGS use physical stock days once; payable days retain the source effective mixed-cost input. Refundable deposits are paid once as nondepreciating asset-ledger proxies; refund timing is not modeled. Native depreciation is added. Full scope/timing changes are explained in the operating prose.
Role-specific employer-cost allowances follow the saved paid-role rows; zero excludes employer burden rather than proving no obligation. The 0% income-tax provision is an explicit scenario input. A zero input excludes entity income taxes from these results and establishes no exemption; personal taxes, customer sales-tax receipts/remittances and distributions are outside the scenario.
All equity is proposed, uncommitted month-0 cash. No debt is modeled. Opening cash is a reserve, not an extra startup expense. Asset/setup/insurance/premises allowances need scoped quotes; the listed refundable deposits are included, while unquoted additional site works are excluded.
Inventory days are physical material coverage applied once to each named COGS row’s inventory share. Payment days are the effective blended delay across all direct-cost purchases and services, not a physical material supplier term. The shared payment schedule is a simplified timing proxy; material-specific supplier schedules are not modeled.
Refundable deposits are paid once before opening and retained at cost without depreciation in the planning asset ledger. Assets and deposits are aggregated as a planning proxy; their formal accounting classification, impairment, refund timing and recovery are not modeled. Deposit cash is not available operating cash.
Fictional editorial scenario. Prices, workload, base pay, expenses and owner funding are illustrative inputs. They are not current quotes, market averages, verified demand or actual company results. Employer taxes, benefits and income taxes are excluded; resulting net income is before omitted taxes.
Source initial scale, mix, base prices and paid roles are retained for Jan2027–Dec2029; later expansion is omitted. Volume is flat, prices grow2% and base/fixed costs3%. Income taxes and employer burden are excluded, not exempt. Named material COGS use physical stock days once; payable days retain the source effective mixed-cost input. Refundable deposits are paid once as nondepreciating asset-ledger proxies; refund timing is not modeled. Native depreciation is added. Full scope/timing changes are explained in the operating prose.
Role-specific employer-cost allowances follow the saved paid-role rows; zero excludes employer burden rather than proving no obligation. The 0% income-tax provision is an explicit scenario input. A zero input excludes entity income taxes from these results and establishes no exemption; personal taxes, customer sales-tax receipts/remittances and distributions are outside the scenario.
All equity is proposed, uncommitted month-0 cash. No debt is modeled. Opening cash is a reserve, not an extra startup expense. Asset/setup/insurance/premises allowances need scoped quotes; the listed refundable deposits are included, while unquoted additional site works are excluded.
Inventory days are physical material coverage applied once to each named COGS row’s inventory share. Payment days are the effective blended delay across all direct-cost purchases and services, not a physical material supplier term. The shared payment schedule is a simplified timing proxy; material-specific supplier schedules are not modeled.
Refundable deposits are paid once before opening and retained at cost without depreciation in the planning asset ledger. Assets and deposits are aggregated as a planning proxy; their formal accounting classification, impairment, refund timing and recovery are not modeled. Deposit cash is not available operating cash.
03 / ACTUAL TEN-SLIDE PITCH
A focused funding conversation.
All ten pages of the delivered PDF. Buyer demand, team roles and funding remain proposed.
Cedar Motor Co
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1. Cedar Motor Co
Vehicle sales need inventory cash first.
Fictional prelaunch
2. Thin vehicle spreads carry a large stock commitment.
Demand → completed work → collected fees
Demand and completion are assumptions.
Paid work will test time and margin.
3. A clear scope. A controlled delivery process.
Agree
Schedule
Deliver
Collect
One agreed scope. Documented acceptance.
4. Start with a reachable buying occasion.
New-vehicle buyers
An authorized vehicle purchase
Used-vehicle buyers
A documented vehicle sale
Schematic; buyers and area to validate.
5. Defined billing units. One shared service mix.
Mix
New sedans 10%
34,500
New SUVs 25%
47,000
New pickups 15%
56,500
Used sedans 15%
21,500
Used SUVs 25%
29,500
Used pickups 10%
36,500
USD / vehicle sale.
6. Compete on the job and the commercial terms.
Possible alternatives
Check before booking
Authorized dealerships
Stock title and condition
Used-vehicle retailers
Spread and days held
Private sales or deferral
Funded receipt timing
Compare equivalent work and written terms.
7. Fund the launch. Keep a reserve.
9,496,338.80
Proposed equity
3,767,720.37
Launch uses
5,728,618.43
Opening cash
Year 1 net income: USD 164,627.80
Minimum cash: USD 5,397,796.85
8. Proposed team. Clear delivery responsibilities.
Monthly base pay
General manager
7,500.00
Vehicle sales
12,666.68
Stock buying
5,416.67
Lot and delivery staff
4,500.00
Title/admin
4,000.00
Bookkeeping support
2,500.00
All retail, buying, title and management roles stay paid.
9. Prove the job economics before adding capacity.
Buyer inquiry
Delivered sale
Collected fee
Prelaunch. These are the next tests.
10. Proposed owner equity.
USD 9,496,338.80
External equity requested: USD 0.00
Terms and funding remain uncommitted.
Project payback: not reached within 36 months
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