Business Performance Analysis Worksheets

While you might not have been “active” throughout the year, by filing a “no activity” return you may be throwing away potential deductions!  Most businesses (even unprofitable ones) will have some form of expenses – think tax prep fees, taxes, filing fees, home office, phone, etc.  Don’t miss out on your chance to preserve these valuable deductions.  You can carry these forward to more profitable years by using the Net Operating Loss Carry-forward rules.  But you must report them to take advantage of this break. If you honestly did not have any expenses or income during the tax year, simply file form 1120 by the due date (no later than 2 and one half months after the close of the business tax year – March 15 for calendar year businesses).  Complete sections A-E on the front page of the return and make sure you sign the bottom – that’s it!

From a legal business entity standpoint, one does not normally have to file any forms with the state the business is located in to be considered a sole proprietor (SP). However, this highly unadvisable since a SP provides no liability protection.The most popular, and most advisable business entities are a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and a Corporation. These entities are state created entities meaning that you must file the necessary paperwork in the state where you will have the business headquarters. The state’s secretary of state’s office will have all the necessary documents, forms, and rules needed to create the entity of your choice. You will also have to pay a filing fee.It is important that you further discuss the issue with experienced counsel as they will be able to help you decide which entity is best for you, and help you with the filing.

Depends how specific you want.  I know several small farmers who claim that they now have to spend 2-3 hours a day, every day, collating the data to fill in forms, and filling in forms to confirm that they are conforming to EU standards in relation to animal welfare, food standards etc.   Apparently the EU Nitrates Directive is particularly onerous, but apparently there are hundreds.  None of them sell their goods into the EU.Being Brits, they are meticulous in ensuring that they have the correct data, fill in the forms and submit them on time.  They all say the most exasperating thing is that the exercise is completely pointless.  Nobody ever comes from the EU to check that they are telling the truth.  If they wanted to they could literally invent all of the information they file, and it would make no difference to anyone.My experience running a financial services firm was very similar.  When I worked in that world, I had to spend about 5 days a month with my compliance officer filling out forms or collating data to ensure that our funds all met European guidelines under UCITs 3 and then UCITs 4.  The thing was , we had no European clients.  Not one.  Nor did we want any, or market into Europe.   We could in theory have created funds that were NURs (fall outside of UCITS), but most of our clients had worldwide rules in place that they could only invest in UCITs.  That's not the fault of the legislation per se, but where the legislation almost always goes wrong is that it does not take into account the practical impact of its creation.  I think many Brits find it hard to understand why there isn't more opposition to EU red tape from within the EU.  It may be that there is a huge cultural difference in assumptions of what is reasonable in terms of bureaucracy between the common law based UK (where all things are legal unless specifically illegal) and roman/napoleonic law Europe (where the law defines what is allowed).  It may be that European's simply ignore the rules, or their national governments don't actually implement European directives.  It's a mystery to us.ADDENDUM (I went quite specific in a follow up question, so I've added it to the main answer)Is the paperwork mostly for when things go wrong? Answer: No. Most European regulation is procedure based rather than outcome based.  In other words it focuses on requiring you to define how you operate, and requires you to document your operations thoroughly, rather than focusing on punishing you when your failure to follow procedure leads to a bad outcome.  It is usually the case that the penalties for failing to document how you supposedly operate are greater than the penalties for failing to operate properly. Sounds bonkers?  Yes it is.  This oddity seems to occur because the exercise is essentially bureaucratic.  It is more concerned with covering the back of the civil servant in charge of your area of regulation than protecting the public.  Or to draw a scenario.Minister of energy: "How was I supposed to know the nuclear reactor was unsafe?  Look, the operators filled out 50,000 pages signNowing that their operating procedures were reasonable. It's not my fault it blew up."Moving to your second question, you've actually hit the nail on the head.  Lets take UCITS as an example, as its an example i'm deeply familiar with. Ucits stands for Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities.  UCITS 3 and 4 is the European legislation that covers anything a UK punter would recognise as a "Fund" or a US punter would call a "mutual fund".The deal with UCITS is that all funds sold in Europe must comply with it.  All of them.  Irrespective of where or to who they are sold (i.e. a fund sold to a london based client, with london cased customers may still count as European if somewhere in their ownership structure lies a european subsidiary) .  It requires a ton of ongoing paperwork, which in no way actually protects investors from sharks or frauds.  The supposed quid pro-quo for the paperwork is that in theory it passports you so that you can sell your fund into Europe.  In theory this sounds like a sensible compromise.  In practice it is useless and horrific.  Why?In most of Europe people buy investment funds through their bank.  In the UK almost all customers buy funds from small independent fund managers. So a UK manager has almost no practical access to European markets. In addition all continental European countries have passed local legislation that requires native language documentation and the hiring and appointing of local fund representatives if you want to sell your funds there. So the situation you end up with is that ALL funds sold in the UK, even if they are only sold to UK customers, and the firm in question engages in no European activity must comply with the very onerous paperwork demanded by UCITS.  At the same time in practice UCITs does not actually provide a passport, because access to the local markets is both practically and technically impossible.From what I have heard, in my various conversations with farmers, and the many small manufacturers I interviewed in my previous career, the issues that UCITs present in finance are replicated in their industries.EU legislation tends to be a minor inconvenience for huge corporations.  For them hiring 20 compliance staff to fill out some forms is a financial irrelevance.  For the small businesses that face exactly the same regulatory and filing requirements as their behemoth rivals, it is an absolute nightmare.The grievances of people who moan about EU red tape are very real.

NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.   You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:  How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... < Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... >   Answers to frequently asked questions:  - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.  - Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.  - Soldiers do not need permission to get married.  - Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil < Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil > anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.  - Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.  - Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.  - Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.  - Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.  - Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.  Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.  We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.  For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles:   This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/>   CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 < Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 >   FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx< Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx>   U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...>   DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...< Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...>   Use caution with social networking  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...>    Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ < Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ > or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ < Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ >.  The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; (571) 305-4056.   If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... < Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... > . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.  If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:  Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301 Phone: 1-866-771-6357  In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.  Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov < Caution-http://www.ic3.gov > (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov < Caution-http://www.ftc.gov > (Federal Trade Commission's website)

At Harvard, one of the most generous colleges, over 70% receive some financial aid - much of this must be loans, however, as “over 50%” of students receive need-based scholarships. 20% of families pay nothing at Harvard. Other schools may have a higher percent of students receiving aid, but they may practice “gapping” or not meeting 100% of demonstrated need.Generally no FAFSA, no financial aid. You certainly won’t be eligible for federal financial aid, but you may disqualify yourself from receiving institutional aid. Note that only the custodial parent is required to fill out the FAFSA. Both parents must fill out the CSS Profile, for schools that require it.You must apply for financial aid when you first apply to the college you end up attending, or you disqualify yourself from receiving any aid at any time, unless you can demonstrate a signNow change in family circumstance.Note that if a school is not “need-blind” and you apply for aid that you may be selected for admission but your application “pulled” if there is not enough aid for all selected students. So asking for financial aid can hurt your chances of admission at schools that are not need-blind. Schools will state if they are need-blind on their financial aid pages.

Why don’t more people start a business?In the USA, many people do regularly start a business. It fluctuates but over 200,000 new companies are registered with the secretary of States each month.The bulk of job creation in the US comes from small businesses contributing to approximately 60 percent of the net new jobs. Small firms in the 20-499, employee category typically lead job creation. There are approximately 28 million small businesses in the United States. Establishing a business and realizing a dream is obviously a rewarding and liberating experience, but unfortunately, one that doesn’t last very often.How Many People, who Start a Business succeed?According to the SBA’s Office of Advocacy: “About half of all new establishments survive five years or more and about one-third survive 10 years or more.” Five years of sweat, money, and hope vanishes for at least 1 out of 2 business start-ups and thereafter a similar amount fails in the following years. Accountants will tell you the actual figure is much higher. Most start-up businesses never make it to the stage where they register with local authorities, so their statistics aren’t recorded. The odds are stacked against entrepreneurs. It’s the journey and not the destination that counts – Trying and failing is part of the journey to success, Right?The goal is to be in the ranks of business owners that make it on the first attempt, but not many do. The good news is their chances improve on following attempts. Founders of a previously successful business have a 30 percent chance of success with their next venture, founders who have failed at a prior business have a 20 percent chance of succeeding versus an 18 percent chance of success for first-time entrepreneurs. Don’t give up, just be smarter, use your experiences as fuel.Why do People, who Start a Business Fail?Obviously, each business failure may happen for a specific reason, but often multiple. It’s possible the entrepreneur was doomed to fail, without the talent for the job. They run out of money with no access to working capital, the market changes, supply chains fail, lack leadership or unforeseen regulation changes impact profitability. Every venture is not the same, each business has its own unique set of variables-the skills, knowledge, and experience of the founding entrepreneurs, how established the product and market is. When starting, there are so many unknowns to deal with from name, logo, which phone carrier, website, marketing, supply chain…The reality is there are only two questions to be focused on answering and directing energy towards solving.– Are there enough people out there who will buy the product or service at a profit?– Does the business have enough cash (capital) to cover costs until they are found?Challenged BeginningsMost new startup operations are initially funded through the founders’ personal finances. Capital from the owners’ personal savings, credit cards and other personal debt, retirement rollovers, and investments accounts are used. Founders, feverishly pursue sales revenue, pressing to win enough clients to support their venture before funds run out.On average it takes a business 2, to 3 years to signNow viability. signNowly undercapitalized from inception, starting with only a 3rd of the capital needed is a recipe for failure, and there are lots of ways to fail, lurking around every corner.Start-up Business Statistics:Business Statistics Financing (Small Business Trends, SBA)– The vast majority of startup funds (82 percent) come from the entrepreneur themselves, or family and friends.– 77 percent of small businesses rely on personal savings for their initial funds.– 40 percent of small businesses are profitable, 30 percent break even and 30 percent are continually losing money.What’s it all about Alfie?Within 5 years of starting, 50% of small businesses are gone. When a business fails it often takes the owners personal savings, credit, assets, and many valued relationships with it. Most of the small businesses that survive past year 5 have created a long hour low paying job for themselves where their business has less than $100,000 in annual owner’s discretionary cash flow, and if sold not worth a great deal. Only a small %, of business owners, create a business value of $500,000 or more and have at least $125,000 in owners’ discretionary cash flow.– Having two founders, rather than one, signNowly increases your odds of success as you’ll:Raise 30 percent more moneyHave almost 3X the user growth, andAre 19 percent less likely to scale prematurely– 82 percent of businesses that fail do so because of cash flow problemsA lot of entrepreneurs attempt to start a business by bootstrapping, stretching resources-both financial and otherwise, as far as they can. Regardless of how much capital you begin with, its the effective use of whatever capital you have that drives results and ultimately, success or failure. It is worth noting, taking steps early on in a venture to build business credit, separate from personal credit can have a resounding impact on liquidity and the ability to progressively access affordable capital throughout your business journey.3 years ago, we started out as a commercial finance company, intending to provide funding solutions to the capital-starved SME communities. Soon after inception, we recognized, to deliver on our purpose, and help more businesses succeed we would need to do more, a lot more. We adapted to develop a broader value chain, beyond just business funding – to combat causes of failure, deliver growth and performance solutions, and drive more business success. Our own business survival and growth has been and continues to be underpinned by many of the solutions offered through the business success platform.During the first 3 years, our business model rapidly evolved, and much by necessity. How to start, grow, and sustain a business is always evolving – Being aware of the changing environment was essential to us – How to take advantage of change was and is critical.Business Building BlocksThe basic precepts for building a successful business are no different. We believe 6 key building blocks are foundational and common to most successful businesses; Appropriate capital, talent, structure/organization, purpose, networking, and of course planning, which is the first step to being appropriately capitalized.Planning is a core discipline to achieve success. Developing a road-map to meet business goals including budgets, timeline, what is the average contract value per customer? how do you plan to acquire customers? what is the cost of customer acquisition and length of time on average to acquire?Plan, run, review and revise, to fine tune results. Listening to clients, ensuring quality customer service, for higher retention. It costs around 5 times less to keep a client than to acquire a new one. Keeping ahead requires implementing a system to track key performance indicators, and tweaking behaviors to maintain and or improve results. KPIs; costs quality, timeliness, customer satisfaction and staff motivation are integral and drive the 3 numbers that help define and maintain business health – sales, spend and cash flow.Business StagesWe believe a business can progress through 7 distinct, and fluid stages; From startup to viability, growth, and various levels leading to and from sustainable success, or failure. Sustainable success is characterized by an agile and highly functioning business. Resources are effectively used to deliver predictable results. Each stage has identifiable hurdles, but many common to business type or industry. To navigate each stage and steer towards, or maintain business success, requires varying degrees of emphasis and focus on the precepts. The structure or organization that works for a start-up does not necessarily apply or work as the company chooses to grow. The skill-sets or talents necessary to lead a larger enterprise are different to the flatter structure in an early stage company.What has changed?Digital Transformation is Impacting How to Start and run a BusinessAs the title above suggests. It is the framework in which a business operates that’s dramatically changed over the past 10-years and continues to.How consumers and businesses decide to buy, and from where. The exponential technologies businesses use to compete, and the lightning speed at which they are evolving – Big Data, Cloud, AI, Machine Learning, Block-Chain, Augmented Reality technologies – We are in the midst of a 4th Industrial revolution driven by digitization, profoundly impacting all industries, economies, and disciplines.Digital has transformed business resource capabilities and the resulting possibilities. Lowering the costs of managing a business across all disciplines from financials, purchasing, inventory, sales, and customer relationships to project management, operations, and HR.Rapid deployment of proven cloud solutions helps ensure a company has a single source of data truth across the whole business. Immediate adoption of value-adding functionality allows for more time to focus on the business not implementing software. Actionable intelligence enables quality decision making throughout the firm and can empower, motivate and help the most important resources, the people. Not complex, solutions help with;– Profitability– Cost reduction– Improve reputation– Develop new revenue streams– Accelerate growthDigital transformation and agilityTo succeed in an increasingly digital economy, you need to constantly create value from the latest innovations to meet changing customer expectations and fierce competition. Businesses, even the small mom, and pop ones, who adapt and embrace digital, can compete without complexity, or prohibitive costs to grow businesses their way.Keeping up with it all is a challenge, but the changes drive opportunities, which is exciting and exhilarating. The opportunities abound for people that want to take the leap of faith, leave their corporate world to start on their own. Stay thirsty my friends.The world is changing faster and to survive so must a businessBy 2020;– The average person will have more conversations with bots than with their spouse (1)– 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality (1)– 85% of a customer brand experience will occur without any human interaction(2)– Over 80% of the G500 will be digital services suppliers through industry collaborative cloud platforms (3)– By 2030, organs will be biologically printed on demand (4)Sources(1) Gartner, Top Strategic Predictions for 2017 and Beyond: Surviving the Storm Winds of Digital Disruption Oct, 2016(2) Centric Digital, How Omni-Channel Customer Experiences Drive Brand Transformation Oct, 2015 (3) World Economic Forum, Healthcare in 2030: Goodbye hospital, hello home-spital Nov, 2016(4) IDC Research, Inc. Nov, 2016

It depends on where you're based: not only do different countries have different paperwork, but so do different states, counties and even cities. There are some places where you can start a new business without filling out any paperwork (although you'll likely have to deal with tax forms and the like after you've been in business for a while.There are some common forms that you should check on whether you need for your area:Business licenseProfessional license — In addition to a license for operating a business, certain professions are licensed.DBA / Doing business as — If you're doing business under a name other than your own, such as a company name, you may need to file a DBA.Incorporation or organizational documents — Depending on how you organize your business, you may need to file paperwork to incorporate.Tax registration — You will usually need to register with your local state if you're collecting sales tax. You will also probably need to complete paperwork to get a taxpayer identification number or an equivalent for your business.Employee forms — If you have employees, there can be quite a bit of paperwork, including their tax paperwork and any appropriate registration.These really are just a starting point. One of the best things you can do is find a local accountant or other professional to advise you on what you need.

Assuming it is your first time, you should be doing a tandem skydive.What to bring? Comfortable clothes. Call ahead to see if the Dropzone provides jumpsuits. Some require them, some just offer them and some don't have them. If you will not be wearing a jumpsuit, wear heavy jeans and a shirt that will prevent your boobies from flying out. Or not, it's your video.Cash. Pretty much everyone either requires or gives a discount for cash. Also Instructors always love tips.Money to buy video. You want the video. Trust me on this.Something to keep you occupied while you wait. Anytime you try to put human beings on an airplane shit gets in the way and sometimes you have to wait. Depending on where and when you go, the wait can be anything from the 10 mins it takes you to fill out your paperwork to leaving after an 8 hour wait without jumping. What will affect your wait time?1. Weather. You can't jump through clouds, so if you live the Pacific Northwest bring a sandwich and a deck of cards.2. The day of the week. Some places get super busy on the weekends, so a weekday jump may be preferable.3. Your arrival time. Arriving early, in the first available slot will result in the least amount of wait time. What will happen after you arrive?You will fill out paperwork, watch a horrible movie by Bill Booth, one of the inventors of tandem skydiving and the guy who made your skydiving equipment. Some places will put you in a class, some places will have your instructor train you.The training will most likely be brief. You really just need to know what to do with your arms and legs on exit, in freefall, and during the landing. The training for the landing is the most important. If you forget everything else they say, pay attention to what they say for landing.This is the part where you might have to wait like 5 hours. It's normal.What will happen on your jump?It depends. There is a variety of things Instructors do on the exit. Some will do a gainer, some a flip if you ask them. Most do a poised exit, where they face their belly into the wind as stable as possible. Within 10 seconds of leaving the aircraft they will deploy the drogue parachute. It is a small parachute that both stabilizes the tandem pair and slows them to a 'normal' 120mph. If you have Outside Video your jump will be much more entertaining. Your videographer will fly around and take some cool shots of you, and may even come in for a highfive. If your Dropzone only does HandCam, where you Instructor will wear a camera on his hand, the video is still cool, but if you don't really want it then don't get it. It's worth the cost of the Outside Video just to have another person out there with you.At around 5,000ft your Instructor will pull the drogue release cable. Up until this time the drogue has been behind you. When the cable is pulled the drogue is not longer attached to your Instructor's harness. It will then catch air and pull your main parachute out of the container and inflate. Opening shock isn't that severe at all, so don't expect some huge jolt.After opening your Instructor will detach the two lower connection points on your harness and proceed to burn off some altitude. At around 500ft they'll enter the pattern at the landing area and fly a downwind, base and final just like an aircraft. On landing you will do what they told you to do and then plop down. You may stand up, you may sit down, you might impact and rip your pants. It depends on about 5000 things, of which your Instructor can control about 2000. Sometimes people say their ears hurt. If you have problems equalizing, like when you descend in an airliner, if your sinuses hurt, then skydiving may be problematic. Taking sinus clearing medication, like zyrtex, claritin, ibuprofen or something like that will help, as will cough drops or dayquil or something.Is it safe?No. You are jumping out of an airplane.Will I hurt myself or die?No, probably not. Tandem skydiving is the safest form of skydiving there is. It is safer than riding a bicycle in San Francisco or skateboarding or doing almost anything else where your body moves faster than 30mph.How do I pick where to go?There are a couple things you can do to make sure you pick the best Dropzone for your first jump.Check out their reviews. Go to Yelp, Dropzone.com, Tripadvisor, etc. What are you looking for? Ignore anything complaining about the wait time. You should look for the vibe. Find a place where the reviews mention 'fun' over and over again. Avoid places where they say 'asshole' over and over again.Find out what kind of aircraft they use and how many it seats. If the engine is piston powered, avoid at all costs. If the aircraft is turbine powered you're in luck. If the aircraft holds less than 10 people, avoid at all costs. Bigger, turbine powered aircraft mean higher altitude and a strong, healthy dropzone that has been around awhile or is run by competent people. Piston aircraft are small, noisy, uncomfortable, and should be avoided. These dropzones are generally smaller and are sometimes fly-by-night operations. Sometimes dropzones will use piston aircraft on weekdays. If this is the case make sure you jump out of a turbine.Ask what kind of tandem equipment they use. If they say anything except Sigma don't go there. Sigma tandem systems are the newest in the industry and at this point everything else is outdated and based on a 20 year old design.Make sure they are USPA members. Check USPA.org, if your dropzone isn't listed, don't go there. The USPA is the national organization that certifies instructors and polices dropzones.

I was selected for a summer internship 2016.I tried to be very open while filling the preference form: I choose many products as my favorite products and I said I'm open about the team I want to join.I even was very open in the  location and start date to get host matching interviews (I negotiated the start date in the interview until both me and my host were happy.) You could ask your recruiter to review your form (there are very cool and could help you a lot since they have a bigger experience).Do a search on the potential team.Before the interviews,  try to find smart question that you are going to ask for the potential host (do a search on the team  to find nice and deep questions to impress your host). Prepare well your resume.You are very likely not going to get algorithm/data structure questions like in the first round. It's going to be just some friendly chat if you are lucky. If your potential team is working on something like machine learning, expect that  they are going to ask you questions about machine learning, courses related to machine learning you have and relevant experience (projects, internship). Of course you have to study that before the interview. Take as long time as you need if you feel rusty. It takes some time to get ready for the host matching (it's less than the technical interview)  but it's worth it of course.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Change impact analysis (IA) is defined by Bonner and Arnold as “identifying the potential consequences of a change, or estimating what needs to be modified to accomplish a change”, and they focus on IA in terms of scoping changes within the details of a design.

Understand the possible implications of making the change. ... Identify all the files, models, and documents that might have to be modified if the team incorporates the requested change. Identify the tasks required to implement the change, and estimate the effort needed to complete those tasks.

Impact Analysis is defined as analyzing the impact of changes in the deployed product or application. It gives the information about the areas of the system that may be affected due to the change in the particular section or features of the application.

Step 1: Meet with management. ... Step 2: Identify the scope of your BIA, and the subject-matter experts who will be involved. ... Step 3: Secure an IT representative to be present at each interview. ... Step 4: Determine the operating parameters of your BIA.

The PRIMARY purpose of a business impact analysis (BIA) is to: A. provide a plan for resuming operations after a disaster. B. identify the events that could impact the continuity of an organization's operations. C. publicize the commitment of the organization to physical and logical security.