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- Financial analysis.
- Financial analysis, from how much money you think you will make and how, to how much you will need to finance the business and whether you are looking to raise funds


WUaS seeks to build a $20-$50 million dollar endowment as a 5 year target. Within 5 years, WUaS plans to acquire the endowment base necessary to sustain this business with 100,000 students and 2,000 instructors. ... $20-$50 mn ($1mn-$5mn revenue).
WUaS seeks to build a $20-$50 million dollar endowment as a 5 year target. Within 5 years, WUaS plans to acquire the endowment base necessary to sustain this business with 100,000 students and 2,000 instructors. ... $20-$50 mn ($1mn-$5mn revenue).


WUaS plans to raise funds from governments, universities, philanthropic foundations as well as individuals.
WUaS plans to raise funds from governments, universities, philanthropic foundations, and companies as well as individuals.


WUaS is also planning an online bookstore / computer store and in all languages and countries, for textbooks, intellectual resources, musical instruments for students at WUaS, with a plan to charge 2% less than the competition in various countries (probably on the order fulfillment side).
WUaS is also planning an online bookstore / computer store and in all languages and countries, for textbooks, intellectual resources, musical instruments for students at WUaS, with a plan to charge 2% less than the competition in various countries (probably on the order fulfillment side).
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WUaS also is planning on-the-ground bookstores at some point in the future, perhaps near Apple Computer stores in cosmopolitan cities of learning around the globe.
WUaS also is planning on-the-ground bookstores at some point in the future, perhaps near Apple Computer stores in cosmopolitan cities of learning around the globe.


WUaS is also planning an online academic publishing house, both of books and journals, in multiple disciplines in all 7,105+ languages and 204+ countries.



- Market analysis looking at how big your market is and who your customers are.

- Market analysis - looking at the market size and who our customers are.


Markets are numbers of people willing to spend the hours studying at MIT OCW-centric WUaS for free degrees.
Markets are numbers of people willing to spend the hours studying at MIT OCW-centric WUaS for free degrees.