The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Martha Razo, author of the book, Business Diva: Stories of Women Leading in Business. and owner of Solix Business Services, both Chicago businesses, created this book to share the stories of women taking their futures and lives into their own hands.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

With this information, you can forecast the viability and profitability of the business. Just to be clear, maintaining clean books is the baseline. To truly stay on top of your finances, you should start creating financial forecasts as early as possible. Once you have actual financial data just update your forecasts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2019

I found some excellent guidance in this regard in a new book, “ Beyond Performance 2.0 ,” by Scott Keller and Bill Schaninger, based on their work and a decade of research at McKinsey & Company. Assess: Forecast required skillsets and needed mindset shifts. Build an action plan for any ailing areas needing immediate improvement.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The rising importance of predictive AI-driven analytics became clear, hinting at a future where forecasts will shape decisions. In fact, when Brian and Dharmesh were actually creating it and wrote the book Inbound Marketing, that's when Duct Tape Marketing was really around and I had a lot of conversations with them early on.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), As I mentioned a few weeks ago here , I’m excited to be writing a book called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Building and Running Your Company, to be published by Wiley & Sons next summer. 3.6 Forecasting and Budgeting. Part II – Crowdsourcing the Outline.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2013

Curious to know the answer, I read Clayton Christensen’s epic business bestseller “ The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business ” and was blown away by its brilliance. Or why entire industries can be wiped out with new entrants?

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Strategy, Tactics, Specifics, and the Forecast – (11:45). “Here’s our forecast.” Tweet at us: @Bplans (include the hashtag #BCast).

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

You cannot make a great quality product out of poor materials, and insufficient logistics or delivery timelines can impact your projected forecasts of operation and cash flow quite significantly. He might have to cancel reservations that have been booked. Delivery forecasts should be presented to you automatically.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2018

However, other aspects such as forecasting and accounting are equally as important in ensuring that a business continues to grow. In the case of online businesses, the tendency to go off the books and to mix personal and business accounts are high. by Dustin Pfluger, Partner at BKM Sowan Horan, LLP.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Keep good books. Forecast your cash flow. Keep track of variances between forecast and actual cash flow. Unless your forecasts are off (and they might be—predicting future cash flows is more art than science), those variances can signal issues you need to deal with. Invoices paid by clients.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

how do you forecast? 58:00 Vince Thompson’s book, “Ignited”. getting past the assistant. when to call. is it OK to call an exec on his mobile phone. how to handle intros. What is your sales process? call high or call low? how do you do pipeline reviews? agile sales process? how should a VC do due diligence on sales operations?

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. Often this is part of a good forecast.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Sanders, PhD is an internationally recognized thought leader and expert in forecasting, analytics, global supply chain intelligence, and sustainability. Their new book is “ The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise “ Learn more at TheHumachineBook.com. Wood, PLLC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The case for zero paid media as the new marketing model was highlighted a few years ago in the classic book, “ Z.E.R.O. ” In the book, Jaffe introduces three new sets of metrics for gauging progress: Medium-term metrics. But startups need to remember that even zero paid media doesn’t mean that marketing is free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Use the many resources available, like the Internet and this book, but now is the time to start.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan’s book My Years with General Motors , written half a century ago, is still a readable business classic. There’s the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2017

At its most basic, you’ll need three types of records: A cash book – to record payments to and from your bank account. When this has a few months’ history, it will be useful for forecasting future expenses or profits, as well as reviewing historical balances. They will keep your accounts up to date and properly organised.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

For an in-depth study of the pros and cons of a bossless environment, I found a new book, “ Why Managers Matter ,” by management scholars Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein. They also look ahead to forecast what you should expect.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2013

You could often tell when a sales person couldn’t defend having the deal be listed as an A deal (and thus have a high forecast percentage) by having them walk you through each deal. PUCCKA is by no means the only sales methodology and it borrowed heavily for sales books and training programs we had all been on.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction. The other side of this coin can be equally disastrous; the change of direction based on every customer or investor comment.

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Up and Running

MAY 19, 2015

For the record, we could call it an expense forecast, or projected expenses. For example, the COGS for a bookstore are the costs of buying the books it resells to its customers. Those go in your sales forecast. See Also The Key Elements of the Financial Plan. Those are the same thing. The second is your expenses.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2019

An oft-quoted 2013 Oxford University whitepaper forecasts that 47 percent of jobs could be lost to technology over the next 20 years. Best known for his value-driven approach to business, his nine published books include “ Engagement from Scratch! Business leaders must change how they hire and train employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2022

Recently, I found a new book, “ Navigate the Swirl ,” by Richard Hawkes, which details seven people strategies that, I have learned the hard way, are key to the continuous business changes required to meet today’s market. Here you need not only project management resources, but also skills in forecasting, budgeting, and resource tracking.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Innovations such as mobile applications facilitate easier booking and payment processes and empower patients to select services tailored to their needs, including wheelchair accessibility or other special requirements.

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Developer Artificial Inteligence Analytics Forecast 148

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2016

In a recent book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. The most disruptive products are ones that never existed before, and no forecasts are even available to size the opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Sherrie Madia and Paul Borgese have addressed the positives of this challenge in their new book, “ The Social Media Survival Guide ,” on “everything you need to know to grow your business exponentially with social media.” Use the many resources available, like the Internet and this book, but now is the time to start. Marty Zwilling.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Her book, “Fast Forward: Five Principles to Create the Life You Want in Just One Year,” lays out the actionable steps for transforming your career and personal life within a year. [15:17] 20:58] Where can people connect with you to learn more about your work or pick up a copy of your book? So Lisa, welcome to the show.

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Cofounder Programming Conversion America 81

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Does that muddy up the forecasting, the models, or the accounting? [12:31] John Jantsch (06:24): Well, so you make a good point because you know, a lot of people hire accountants and they feel like, yeah, that's my, you know, I'm getting my books done. They need that expert, I think. I'm getting my taxes right. Here's what happened.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 71

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

Several whole books have been written on this subject, such as “ The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide ” by David Borgenicht and Mark Joyner, so you should consider this article a simple introduction. The other side of this coin can be equally disastrous; the change of direction based on every customer or investor comment.

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Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

In fact, I was impressed with the classic book, “ Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead ,” by Kenneth Gronbach, which is full of specific facts on demographic changes over the past few years, and what they mean for some of the major business segments out there today.

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Architecture Forecast Demand Technology 258

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2015

In a new book, “ Disruption by Design ,” by the renowned innovation consultant Paul Paetz, I found a list of common patterns and recognizable attributes that I like, called disruption fingerprints. The most disruptive products are ones that never existed before, and no forecasts are even available to size the opportunity.

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Marketing Non-Compete Technical Review Forecast 120

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Smart is simply not a differentiator.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

According to Gartner’s latest forecast , global IT spending will reach $4.5 The best accounting software every startup should consider includes FreshBooks, Zoho Books, QuickBooks Online, Wave, and Xero. trillion in 2023, with software spending reaching $856,029 from $783,462 in 2022.

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Software Analytics Startup Forecast 195

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Linking a calendar ensures that if the stylist is taking appointments outside our platform there are no apparent conflicts due to double booking. Lucintel forecasts that the beauty industry globally will grow at a rate of 3.4 Flexible slide and select scheduler can be available for the stylist to set his/her daily service times.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Review financial controls using tools like ratio analysis, forecasting, cost and profit control, etc. It’s a safe place to collaborate, create online board meeting books, and store your board meeting agendas and meeting minutes. Determine how to dispose of surplus funds-dividend declaration, retained profits, etc.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. But it’s hard to say, even with hindsight, that we could have predicted Wikipedia, let alone forecast when it would occur. (If Step 2: Forecast the linear trend. By day he works on web and social media for HP.

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