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MAY 18, 2011

Remember, there is no single way to forecast any business. Magda was looking at forecasting sales for a small restaurant. Magda isn’t turning to some magic information source to find out what her sales will be. The point of this example is simply that Magda has to find a way to make sense of her forecast.

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MAY 24, 2011

Tweet The Palo Alto Software team is at the National Restaurant Association Conference this week and Bplans is featuring articles and resources for restaurant owners. Remember, there is no single way to forecast any business. Magda was looking at forecasting sales for a small restaurant. It’s often very creative.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Next month I’ll have another round of it, judging both the University of Oregon New Venture Competition and the Rice Business Plan Competition. With that in mind, I’ve recently reviewed an early post, and updated the 10 things I hate most when they come up in business pitches. Instead of that, validate sales by bottoms-up assumptions.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. Components of this section include: Your marketing and sales plan.

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JULY 31, 2014

This is Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software. What is it about your business that made you think you’re going to make it this much in sales and yet somehow you didn’t achieve that. This means you need to set goals in sales and expenses. Don’t set a sales goal or a sales forecast with a hundred line items in there.

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MAY 15, 2019

Review your business plan regularly. Committing to regularly reviewing your business plan and financials is a good step toward making more informed, smarter spending decisions, that can have a big impact on a new business’s long term viability. This year, Martin Cove Brewing Company will gross $520,000 in sales.

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