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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. The solution : Dr. Gardner plans to open Ocean Lane Outpatient Care to serve smaller Oregon coastal communities scattered outside of major towns with major hospitals. Financial plan.

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How to Come up with Hundreds of Business Ideas

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Palo Alto Software, for example, uses their own product, LivePlan , to manage and keep track of key business metrics. Things that I do on a regular basis that could potentially be turned into business ideas include glass painting, writing, researching, jewelry making, fixing jewelry, illuminated lettering, social media training, and so on.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Artist’s Business

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He started from his dorm room at the University of Oregon in 1996; he sold his company, Rumblefish.com, for $27 million in 2015. Tactics are decisions you make about pricing, channels, websites, social media, managers, agents, stores, overhead, allies, and so forth. Milestones and metrics. The metrics help you track progress.

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What’s the Secret to Your Success? With Jesse Thomas of Picky Bars

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After doing my MBA at the University of Oregon, I decided I wanted to try to become a professional triathlete. Our first employees were actually University of Oregon students that came in and made the bars in our house. See Also The 5 Metrics You Need to Track for Your Subscription Business to Succeed. “Now we did about 1.1

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Small business and startup issues: net neutrality and H.R. 1

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The amendment introduced by Oregon Representative Greg Walden, specifically prohibits the FCC from enforcing its Net Neutrality rules , passed late last year. Small businesses which are built on the Internet and dependent on it for their livelihoods are threatened by an amendment to the spending bill passed by the House last week.

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How to Start a Brewery

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By focusing on branding even before construction had begun on the brewery, ColdFire has been building a local following through social media and building buzz for their grand opening. and the fourth largest in its home state of Oregon, after powerhouse brands such as Deschutes, Rogue, and Full Sail. Metrics: Know your numbers.

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Money-Making Subscription Services (That You Can Start Too!)

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See Also: The 5 Metrics You Need to Track for Your Subscription (SaaS) Business to Succeed. I’m a big fan of IPAs (I live in Portland, Oregon, after all), and so the IPA Beer of the Month Club would be a subscription service right up my alley. Canva —free design program (great for creating logos, social media graphics, and more).