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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

Companies that reliably fail to make their forecasted numbers are exceptionally prone to “management retooling.&# Similarly, it’s easy to generate large aggregate numbers by simply falling back to non-disruptive or non-sustainable tactics (see Validated learning about customers for one example).

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

My name is John Bates. Three, I’m a book keeper, accountant or CPA and other. Three, I’m a bookkeeper, accountant or CPA or other. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. I’ll say that one more time. This is number one.