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How to Forecast Sales

Up and Running

First, allow me to deal with a very common problem: Business owners are often afraid to forecast sales. I was a vice president of a market research firm for several years, doing expensive forecasts, and I saw many times that there’s nothing better than the educated guess of somebody who knows the business well. That’s much harder.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. Here’s Why on his Both Sides of the Table blog for a good read and a good lesson. I want a forecast that starts with specifics like channels or traffic and conversions or segments and builds up. Subscribe by email.

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Mastering the Game: Alfred Sollami Shares Top Tips from Successful Fund Managers

The Startup Magazine

In this blog post, financial expert Alfred Sollami will share top tips from successful fund managers who have mastered the game. The best investors can adapt to market changes, analyze data, and use their intuition to make informed decisions. But what makes a successful fund manager? What sets them apart from other investors?

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Understanding How Collaboration between HR and Finance Can Improve Business

The Startup Magazine

Image source In this blog, we will explore how an HR-Finance collaboration can drive success for your organization and discuss some practical strategies for building effective partnerships between these critical departments. Finance can provide data on industry benchmarks and help HR interpret this information.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

The global games and services market is forecast to reach $188 billion in 2022, a 1.2% forecasted decline year on year according to research from Ampere Analysis after two years of massive growth. Source: Minecraft blog. While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% year-over-year, downloads were up 0.4% as they reached 28.1

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17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading

Up and Running

Fortunately, many of the top VCs share their thoughts on their blogs and are full of advice for startups, both big and small. Here’s a list of our favorite VC blogs, in alphabetical order. I like to follow these blogs through Feedly, but you can often sign up to get email alerts for new posts from most of these blogs.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

In my experience, I follow different resources, for instance, the Andreessen Horowitz blog , one of the top venture capital funds reporting trends in their newsletters, and INC.5000 5000 , a blog about the fastest-growing business models.

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