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Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs

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Small Business Administration – SBA. The industry-specific (based on SIC code) reports tell you how many companies there are, average sales, and employees. They do that by publishing as much industry-specific information as they can find, including statistics, forecasts, and industry profiles. Trade associations.

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What Type of Business Plan Do I Need?

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Budget sales and spending. It’s a short, effective collection of bullet points, lists, and forecasts, covering all of the functions above: It starts with bullet points for strategy. That’s sales forecast, spending budget, and cash flow. A plan for the SBA, banks, investors, buyers, and partners. Manage cash flow.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

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I think that’s the starting point for most businesses is that things like the bank lending space, the what is the SBA and how are they here to help me? I think that’s why a lot of people consider these business loans or these SBA loans a little bit daunting and maybe even a little confusing. Some banks house SBA loans.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. You want to show that, and investors need to see the scale of a business that have to do with your sales forecast. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast. That’s a lean business plan. It is not a document.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Small Business Blogs. Entrepreneur Magazine Blog. SBA: Small Business Administration Office of Advocacys Home Page. The Franchise King Blog. The Global Small Business Blog. Blog powered by TypePad. Small Business Labs.

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Business 2013 - Optimism, But Check Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Still, they are fighting for action, particularly for even higher Small Business Administration (SBA) loan limits. Respondents cited a greater focus on cost cutting and efficiency as the number two step to achieving growth in 2013, only slightly behind increasing sales. Increase operating efficiencies. fiscal cliff.

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Do You Have Fear of Financials?

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I posted 5 Things Every Manager Should Know About Financial Forecasts recently on the Industry Word blog on the SBA (Small Business Administration) community site. Maybe these five points, taken from that earlier post, will help: 1. Forecasts are for business, not truth, or beauty. They are almost never exactly right.