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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. 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. Use it as a tool, especially around your financials.

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How to Grow Your Business by Setting Goals [Webinar]

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There’s a difference between gut feeling about something and then a belief based on experience and knowledge and just being part of the business community. Don’t set a sales goal or a sales forecast with a hundred line items in there. The latter, the business seasoning, is good as long as it is supported with data. What’s realistic?

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

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Building relationships with vendors and the local community. Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations.

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Episode 10: How to Pitch Your Business, and Brand Storytelling with Park Howell | The Bcast

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Do you have one for an investor and then one for new employees? If you’re talking to an investor or an employee, a potential employee, a potential strategic partner, all those people are folks who you want to have at the end of your pitch feel like they need more, feel like they need more from you or hear more from you, that kind of thing.