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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (also borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals.

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6 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Your Restaurant Business Plan

Up and Running

How do you plan on getting involved with a charity or sponsoring community events? Will you be working with a PR company or a local news outlet? See Also: How to Forecast Sales. Consider answering all of the following questions in your marketing section. Will you be offering a customer loyalty program ? What about print ads?

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Twitter Link Roundup #68 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

An open letter to the Chicago entrepreneurial community – [link]. Forrester Forecasts One Third Of U.S. Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness) – [link]. HOW TO: Attract Early Adopters to Your Social Startup – [link]. Top Startup Trends of 2010 – [link]. Borders stops paying some publishers.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

Franchises Franchises Home Franchise 500 Home-Based Low Cost Top New Fast Growing Top Global Biz Opportunities Franchises for Sale Franchises A Bright Forecast for a Solar Panel Installation Franchise. Product Reviews Mindjet Connect Helps Small Businesses Visualize and Manage Projects. Young Entrepreneurs How I Did It: The TOMS Story.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

While it’s useful to be able to have a sales forecast and expense budget early on, it’s not something you need until you’ve validated your idea. Later you will want to come back and create a proper sales forecast, cash flow forecast, and expense budget. Circle back and create a more detailed forecast.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. to motivate their angel community to support their startups. are using AngelMob.co

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Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link]. Marc Andreessen: Predictions for 2012 (and beyond) – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link]. There’s Only One Thing In Life You Can Control: Your Own Effort – [link].