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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. Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Use it as a tool, especially around your financials. Do they self-pay or use insurance? Be specific. Mention your funding needs.

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The Art of Good Inventory Management

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Cost of goods sold may be increasing in relation to total sales, squeezing the profits in the business. First, develop a forecast: What inventory is needed for each cycle of business over the next year? Research industry trends and talk to customers to forecast future demand.

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How to Do Cannabis Cultivation Business Planning for Growth

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If your business is in a competitive state like Oregon or Colorado, plan for low-cost grow operations to achieve the best quality with the funds you will be able to raise. Set realistic goals and expectations, especially in your sales forecasts. Lower your sales forecast numbers. They also require drying and curing space.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”.

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How to Balance Cash Flow in a Seasonal Business

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A good cash flow forecast will help with analysis of funds available and costs throughout the year. Any inventory at the end of the season should be marked down and sold at a discount to increase off-season revenue and reduce carrying costs. The key to success in a seasonal business is management of cash flow.

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How to Grow Your Business by Setting Goals [Webinar]

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Don’t set a sales goal or a sales forecast with a hundred line items in there. You’ve got a three year forecast with your goals, monthly for the first 12 months, and then yearly for the next two years. The gross margin is really the sales minus cost of goods, there’s your gross margin. ” Direct cost.

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Starting a Nonprofit: Chapter 1 of The ‘RIDE Eugene’ Story

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In Oregon, nearly 30 percent of all traffic fatalities are related to drunk driving. In order to get started, RIDE needs 501(c)(3) certification, city licensing, liability insurance and certified drivers, all of which costs money. Right now, prevention is a hassle. But it doesn’t have to be.

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