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30 Entrepreneurs Forecast Where Their Business Will Be In Five Years

Hearpreneur

When an entrepreneur can forecast his next moves, even his/her employees become part of the moves the business makes. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners where they forecast their business will be in the next five years. #1- 1- Having a brand, service, and product built on integrity. Thanks to Adit Jain, Leena AI ! #8-

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Sunny Whether: Two Types of Forecasting Models for Running Your Startup

Hunter Walker

Hey founders, want to hear something incredibly frustrating about seed financing? I don’t believe the forecast you show me. Ok, so far I’ve told you the forecast I’m looking at during fundraising is a lie and the one you’re using during initial iteration is a trap. But how to set a forecast?

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14 Tips for Starting a Successful Business

Up and Running

With this information, you can forecast the viability and profitability of the business. Track finances early. Even if you’re not a numbers person, you need to track your finances. To truly stay on top of your finances, you should start creating financial forecasts as early as possible. Consider financing early.

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Essential Skills for Building a Successful Startup

The Startup Magazine

Every startup needs financing in order to get off the ground, but maintaining a stream of income is also crucial for staying in business. While you don’t have to be a financial professional, understanding the basics of business finance is still important for tracking your budgets and overall financial performance. Project planning.

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Pitch Deck Month: The “Where Are You Going?” Slide

View from Seed

The decision around sequencing is equally (if not more) important, especially in the first 12-18 months of the business as you search for PMF and test out your initial go-to-market (GTM) strategy. With extremely limited resources and time, one wrong step could cost you 6-9 months of runway.

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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

From manufacturing to sales to finance, the supply chain routinely fails to command the respect it deserve. Employ Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning Solutions. A common mistake that startups, and even established businesses, make is to run monthly forecasting off of spreadsheets that only reflect historical data.

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ChatGPT for Enterprise is Ready. But are Enterprises ready to adopt Generative AI?

VC Cafe

For many companies, the base use case is to deploy an internal chatbot, powered by GPT-4 that can serve employees to search and engage with the company’s internal information (with the right level of access control and data management), without model hallucinations. In 2023 so far, Generative AI startups raised $15.2B so far in 2023.