Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Cutting costs , revisiting forecasts , and stabilizing your business. You’re not forgetting it or avoiding the practices that have saved your business so far. Today, the analysts of McKinsey Digital agree that the crisis has led to emerging business opportunities, and the recovery from COVID-19 will be primarily digital.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Whether you’re a small business or a Fortune 500, good accounting must always be a priority. Both of these are paramount to the running of a business, and while they might seem to have some overlap, they look at two distinct metrics. You can think about cash flow in the sense of personal finances as well as business.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2018

If you need to build a team to grow your business, who are the key people that you’ll need to hire? If you’re an existing business, who are the critical employees that run the company and execute your strategy? Finally, think about other businesses that you might need to work with to make your strategy happen.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Perhaps one of the most important things to keep a close eye on during your first year in business is the state of your finances. This includes everything from keeping a detailed forecast, to making sure you have up-to-date records and accounting information. Create a financial forecast. Create a sales forecast.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. The business model. 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.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

If the idea of writing your own business plan feels a bit daunting, you may want to look into a business planning platform like LivePlan. LivePlan makes planning easy with a step-by-step process to help you build out your business plan. Establish milestones and metrics for your business plan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In this episode, Jason and I dive into the importance of financial guidance for agencies and what small businesses are missing when they don’t have a CFO. Does that muddy up the forecasting, the models, or the accounting? [12:31] You can spend on as a risk without putting you outside of the metric.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

With the Covid-19 virus a worldwide pandemic, if you’re leading any startup or small business, you have to be asking yourself, “What’s Plan B? While the impact on small businesses and workers in the “gig-economy” hasn’t made the news, it will be worse for them. But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs? You don’t need any ‘special’ training to run a business. A sales forecast.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Recently, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons hosted a webinar for our Bcast members on how to use LivePlan to create a better business plan, pitch your idea to investors, and track your business. As a successful small business owner, Sabrina wanted to show off how LivePlan’s many features can help boost your business.

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Small Business Force

DECEMBER 25, 2011

Today, many small business owners, with way more complicated business models, who have had the "cash is king" philosophy hammered at them, incessantly (including by yours truly), operate much the same way. It's where a business most needs to grow up. He didn't care as long as he was taking in more than he was paying out.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Free Download: The One Page Business Pitch Template. Strategy, Tactics, Specifics, and the Forecast – (11:45). “Here’s our forecast.”

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Besides the general focus on customer and product development, an entrepreneur should foresee the next moves that will serve to guide him on the right path.When an entrepreneur can forecast his next moves, even his/her employees become part of the moves the business makes. 7- Several forecasts. Photo Credit: Jaimyn Chang.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In those days, the more successful and time-challenged of my peers (who were too busy to take care of all those time-consuming tasks like picking up dry-cleaning or groceries) solved the problem by hiring an assistant. 3 risks of the subscription business model. But there are some risks that go along with these opportunities.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

SizeUp : If you need help finding a business location or want to see where your competition is, check out SizeUp. You can also compare your forecasted marketing and advertising budget against the competition. Kin helps you onboard new hires, centralizes all of their files, and tracks time off and working hours. Legal websites.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In fact, the business plan does not have to be a formal document at all if you don’t need to present your plan to outsiders. If you do need to write a formal business plan document, you should follow the outline below. The standard business plan includes nine parts: The Executive Summary. Milestones and Metrics.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. That’s a lean business plan. It is not a document. They love milestones.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

That’s true whether you plan to license software or hire an outside organization. External data sources, like weather reports, are often a critical addition to data lakes, especially for small businesses. For most clients, Futurety starts by identifying the key business question—not a specific metric or visualization.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Any investor will put their valuation on your business based on a number of factors, including looking at important metrics for your business, patents, or assets. A greater step change would be expected from levels of performance the business has been demonstrating to date. The primary issue is a technical one.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Creating metrics. GROWING YOUR BUSINESS. When to hire and spend. New forms of metrics for your business. Forecasting. Purchase the complete collection of all eight books with 20% discount by clicking HERE. STARTING UP! How to plan. Setting goals. Creating strategies. Developing your vision. 2 RAISING MONEY.

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Brandanew

JUNE 24, 2016

You want to ensure that you’re spending your company’s or your client’s money wisely by investing in the right advertising channels, monitoring the right metrics and utilizing the most efficient outlets. This means you have to make sure your client acquisition costs and value forecasts are accurate.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

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. Hire the right team. Metrics: Know your numbers.

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