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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- In five years our company would have normalized remote, offshore and outsourced staffing.

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

Up and Running

Some folks cut corners by ordering equipment made offshore. Putting together a sales forecast and a cash flow forecast that you monitor at least monthly can be really helpful. “Used systems are almost as expensive, so you’re really not saving anything, but you might get it sooner than ordering new.

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Predictive Analytics in 2018: What’s Possible, Who’s Doing It, and How

ConversionXL

The other half have a mix of data sources, which inevitably include an offshore SQL database (or ten) managed by an external vendor whom no one can track down. Leaning on natural language processing and predictive analytics, the program analyzed conversations, forecasted trends, and trained more than 13,000 volunteers. The results?

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