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What is your biggest error in company planning?

Berkonomics

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. Sources for your data. Where did you get the data to drive your assumptions of market size or market share?

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What are the odds of your startup’s success?

Berkonomics

Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. Here I am a professional investor in early-stage companies, and I attempt to find those with the greatest chance of success and growth in value over time. Restaurant startups would not top my list. Data does not lie. Way above market investment returns. And risky too.

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Startups: What are your odds for success?

Berkonomics

Starting a company is HARD – in so many ways. Here I am a professional investor in early stage companies, and I attempt to find those with the greatest chance of success and growth in value over time. Restaurant startups would not top my list. For 2016 alone, there are two reliable sources of recent data for us to examine.

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Accurate assumptions lead to defendable plans

Berkonomics

It is most often missed assumptions about the market, the competition, the speed of adoption, or other critical metrics you’ve researched, or selected, or even just guessed at to create your plan. Where did you get the data to drive your assumptions of market size or market share? Email readers, continue here.]

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

The stats are often quoted from the latest reports. Or as Mark Twain popularized the quote most attributed to the Prime Minister of England, Benjamin Disraeli, “there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.&# The quote is meant to highlight the deceiving but persuasive power of numbers. Stats sell.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). Much more data in the full post. THE FULL STORY.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. Other common scenarios that we’ve seen: Scaling and new markets: Your company and product are established, and now you’re scaling or going after new markets. What’s keeping you up at night?