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6 Keys To Predicting The Performance Of Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business owner and entrepreneur like you I work with wishes they could better predict product demand and sales, for managing inventory and long-term business planning. We all have our favorite metric and our passion, but keeping up with real-world changes and trends seems to be always just out of reach.

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You’re the general. So, make your strategic plan!

Berkonomics

The technique, “OST” (objective, strategies, and tactics), is a very good way to organize your effort to find guideposts and then develop metrics to measure progress. Penetrate the Fortune 500 with at least five active accounts within two years. Let’s call it “OST.” What is a strategy? Aren’t these just goals?

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Traction Metrics Seed Real Startup Funding And Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

That should make you wonder - how do you measure traction in a metric? While thinking about the parameters of traction, and how to measure it, I was impressed with a new book, “ Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth ” by Ash Maurya, a serial entrepreneur, and creator of the one-page business modelling tool Lean Canvas.

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Think like a general! Create strategies and tactics now.

Berkonomics

The technique, “OST” (objective, strategies and tactics), is a very good way to organize your effort to find guideposts and then develop metrics to measure progress. Penetrate the Fortune 500 with at least five active accounts within two years. What is a strategy?

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Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

TechCrunch LA

This is due to both supply and demand: On the demand side, some companies are providing solutions for something consumers are not actively looking for, while on the supply side, companies have figured out the most effective manufacturing process, which is complex and expensive, Elder explained.

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10 Questions To Lead You To Timely Successful Change

Startup Professionals Musings

I see entrepreneurs every day who are trying to change the world with a new idea, and startups that are trying to survive their hyper-growth phase by changing processes to meet demand. Define hard (data) and soft (anecdotal) metrics on the change, as well as on the quality of your leadership. Make sure they match before you commit.

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5 Ways To Build Startup Resilience And Avoid Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Actively seek and learn from the counsel of smart people. Make sure you actively interact with and show appreciation for people smarter than you, even if they don’t always agree with you. Use metrics in lieu of feelings to measure progress. He never gave up, despite multiple setbacks.

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