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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. I was impressed with the analysis and recommendation offered in a recent book, “ Trust the Plan: Demand Management For Business Leaders, ” by Greg Spira.

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4 Key Components Of Every New Business Financial Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. Quantify overhead costs.

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10 Obstacles To Creative Responses For Market Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages of growth from startup to maturity. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer. Tricked by recency.

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4 Simple Steps Will Get Startup Financial Projections

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs understand that you can’t build a business if you won’t commit to delivering a product or service, but many are hesitant or refuse to commit to any financial forecasts. External investors will demand a financial forecast, but it’s equally valuable to you, even if bootstrapping. Quantify overhead costs.

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10 Stumbling Blocks To Innovative Business Thinking

Startup Professionals Musings

Successful entrepreneurs are the ones who think the most creatively, not only in their initial product or service, but more importantly all through the stages of growth from startup to maturity. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer. Tricked by recency.

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Radical.FM: Taking On Pandora, Ad Free

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There are an awful lot of Internet music services out there nowadays--how does a startup try to compete with all that noise, and do it ad-free? Are people actually willing to donate money for a service like this? I think we''re simply too small and too new of a service to have any kind of statistical base we could extrapolate.

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10 Startup Founder Decisions That Have No Good Answer

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Don’t wait for the harsh reality of the demanding business world to start thinking about these tradeoffs. Startups are usually founded by product or service experts who don’t enjoy the various growth phases. The founder succession dilemma.

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