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

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About the plan: Located in Medford, Oregon, Martin Cove Brewing Company has been a successful microbrewery for the past three years. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Know your customers and your financials. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

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How to measure the accuracy of forecasts

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So, was the forecast accurate? Does that mean the forecast was inaccurate? How do you hold forecasters accountable, when the forecast is only a probability? The forecast is what chance this lead has of converting, or what dollar value it has. Similarly, the forecaster will sometimes predict 0% or 10% or 50%.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. Then you’ll think through your ideal customer , your competition , and your opportunities for growth. Positioning : Describe how you will present your company to your customers with your positioning statement.

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How to Grow Your Business by Setting Goals [Webinar]

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Don’t set a sales goal or a sales forecast with a hundred line items in there. You’ve got a three year forecast with your goals, monthly for the first 12 months, and then yearly for the next two years. Same month, last year, the full last year, look at your history because that will help inform your goal setting and you forecasting.

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The 7 key components of a perfect elevator pitch

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If your product or service doesn’t solve a problem that potential customers have, you don’t have a viable business. As long as you, as an entrepreneur, are solving a problem that customers have, you can build a business. There are no good Chinese restaurants in Eugene, Oregon.”. Simple as that.

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The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch [With Video]

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If your product or service doesn’t solve a problem that potential customers have, you don’t have a viable business model. As long as you, as an entrepreneur, are solving a problem that customers have, you can build a business. There are no good Chinese restaurants in Eugene, Oregon.”. What do your customers already spend?

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How to Balance Cash Flow in a Seasonal Business

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Some find ways to create off-season demand through partnerships with other businesses, or by offering deals to local customers, or by moving sales online. A good cash flow forecast will help with analysis of funds available and costs throughout the year. The key to success in a seasonal business is management of cash flow.

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