Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Our sales guys were on the front line and heard what they needed to win deals. He decided that our largest customers would be involved in the setting of our priority lists (we did some of this internally in the early years but we saw it mostly as a sales process). The Outside In organization had a one-way flow.

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JULY 5, 2017

Estimated taxes are separate from sales tax and employment taxes. Unlike estimated taxes and employment taxes, sales tax for online business does not work the same way as brick-and-mortar stores. You need to be familiar with rules for sales tax on internet sales and penalties for not collecting it. What is sales tax?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Are sales growing or shrinking? What employee actions are rewarded or punished?

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JULY 16, 2015

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”. Again, sales tripled. “By

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

How much is income and sales tax? Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. Zoning map of Eugene, Oregon. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. We try to recruit investment partners who bring startup operating experience. The reality of most startups is about survival. Conviction.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In this article, you will learn how to build a successful business plan for your cannabis grow operation. Develop Operation and Growing Methods. Choose your operating state. The state you operate in will guide your grow model. Set realistic goals and expectations, especially in your sales forecasts. Find funding .

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Tired of working for someone else, in 2010 they opened a Northwest-style-meets-Southern-cuisine food cart in downtown Eugene, Oregon. Sales and marketing oriented, networking, that’s my expertise. The University of Oregon marketing department also did a survey for us to see what beers and food worked best in a 50-mile radius.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Seasonal businesses are very common, especially in locales where travel and tourism are important industries, where weather has an impact on outdoor business operations, and where retail sales slow during the winter months. Some find alternative business options for the slower part of the year. Accounting Strategy'

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JULY 10, 2014

Profitability does not happen without making sales, plus correctly managing expenses. A better way to state that goal is: “XYZ Company will attain a 10 percent net profit margin by the end of 2014, based on sales of 100,000 units.” Goals are powerful—they can focus attention on achieving desirable outcomes.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

They also offer resources for market research and consulting on how to efficiently scale operations as your business grows. For instance, America’s SBDC Oregon offers a variety of services for entrepreneurs, like access to Market Research Institute data, and business advising for veterans through its Veterans Mean Business program.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

For example: The inventory may be increasing with no corresponding increase in revenues, leaving less operating cash. Cost of goods sold may be increasing in relation to total sales, squeezing the profits in the business. Growing a Business Operations financial forecasts inventory'

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2014

What is it about your business that made you think you’re going to make it this much in sales and yet somehow you didn’t achieve that. This means you need to set goals in sales and expenses. We really encourage you to think about your sales lines in terms of those big major categories. So think about sales goals.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

I’m a member of an angel investment group based where I live in Oregon. Investors like valuation to relate to actual business numbers, such as sales, gross margin (price less direct costs), and burn rate or fixed costs. If you sell products it’s easy to imagine gearing up to make a whole lot more of them if sales grow.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

In Oregon, nearly 30 percent of all traffic fatalities are related to drunk driving. In his research, Jonathan uncovered existing services similar to RIDE in other cities— Be My DD , for example, operates in much of the country—but none of them were nonprofit organizations. Right now, prevention is a hassle.

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JULY 21, 2014

At the close of 2013, Amazon reported holiday season sales were at an all-time high with more than 36.8 increase in sales. In multi-channel retailing, companies sell through several sales channels but each channel – brick & mortar, catalog, ecommerce, contact center, mobile – is independent of the others.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Whether you’re entering a new sales meeting, court room, doctor’s office or a cage fight, you will find yourself repeating it more and more often. ” This was a statement told to me years ago by a former client of mine, Chuck Kaady, owner of Kaady Car Washes, located in Oregon.

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MAY 25, 2016

In this article, I’m going to provide you with a list of strategies that will help you increase your nonprofit’s revenue so that you can not only stay in operation, but thrive! Bake sales. If you have any of your own revenue-generating strategies to share, please leave a comment—I’d love to hear your thoughts! Hold benefit events.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

Operating a business successfully requires energy, health and creativity as well as many other skills and resources so a positive attitude is an asset that can benefit any business. When the economy shifts and sales go down, that can be viewed as a bad business environment. ” – Napoleon. appeared first on Bplans Blog.

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MARCH 31, 2010

We moved from Palo Alto, California to Eugene, Oregon. We voted with our feet, moving from the world’s startup capital to a comfortable university town (the University of Oregon is here) in Oregon. But there’s a lot less angel investment in Oregon than in California. And we’re glad we did.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 27, 2016

The research is conclusive: A study completed by the University of Oregon showed that companies that prepare business plans are 20% more likely to grow their business, and twice as likely to secure investment capital than those that don’t. Such responsibilities of course remain those of the operating executives.

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JULY 11, 2016

If the sound of unlimited dog washes each month is something that fills you with a sense of relief—no more dealing with all that mud and smelly dog yourself—look no further than Bare Bones Dogwash, a little Oregon-based doggie boutique. Plans start at $39 per month. BarkBox: A Monthly Box of Dog Goodies.

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MAY 26, 2015

When I was a child, my family and the other families in our neighborhood held annual summer garage sales. For every yard sale, I’d buy bottled lemonade, bake several batches of cookies and brownies, and set up shop. While an operating agreement isn’t required in all states, it’s always a good idea. Filing for a DBA.

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APRIL 28, 2015

After doing my MBA at the University of Oregon, I decided I wanted to try to become a professional triathlete. It was definitely a mom and pop shop operation, just making the bars out of our kitchen for the first year and a half. million in total sales last year. We got engaged eventually and moved to Eugene. We did about $1.1

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JULY 31, 2015

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. The class was about a three month class, and then after it was over I took those next steps to get my LLC and my bakery license from the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

There was nothing else like it in Eugene, Oregon, but Helen was sure that if they could just try it, consumers in Eugene would love it as much as she did. “Beautiful food always tastes better,” Helen told me, and Ume Grill certainly operates on that philosophy. And in order to secure a loan, she needed a business plan.

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JULY 14, 2015

I’d implemented a business plan including marketing, engagement, sales strategy and realized a few months in that it wasn’t servicing a key influence or in the sales process. Bigger than that was we had an operating agreement that had a non dilution clause for him and I don’t want to get into the weeds of that.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

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MARCH 15, 2016

Do you want to run and operate a physical storefront? How to Decide Between Wholesale and Retail Sales. In addition, the licensing you’ll need will vary by state; in Oregon, for instance, as there is no sales tax, business licenses serve as a substitute for a sales tax ID. Do you want to sell only online?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. You can learn more about the small farm classification system from the USDA’s website, but so long as you’re within the $0-$350,000 bracket, you can guarantee your operation will be classified as a small farm business.

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APRIL 23, 2013

We decided that it was time to put it out in retail stores and see how the sales do. A lot of the ways I was operating my business was based off what I saw indie rock artists doing from a do-it-yourself perspective. we opened up bank accounts, got tax ID numbers, and we always had product on hand. That always comes back to benefit you.

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David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

First, here are our core operating principles: – Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products. We thank Duncan MacDonald-Korth , Captain, University of Oregon Men’s Tennis Team, for his help researching this blog post. Motion is better than no motion; stasis kills.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Businesses For Sale |. Businesses For Sale |. Businesses For Sale |.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. They create budgets, set sales goals, and document their marketing and sales strategies.

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