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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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Next month I’ll have another round of it, judging both the University of Oregon New Venture Competition and the Rice Business Plan Competition. With that in mind, I’ve recently reviewed an early post, and updated the 10 things I hate most when they come up in business pitches. Instead of that, validate sales by bottoms-up assumptions.

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A Detailed Sample Restaurant Sales Forecast

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Tweet The Palo Alto Software team is at the National Restaurant Association Conference this week and Bplans is featuring articles and resources for restaurant owners. Magda was looking at forecasting sales for a small restaurant. Magda isn’t turning to some magic information source to find out what her sales will be.

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A Detailed Sample Restaurant Sales Forecast

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Magda was looking at forecasting sales for a small restaurant. Magda isn’t turning to some magic information source to find out what her sales will be. So, Magda can do a simple calculation to figure a good day’s sales, when she is running at full capacity: Lunches are 24 x 10 + 24 x 2, which equals $288.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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If you’ve never written a business plan before, Bplans also offers a library of sample medical business plans that you can review or even download to use as a model. Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. Executive summary.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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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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How to Start a Brewery

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You’re looking for a number of 70 precent or more within five miles of the zip code you desire,” says Ben. “I A used system might be through the door quicker and might save you money up front, but make sure you’ve thoroughly reviewed the system and seller—and remember that when you have problems, you’ll likely be on your own to fix them.

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3 Things I Look for in Angel Investing

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I’m actively reviewing more than three dozen submissions as a member of the Willamette Angel Conference. Our group is reviewing companies and will award a six-figure investment in May at an event held May 13 in Eugene, Oregon, my home town. Does it take doubling headcount to double sales? Everything else.