#SmallBusinessAmerica : Forecasting to aid your small business. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
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🗓️ 21 October 2023
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#SmallBusinessAmerica : Forecasting to aid your small business. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
https://genemarks.medium.com/why-forecasting-is-important-for-a-successful-business-plan-fdede7d0cd3d
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Anna. Hi Anna. Hi Anna. Do you have a dilemma that makes you feel totally alone? |
| 0:05.4 | Well, the good news is it's not just you. I'm earning more money than him now and I don't think he likes it. |
| 0:11.4 | We've been sleeping together for the past few weeks, but she has a boyfriend. |
| 0:14.9 | I am a virgin, I'm 25. And I'm just not sure if it's normal. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm Anna Richardson and this is it can't just be me when no topic is off limits. |
| 0:25.0 | Find it wherever you're listening to this or on it can't just be me.co.uk |
| 0:35.4 | I'm John Bats with Gene Marks, my colleague. He is a small business columnist for the Guardian |
| 0:39.6 | newspaper UK and US edition. The third of him choir and other distinguished publications. |
| 0:44.7 | He also has a medium column I recommend and he's recommending a business plan no matter how big |
| 0:50.8 | or small you are where you're going. Why Gene? How does this help to imagine beforehand? |
| 0:56.9 | Well, I mean, you know, business plans themselves are very, very important for all businesses |
| 1:01.2 | depending on, you know, what they're at. But I mean, jeez, it is a, I think that it goes beyond |
| 1:07.8 | just having a business plan. I like to talk about forecasting for, you know, for the clients |
| 1:13.7 | that I work for. And I just have to tell you that, you know, you and I have been talking about |
| 1:18.8 | the slow economy we've been talking about the impact that inflation and supply chain has on |
| 1:22.5 | businesses, John. And I just want to know like my smallest clients to get ahead of this stuff, |
| 1:27.2 | they're looking ahead. And it's not just a matter of putting together, you know, a plan. I mean, |
| 1:31.6 | you can write all you want, but they're really doubling down on forecasting, John. And I can't |
| 1:37.7 | say enough if you're running a business now, regardless of your industry, you really need to be |
| 1:42.8 | forecasting your cash flow for at least the next 90 to 120 days. The next three to four months. |
| 1:49.1 | It's not that difficult to do. And I talk about it in a podcast that do for the Hartford. |
| 1:53.8 | You get together with your accountant. And every month, you can analyze what your projected |
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