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Create a Powerful Dashboard.

Berkonomics

If your business has no trade with Japan that could be affected by arbitrage, early shipments or other tactics that take advantage of the moving value of these currencies, that statistic is irrelevant to the dashboard – even if interesting to you. Find metrics that will be “leading indicators” of trouble to come.

Metrics 184
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10 Stumbling Blocks To Innovative Business Thinking

Startup Professionals Musings

I agree with the classic book by Ros Taylor, “ Creativity at Work: Supercharge Your Brain and Make Your Ideas Stick ,” which outlines some key psychological impediments to creative business thinking and change: Just use the data metrics. Tricked by recency. So when decisions are to be made, we tend to remember recent information and issues.

Metrics 157
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How to make the most useful dashboard

Berkonomics

If your business has no trade with Japan that could be affected by arbitrage, early shipments or other tactics that take advantage of the moving value of these currencies, that statistic is irrelevant to the dashboard – even if interesting to you. Find metrics that will be “leading indicators” of trouble to come.

Metrics 156
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5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

You may be a product expert, but have little experience with running a business, or marketing, or sales. In the startup world, even the best-laid plans are probably wrong, so there is a need to be able to launch fast, have metrics in place to measure progress, learn from real customer feedback, and pivot as required.

Startup 162
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10 Obstacles To Creative Responses For Market Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I agree with the classic book by Ros Taylor, “ Creativity at Work: Supercharge Your Brain and Make Your Ideas Stick ,” which outlines some key psychological impediments to creative business thinking and change: Just use the data metrics. Tricked by recency. So when decisions are to be made, we tend to remember recent information and issues.

Marketing 119
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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. We all have our favorite metric and our passion, but keeping up with real-world changes and trends seems to be always just out of reach.

Metrics 81
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10 Barriers To Change That Limit Entrepreneur Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I agree with the book by Ros Taylor, “ Creativity at Work: Supercharge Your Brain and Make Your Ideas Stick ,” which outlines some key psychological impediments to creative business thinking and change: Just use the data metrics. Sales people tend to remember the latest product when selling to clients, not the one best for that customer.