Developing a Successful Business Plan: Part 6

by Noah Parsons on November 30, 2006

In part 6 of our series, Tim Berry discusses forecasting. Tim will teach you how to forecast sales, estimate costs, and how to produce an accurate profit & loss forecast. At the end of the day, forecasting is more of an art than a science and Tim will show you how to get the job done.

About Noah Parsons

Before joining Palo Alto Software, Noah Parsons was an early Internet marketing expert in the Silicon Valley. He joined Yahoo! in 1996 as one of its first 101 employees and become Producer of the Yahoo! Employment property as part of the Yahoo! Classifieds team before leaving to serve as Director of Production at Epinions.com. He is a graduate of Princeton University. Noah devotes most of his free time to his three young sons. In the winter you'll find him giving them lessons on the ski slopes, and in summer they're usually involved in a variety of outdoor pursuits. Noah is currently the COO at Palo Alto Software.