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The planning cycle

Three levels of planning, running on different clocks. Together they take less time than the reporting most companies produce and never read.

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One serious round a year, three lighter reviews, and a short weekly check.
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The annual plan

What belongs in an annual planning round for an owner-managed online business, and how long it should reasonably take.

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The quarterly review

How a quarterly review is run for an online business: the comparison, the decisions and the discipline that keeps it.

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The weekly rhythm

A weekly operating rhythm for a small online business: which figures to look at every week and which to leave alone.

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