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The Good Life. |
Post at MichelleTuesday.com ![]() ![]() Business priorities for MTMS ![]() ![]() Done, and the cash flow is looking decent. ![]() I worked on this in Access all afternoon Saturday. I was stuck on the recurring transactions (i.e., lessons recur every week), but I found some templates and instructions that rock the house. I think it might work. ![]() I did look at the break-even. I tweaked some of my more simplified assumptions to better reflect reality, and since I always erred on the conservative side in my initial business plannin, the results were pleasing. I still have some validation work to do, but on initial evaluation, it looks like I'm about 2/3 of the way to break even. At week #6. (That's WEEK, not MONTH. Remember, too, that this is a brick-and-mortar business. No, I'm not bragging. ![]() ![]() Based an idea Chris (office manager) had when we made a scheduling error at our Grand Opening, we now have a Plan B for non-filled Samplers. It's genius, really. Although it doesn't make as much money as a full class or private lessons, it still makes a profit, keeps our teachers scheduled, and makes the client happy, too. Since our Samplers covert more than 90% of students into long-term private lessons, we like to bring them in when they're scheduled and not be cancelling classes on people. So I feel better about offering Samplers when I'm not sure if I can fill them. Which is good, because when they're on the schedule, they seem to fill the majority of the time anyway. ![]() (1) Moved the drums to another room. They're still loud. (2) Is it Thanksgiving yet? We may need to address this sooner. It's not a problem when the school isn't full. But, holy cow, we are getting full! We need to weather-strip the doors. ![]() * Update planner * Customer appreciation event or activity Temporary goal: Plan Keith's 40th birthday party. ![]() Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. ![]() One load of laundry per day. ![]() Achieve a weight of 150 by 12/31/2010 Weight: ? SUNDAY MEALS: Waffles: 7 Coffee: 1 Cookies at church: 10? McDouble: 9 Bowl of homemade white chili: 7? Ice cream: 6 TOTAL POINTS: 40? (Goal: 25) This guessing stuff is not good. Nor were the stupid cookies. MONDAY MEALS: Waffles: 7 Coffee: 2 Chili: 7 TOTAL POINTS: 16 |