Business Goal Setting Like A BOSS!

This activity alone could be the deciding factor between success and failure. Learn how to set and reach your business goals.

The response I usually get when I run this exercise with startups is “Holy S!@#! this has blown my mind”, which is quickly followed by “this changes everything!”.

I’ll run you through how to do it yourself in this article so you can do the exercise yourself and set your expectations correctly to make the right moves early on.

Contents

1. Setting and reaching a specific business revenue goal
2. Tool to reverse engineer your business goals
3. Using what you’ve learned to set your business goals

1. Setting and reaching a specific business revenue goal

A wide array of factors are required for a business to be successful, with reaching the revenue or sales goal being a key component. For the purpose of this article, this is what we’ll focus on, setting and hitting a revenue target.

Making sure the goal is SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound) is obviously a key factor, but what about how you actually get there?