10 Metrics Every Growing Business Must Keep An Eye On

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Many, however, don’t know how to take their small business to the next level. What I’m talking about here is a level of discipline and skill necessary to collect and analyze the relevant business data, known as metrics.

Here is my selection of ten key metrics that every six-sigma joint like GE tracks without thinking, but too many small businesses only monitor haphazardly, if at all:

Martin Zwilling

Full Story: http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2011/09/28/10-metrics-every-growing-business-must-keep-an-eye-on/