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As the Owner of a Small Business - How Do You Measure Your Week?
As the owner of an SMB - how do you measure your week. On a Friday night what's your top 10 metrics?

As the owner of a private company, how do you measure a good week? What are your jugular metrics when measured at 5 p.m. on a Friday night that give you the essential picture?
I know there are literally 100 Key Performance Indicators you can measure but if I gave you the chance to list just 10. You only get the chance to look at 10. What are your 10? Here is an example of a manufacturing business I'm helping to scale. Each one relates to the week just ended:
10 Friday Night Jugular Metrics
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- The week's Shipped Sales Invoices in Dollars
- Total Sales Invoices
- Purchase Orders Received in Dollars
- Leads generated Inbound Calls and Web Forms
- Unique Visitors to the Web Site
- New Leads entered into ACT/Sage CRM
- Customer Support Calls Unresolved
- New System Installations Completed
- Cash Receipts in Dollars
- Bank Balance
All metrics are added to a graph - 10 graphs with previous year numbers already on the graph. Habits like this can drive businesses. They can create a velocity. What's your top ten?