Masterlist: Prepare for Growth

Earlier this week, I asked if you are ready to double your sales. In Anything You Want, Derek Sivers encourages entrepreneurs to be prepared for more sales...but how do you get prepared? Here are some tips from around the web:

For retailers,

“Your sales figures are entirely contingent on the merchandise sitting on your sales floor.”

Read more about being prepared with enough merchandise in this post from Abby Kerr.

The cupcake girls recommend being prepared:

"We were also prepared to grow quickly, if we had to. I think you have to be conservative in your forecasting, but be able to scale up quickly and take advantage of momentum."

- Daily Worth

Keep your business lifecycle in mind (I like this explanation, by Charlie Gilkey) as you think about growth.

Where are you? Where are you headed?

How are you preparing for growth?

Could you double tomorrow?