LivePlan can provide you with benchmark data for your industry (or for all industries). Share some data from the industry benchmark comparison from your business plan:

Step 1 - Due by the end of 2nd day of Unit 7:

• Industry name and NAICS code, region and company size that you used as the benchmark comparison

Step 2 - Due by the end of Unit 7 (please edit your initial response to include the following information in one posting):

• Choose 2-3 benchmark metrics and report the data, your forecast, and the variance
• Provide an explanation as to why you think your forecast may vary from the benchmark. This will require that you look closely at the part of your forecast from which the data was derived.