{"id":38816,"date":"2019-06-24T03:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/blog\/?p=38816"},"modified":"2019-06-24T03:49:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:49:38","slug":"10-key-metrics-every-business-should-look-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/10-key-metrics-every-business-should-look-out-for.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Key Metrics Every Business Should Look Out For"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p style=\"font-size:0\" class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Just like you can&rsquo;t drive a car blindfolded, you can&rsquo;t do business without paying attention to the numbers. Otherwise, you&rsquo;re doomed to crash &mdash; in both situations. How much revenue does your company earn? What&rsquo;s your growth rate? 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