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How We Forecast $4B in GMV to 3% Accuracy

Every forecast is wrong. The question is whether yours is useful.

Luke Austin, walks through the CTC Methodology series opener: a complete operating model for making profit predictable across ecommerce brands. This is not a spreadsheet. It is a four-step system built on 12 years of experience and $4 billion in GMV, combining proprietary data science with daily operational discipline to hit 3% forecast accuracy at scale.

Topics covered in this episode:

Why all models are wrong and what makes the best ones useful

The "tigers not mice" framework for prioritizing what actually matters

Qualitative…

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