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I write often about franchise fit: matching your experience, resources, and goals to the right franchise business. Finding your fit […]
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By many measures, I succeeded as a corporate marketing executive. I moved steadily up the ladder, earned an excellent income, […]
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Would you retire early if you had the chance? Most people would say yes. So what’s stopping you? Money? Uncertainty […]
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The American economy is going through some upheaval. Some see this disruption as a good thing, some see it as […]
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how to manage risk as a franchisee. I think those are […]
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There’s no shortage of information on how to achieve franchise success. Some of it is strategic, some is tactical. Some […]
When I talk to people about entrepreneurship, I sometimes get fear-based responses. After all, it can be hard to think […]
Quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
In November 2020, I wrote a post about why I was deeply thankful, despite the many difficulties we had all […]
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It’s the simple truth: a franchise is a big purchase. The cost is often similar to (or even more than) […]
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The vast majority of my franchise candidates are facing professional transition. For some of them, the transition is voluntary: they […]
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