Guest post by: Christopher Ryan CEO or Fusion Marketing Partners and Center for Business Modeling. Chris is a SCORE colleague and a marketing and sales maven. We are super fans of each other’s work. The following post was published by Chris on his blog in May of 2017 and is chock full of valuable advice. […]
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In any industry, you will find good, and not-so-good businesses and business associates. The same is true in the franchise consulting industry. Franchise consultants play an important role in the franchise industry. They can be a sturdy bridge between individuals seeking franchisees to invest in, and the franchisors who are seeking good franchisee candidates.
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Previously, we looked at how the startup landscape has changed and that you might not need a formal business plan to successfully launch your business. In this post, we will look into why we keep getting the same old business advice. What has emerged, as the funding and risk gap has widened, is a greater
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Innovations and manufacturing businesses have different planning requirements than the more common support and local service businesses.
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It occurred to me as I saw an article about Apple computers that there are some businesses clearly branded to their founders. For example, while I worked for Digital Equipment Corporation, founded by Ken Olsen, the company was not inexorably branded to his personality. However, that is not the case with Steve Jobs. Jobs was
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