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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Understanding these dynamics through examining real-life case studies can provide a more grounded perspective on what to expect from franchise ownership—a narrative of prudence and practicality. Adhering to franchisor rules and reaping the benefits of the franchise system come hand-in-hand.

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Managing Your Business with Location Mapping

Strategy Driven

Location Mapping Case Study: Starbucks. Perform Due Diligence: Go through the data you have to see how you can enhance it further. You can also use location mapping to set boundaries, label points of interest, segment the demographics, analyze interest and assess risk. Wondering what companies are using location data?

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Hardwoods of Michigan Joins The Six Disciplines Client Community

Six Disciplines

Another Six Disciplines client, Brian Roth of TRUFAST/Altenloh, Brinck & Co., ( see TRUFAST's complete case study here ) suggested that Robert consider Six Disciplines certified business coach Scott Gray and the team at Six Disciplines NWO.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Fine Art of Failure: Benefiting from Mistakes to Assure Success

Strategy Driven

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. By studying swings of the pendulum (likelihoods of failures), one better understands their progress. Experience Gathering – Circumstances within and outside your control caused the projects to fail. Grooming – The team let you down.

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Case Study: Can Nice Guys Finish First?

Harvard Business Review

Editors' Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Who did all the due diligence about the health violations and the labor issues and the back taxes — you or him?". "OK, Listen to me," she said.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business Review

You must also “do your due diligence,” on the organization and its people to make a sound judgment on whether you will enjoy working there, notes Weiss. “If due diligence tells you that you should not take the job, listen.” Cultural fit. Ask yourself, “Is this a place where I will be happy?

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What Made a Great Leader in 1776

Harvard Business Review

” Which helps to explain why Ellis’s book is a such a terrific case study in leadership. Do your due diligence. Indeed, the Americans, writes Ellis, were frequently “improvising on the edge of catastrophe.” Here are the lessons I take away from it for leaders today. Then plunge in and push ahead.