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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Navigating Your Franchise Journey Embarking on a franchise venture is an exciting escapade into entrepreneurship. At this juncture, the guidance of seasoned franchising consultants can be invaluable, offering insight into the complexities of franchise ownership. Financial forecasting and budget management.

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Why Big Bird Remains Powerfully — and Globally — Significant

Harvard Business Review

Sesame Street , in fact, is a great case study of a brand that has managed to remain powerful over decades and across cultures. The outpouring of support for the giant yellow puppet that followed the first debate is a testament to his and Sesame Street's continued relevance in people's lives. Taking The Long View.

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Case Study: An Angel Investor with an Agenda

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. That sort of money should allow you to open 10 new centers next year, not through franchising as you'd planned, but under your direct ownership and control.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Validating proof of concept around social media ROI is a discussion that may have had a bit of relevance 24 months ago, but unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last couple of years you know that numerous case studies abound which validate social media beyond any reasonable doubt. I Think Not.

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Why Social Marketing Is So Hard

Harvard Business Review

So many brilliant people have been writing, speaking, and sharing case studies over that length of time, that if I only listed a few, I'd miss some really important thinkers. By doing this, they got a benefit equivalent to a multi-million dollar marketing budget by enabling a franchise of passionate users to do their thing.

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Making African Health Care Radically Cheaper

Harvard Business Review

Disruptive innovations can play a critical role in democratizing healthcare by making goods and services affordable and convenient enough that large populations of under-served consumers become able to access them. Entrepreneurs and private-sector organizations are particularly well-placed to bring such disruptive innovations to life.