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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2020

Leading Blog

Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. frameworks that help make thoughtful decisions about starting, growing, managing, and selling a business. Rather than dispensing simplistic rules, he mentors readers in the development of a mental toolkit for approaching challenges based on how startup markets evolve in real life.

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Building Residual Income By Franchising Your Business

Strategy Driven

The vision for every entrepreneur is to eventually figure out how to scale to the point where the day to day business isn’t reliant on the owner every minute of every day. For more information on how to franchise your business, visit Franchise Marketing Systems: www.fmsfranchise.com/.

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Are You Falling for the Myth of "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail"?

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Dr. Gleb Tsipursky: You probably heard the advice for entrepreneurs that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” For instance, a 2002 study of major construction projects found that 86% went over budget. We suggested making it a requirement for project managers to use past project costs to inform future projections.

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Success Begins with Quality Customer Service

Chart Your Course

Entrepreneurs willing to invest the time and effort into satisfying the most valuable component of their business are setting themselves up for long-term success. But eConsultancy’s 2013 Cross-Channel Marketing Report found that 70 percent of business owners feel acquisitions are definitely more expensive than retention.

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Building Residual Income By Franchising Your Business

Strategy Driven

The vision for every entrepreneur is to eventually figure out how to scale to the point where the day to day business isn’t reliant on the owner every minute of every day. For more information on how to franchise your business, visit Franchise Marketing Systems: www.FranchiseMarketingSystems.com.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Should You Name Your Company After Yourself?

Harvard Business Review

When entrepreneurs start a business, they often grapple with whether to use their name in their company’s name. The other paper says founder-named firms are 8% less valuable than their counterparts, and founder-named-and-managed firms are 21% less valuable. So, should you do it? Why the difference?