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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

They assist in determining if this entrepreneurial path aligns with personal goals and life plans, making the exploration into franchising a critical first step for potential owners. Financial forecasting and budget management. Creating an Exit Strategy An exit strategy is as essential as a plan to start a franchise.

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How to Avoid Failing as a Business Start-Up Entrepreneur

Chart Your Course

Although no one goes into business with the plan of failure, many people fail to plan, and that’s the number one mistake that you can make as a startup. The biggest problem that business owners tend to have is the failure to plan in the beginning, as well as throughout their entire journey.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Why Startups Fail: Six Issues to Avoid

Leading Blog

Tim Eisenmann is a professor at Harvard Business School, where he’s led The Entrepreneurial Manager , a required course for all of their MBAs. Profit Formula: This is your plan for making money. But they are more likely to boost the odds of failure by creating yet one more serious problem for management to deal with.

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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

Leading Blog

Of course, part of that entailed reestablishing the company’s reputation for cutting-edge technology. The Takeaway for Leaders and Businesses If there is one thing you take away from Microsoft’s story, let it be this: Innovation requires planning. They plan their luck. But there was much more than that.

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A Smarter Approach for Upgrading Your Business Technology

Strategy Driven

Technology is incredibly important for all of our businesses. No matter what kind of company you run, there’s probably some kind of technology that helps you manage customers, advertise your products and shorten the amount of time you spend on administrative tasks. Sadly, technology can get extremely expensive over time.

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First Look: Leadership Books for April 2020

Leading Blog

Many leaders see their roles as presiders/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. Rocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. Offering a radical rethinking of leadership, Mukherjee shows why digital technologies call for a new kind of leader?one

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