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The last minute is an easy habit to fall into. Once you start focusing on crises, it makes it really difficult to find the focus and energy to begin planning ahead. But the last minute can be risky…It’s crucial to remember that just because a person is hurt on someone’s property, it doesn’t indicate the … Read more

Intention comes with design thinking. Who’s it for and what’s it for? Have you identified the smallest viable audience and built a product and created and designed a service infrastructure around it that works beautifully for this audience?When it comes to the global market, many people tend to think of it as a playground for … Read more

A lesson from a koan is really valuable here. Voices that purport to know the future–whether they are psychics, astrologers, family or the noise in our head–are pretty effective when it’s vague enough, but terrible when it comes to specifics. That’s because when it’s vague, we complete the story on our own, creating our own … Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the electric car maker will have fully self-driving vehicles on the road by the end of the year. During an earnings call with investors on Wednesday, the serial entrepreneur revealed that he is already testing an updated version of the firm’s Autopilot software on his commute to work in … Read more

Far too many business owners have been running at half speed during the Covid 19 lockdown. It’s very understandable of course. The whole event was so left field, so unexpected, that so many entrepreneurs felt quite powerless during it. But now that most countries are slowly moving out of full lockdown mode, it is absolutely … Read more

Immediately after the dramatic 1991 recession, at The Franchise Alliance the two John’s and I experienced a huge spike in franchisee enquiries Australia-wide. And I expect the same to happen later this year…so gear yourself up to fill the vacuum by offering franchise opportunities in your business. Watch this space for the announcement of how … Read more

So much of this applies to business partner as much as life partner Immediately after the dramatic 1991 recession, at The Franchise Alliance the two John’s and I experienced a huge spike in franchisee enquiries Australian-wide. And I expect the same to happen later this year…so gear yourself up to fill the vacuum by offering … Read more

Writing an instruction manual, doing a survey, creating a map–they’re all difficult tasks because of the translation that’s required: the person doing the work already knows what they’re trying to teach. But the person interacting with the manual doesn’t.Whether you are a natural-born leader or learn to become one over time, franchisees need to be … Read more

The way Ray Kroc tells the story, when he first encouraged the McDonald brothers to open more hamburger restaurants, they winced. Is this the year you’re going to run a marathon, cut out processed sugars and finally apply for that promotion you’ve been after? Shelley Zalis, CEO of the Female Quotient shares with Entrepreneur Network … Read more

Whilst goal setting, planning and time management are important to success, this is NOT a goal setting, planning or time management tool. There are plenty of great tools out there to set goals by and to help you manage your time and personal effectiveness. When you break it down, franchising is simply a proven method … Read more