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The Corporate Puzzle

These are the 7 specific areas you need to consider in your franchise prototype process: Primary Aim Strategic Objectives Organizational Strategy Management Strategy People Strategy Marketing Strategy Systems Strategy   These 7 areas will fine tune your plan for the ultimate level of success. In this post, we are going to cover the first three. Primary Aim It’s essential in business development to set goals and see a vision for the future. This needs to go beyond the business as you must consider what you want out of life. What do you dream about? How do you see your success

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Mortar Makes it Happen

Today we are going to examine the three keys to business development and how you can put the right bricks in place to build a solid foundation. There are three main areas of business development: • Innovation • Quantification • Orchestration If done well these three areas will help you build a solid foundation for you business. Let’s consider each one of these for just a minute. Innovation Innovation should not be confused with creativity, which is the expression of ideas. Innovation is taking these ideas and putting them into action. This is where a large amount of your focus

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You Spin Me Right ‘Round Baby, Right ‘Round

The biggest area of turn-key businesses is franchises. There is a franchise for ever industry in the world. They are fairly easy to acquire and come with a pre-packaged, easy-to-assemble system. McDonald’s is a prime example of a franchise business, more specifically a 12-figure, 38,000 franchises example. There are a few things we are going to cover: Business Format Franchise The Franchise Prototype Franchise Prototype Standards   Business Format Franchise The business format franchise came from an earlier model call the “trade name” franchise. The major change was in the rights. During the “trade name” days, the franchise owner only

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Expand the Life of Your Business

Today we will explore the life cycle of a business and how to get the most out of each cycle while also extending the lifespan of your business. The four different stages of a business life cycle are: • Infancy • Adolescence • Growing Pains • Maturity We’ll look at what each of these cycles mean and how each of them can assist you in expanding the life span of your business. Infancy This is generally considered the technician’s phase, which is the owner. At this point, the relationship between the business and the owner is that of a new

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Gather the Troops

Today I’d like to focus on the different types of support staff you will require and what makes them so integral. There are essentially three key roles that need to be filled to set your business up for success: The Technician The Manager The Entrepreneur   All of these roles must be played simultaneously by different people with the appropriate talents and it’ss all about balance. The Technician This person represents the present and all that needs to be done for the physical aspects of the business building process. They are the “doer”. This person is most often the most

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