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without you losing control, your mind, or your shirt!" says Burke Franklin the entrepreneur, author, and speaker best known for creating BizPlanBuilder® business plan software, and founding Business Power Tools®, the company behind a massive collection of management tools for entrepreneurs, business owners and their advisors. He has over 40 years of experience in business and has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses.
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Burke is also the author of several books, including "Business Black Belt" which provides practical advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners on how to build successful businesses. He is also a popular speaker and has given talks on entrepreneurship, mindset, business planning, and marketing at conferences and events around the world.
Burke Franklin is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and believes that anyone can start and grow a successful business with the right tools and mindset. He is committed to helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals and has dedicated his career to providing the resources and support they need to succeed.
This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review and you can link to it here. Improving customer experience is often a top business priority, but what about employee experience? Temkin Group reports a correlation between employee engagement and success in customer experience. In its 2016 Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, the firm showed that companies that…
From Paul Rosenberg of Freeman’s Perspective and his privacy guide. See also the step-by-step instructions in Quincy’s great guide. The free Internet that many of us loved has become a surveillance web, serving governments and mega-corps, while abusing the rest of us. For those whose eyes are opening to this sad fact, we have assembled…
Average SBA CDC / 504 Loan Rates as of November 2016 Christopher Hurn Founder/CEO at Fountainhead Commercial Capital (from a recent article on ValuePenguin) CDC / 504 loans can only be used for real estate and long-term equipment purchases, and they come with 10 or 20 year terms. A 504 loan is actually composed of…
Train yourself (and anyone who does interviewing for you) to refrain from asking any questions related to age, gender, color, race, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, political belief, physical well-being, or disabilities.
Update Your Sales Proposals I see a sales proposals all the time. Recently, a friend who is a painting contractor in Southern California contacted me with a request for help in winning a deal — She’s got a great business, a keen eye for color and the skills to make any home or business attractive,…
