Burke Franklin is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker who is 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.
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, 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.
Excerpted from the book on conscious business management, Business Black Belt Accidents happen… when you are thinking about something else. You must pay attention to everything all the time. The world is moving too fast and mistakes are too expensive for you to allow yourself to “space out.” You must always be conscious. You can’t…
Excerpted from the book on conscious business management, Business Black Belt I’m interested only in God’s thoughts, the rest are details. ~ Albert Einstein, physicist What if you could naturally trigger your memory at a future date or time so you would remember to do something? This is a little trick I discovered. I call…
Excerpted from the book on conscious business management, Business Black Belt Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ~ Hans Margolius In addition to your five senses, many other “senses” provide quality direction—beyond the limited scope of your intellect. I was taught that…
Excerpted from the book on conscious business management, Business Black Belt Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and poet Different people with their variety of baggage come before us in life to teach us something—you can resist them only to…
A more enlightened approach to using pain and setbacks as valuable learning experiences. Dwell not on the perceived pain, but on the improvements you will make as a result of them. Excerpted from the book on conscious entrepreneurship and business management, Business Black Belt “A practitioner must learn to perform at top speed all the…