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Key Strategies for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Considering Franchise Ownership

Strategy Driven

Navigating Your Franchise Journey Embarking on a franchise venture is an exciting escapade into entrepreneurship. At this juncture, the guidance of seasoned franchising consultants can be invaluable, offering insight into the complexities of franchise ownership. Navigating financing options and loan opportunities.

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Fear of Loss of Group Membership is More Powerful Than Management

Mike Cardus

Example – Working with a large Coffee and Bake Shop franchise headquarters wanting the district managers to use Coaching & Feedback as opposed to authority and demands with the franchise owners. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance.

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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. While they played catch-up, we were already working on the next innovation. Firstly, by facilitating all aspects of Apple’s hardware and pre-installing its own operating system, he secured sustainable competitive insularity.

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What Digital Change Demands of IT Organizations - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models.

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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

The question is how to equip employees with the skills to handle complexities such as creating innovative solutions to emergent problems, understanding new markets, and pushing back on the "status quo." They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.