Building a Job or a Business? (Part 6 of 6)

by Liz Blake | Jul 7, 2016 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance

Congratulations on staying till the final stop of this ride!  It is now time to see how the Franchising Prototype can work for you. Small business owners are often admonished: “work on your business, not in it” and left with frustrations wondering,...

Building a Job or a Business? (Part 5 of 6)

by Liz Blake | Jul 4, 2016 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance

In the preceding 4 Parts of this topic we have laid out the reasons why most small business owners are working too hard, exhausted and the business is not delivering the lifestyle ownersoriginally set out to achieve. In Part 5 we now look at the Mature phase of...

Building a Job or a Business? (Part 4 of 6)

by Liz Blake | Jun 30, 2016 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance

In Parts 1,2 and 3 we have taken a snapshot at why most small business fail in their first three years and why owners come to frustration or exhaustion. The problem which of the three ‘people’ in each business owner is running the show. I hope you are...

Building a Job or a Business? (Part 3 of 6)

by Liz Blake | Jun 27, 2016 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance

In Part 1 and 2 we have been looking at the big reason the vast majority of small businesses fail in their first few years. There are 4 big ideas being introduced through this series, but first we must understand the three ‘people’ that must cohabit inside...

Building a Job or a Business? (Part 2 of 6)

by Liz Blake | Jun 23, 2016 | Attitude, Leadership, Performance

In Part 1 of this six-part topic, we introduced the romantic myth of how businesses start, yet contrasting the terrible statistics of failure of businesses in their first few years. This led us to the paradox of the creative tension between three necessary...