Women Business Owners to Lead the Nation in Job Creation (Small Business Trends)

Where will tomorrow’s jobs come from? Everyone from Main Street to the White House is focused on that question. Well, according to new data projections from The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute, future job growth will be created primarily by women-owned small businesses.

Guardian’s research shows that by 2018 women entrepreneurs will be responsible for [...]

Sir Speedy Ranks as Top 200 Franchise (dBusinessnews)

Since I used to own a Sir Speedy Center in downtown San Francisco, I am happy to be able to post this article. I just recently had coffee with Don Lowe, the CEO of Franchise Services, and one of my favorite people. Don was president when they asked me to help them develop the nine [...]

Happy Holidays from Your Franchise Coach

Holiday Greetings

As the year ends, I begin thinking about all the things I am grateful for. Having the opportunity to work with such amazing companies and dedicated clients is number one on my list. This has [...]

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Franchise Success Story

When I met my client, she was living in California, unhappy with the direction her life had been going and was ready to make a change. She had a sister who lived in the southwest which gave us a place to start. She needed to sell her house and buy a new one, find the [...]

FEAR is it real or imagined?

I have heard different acronyms for FEAR – False Evidence Appearing Real. FEAR – Failure Expected And Realized. How about the saying of, “feelings aren’t facts.” The key to all of them is an assumption a person has made and a lack of knowledge. It has been my experience over the years that people run away [...]