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12 Amazing Franchise Opportunities: Second Edition
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12 Amazing Franchise Opportunities Second Edition is the ultimate franchise guide to help you discover new and amazing franchise opportunities worthy of your investment! This franchise guidebook includes sponsored advertising information as well as step-by-step instructions to investigating franchises. The 12 franchise companies promoted in this book provided their own stories. Dr. John Hayes, who has been writing about franchising since 1979, contributed an introduction to each brand and then provided these insightful chapters:
- 17 steps to successfully buying a franchise
- How to investigate before you invest in a franchise
- Funding your franchise acquisition: Where do you get the money
- How to succeed with a franchise broker, and more
Want to find out if you are a good fit for franchising? The book provides a link to a free profile that can help you decide if franchising makes sense for you.
Foreword by Dr. Ben Litalien, CFE.
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Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realized that working in a high-pressure, high profile world was not his idea of success. In Company of One, Jarvis explains how you can find the right pathway to do the same, including planning how to set up your shop, determining your desired revenues, dealing with unexpected crises, keeping your key clients happy, and of course, doing all of this on your own. Company of One is a refreshingly new approach centered on staying small and avoiding growth, for any size business.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Starts out strong...
- By Oliver Nielsen on 05-02-20
By: Paul Jarvis
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Finish Big
- How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top
- By: Bo Burlingham
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 127
When pioneering business journalist and Inc. magazine editor at large Bo Burlingham wrote Small Giants, it became an instant classic for its original take on a common business problem - how to handle the pressure to grow. Now Burlingham is back to tackle an even more common problem - how to exit your company well. Sooner or later, all entrepreneurs leave their businesses and all businesses get sold, given away, or liquidated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Begin with the end in mind
- By D. Hartzell on 02-05-15
By: Bo Burlingham
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The Entrepreneur's Playbook
- More Than 100 Proven Strategies, Tips, and Techniques to Build a Radically Successful Business
- By: Leonard C. Green, Paul B. Brown
- Narrated by: Leonard C. Green, Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
Big new ideas rarely make great businesses. Laboring on a business plan can be a waste of time. You are going to need dramatically more start-up money than you think you do. Counterintuitive concepts like these have helped the world's best entrepreneurs succeed. Yet most of us only learn them the hard way. Len Green, an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and business professor, shares inside secrets and proven tactics for launching a business.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Need a narrator who is not phlegmy
- By Leo on 01-19-18
By: Leonard C. Green, and others
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The Million-Dollar Financial Advisor
- Powerful Lessons and Proven Strategies from Top Producers
- By: David J. Mullen Jr.
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 498
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 412
The best financial advisors are well equipped to succeed regardless of market conditions. Based on interviews with 15 top advisors, each doing several million dollars worth of business every year, The Million-Dollar Financial Advisor distills their universal success principles into 13 distinct lessons. Each is explained step-by-step for immediate application by veteran and new financial professionals alike.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic tips and practices
- By SS MacIntyre on 03-10-15
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The Automatic Customer
- Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry
- By: John Warrillow
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,036
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 902
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 892
The lifeblood of your business is repeat customers. But customers can be fickle, markets shift, and competitors are ruthless. So how do you ensure a steady flow of repeat business? The secret--no matter what industry you're in--is finding and keeping automatic customers. These days virtually anything you need can be purchased through a subscription, with more convenience than ever before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Can be applied to almost any business
- By C Mason on 02-25-15
By: John Warrillow
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
- How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
- By: Ryan Blair, Don Yaeger
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Ryan Blair knows about building a business from the ground up. Like many entrepreneurs he had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset.Blair's middle-class childhood came to an abrupt end when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. Blair and his mother moved to a bad neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wouldn't read it again
- By Blahhhhhh on 01-07-13
By: Ryan Blair, and others
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The Self-Made Billionaire Effect
- How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value
- By: John Sviokla, Mitch Cohen
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 319
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 258
Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn't left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear Stearns had exploited the inventive ideas of Stephen Ross? Scores of top-tier entrepreneurs worked for established corporations before they struck out on their own and became self-made billionaires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time!
- By Anonymous User on 05-30-20
By: John Sviokla, and others
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The Wawa Way
- How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
- By: Bob Andelman, Howard Stoeckel
- Narrated by: Dana Hickox
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for Wawa dairy products. Since then, the convenience store has grown into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas: fuel, convenience, and food, all while maintaining their personal approach and small business mentality. Now, almost 50 years later, Wawa has opened its first store in Florida and begun to play on the national field. How did it happen?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great outline for success at anything...
- By Friend on 09-29-15
By: Bob Andelman, and others
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Angel Investing
- The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups
- By: David S. Rose
- Narrated by: David S. Rose
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 143
From building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exit strategies, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enlightening
- By Keith L. on 04-06-15
By: David S. Rose
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Peak
- How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow (Revised and Updated)
- By: Chip Conley
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Peak is the popular, transformative guide to doing business better, written by a seasoned entrepreneur/CEO who has disrupted his favorite industry not once but twice. Author Chip Conley, founder and former CEO of one of the world's largest boutique hotel companies, turned to psychologist Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs at a time when his company was in dire need.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Presentation and attention to detail matter
- By Stephen Estelle on 11-05-19
By: Chip Conley
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Mastering the VC Game
- A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-Up to IPO on Your Terms
- By: Jeffrey Bussgang
- Narrated by: Ramon De Ocampo
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Finding the right venture capitalist to back your start-up is a challenge. Even if you manage to get backing, you want your VC to be a partner, not some dictator who will undermine your vision and take control of your life's work. Jeffrey Bussgang is one of a very few people who have played on both sides of this high-stakes game. Now he draws on his unique perspective to offer high-level insights, colorful stories, and practical advice. He reveals how to get noticed, perfect a pitch, and negotiate a partnership that works for everyone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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slow in beginning but gets really good
- By Diana on 04-11-19
By: Jeffrey Bussgang
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Shortcut Your Startup
- Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches
- By: Carter Reum, Courtney Reum
- Narrated by: Carter Reum
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience in the field, from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits. The Reum brothers have learned from every triumph and tribulation and over the years have developed an effective and easy-to-understand guide to help entrepreneurs through the startup journey from inception to sale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for start ups
- By Dave on 02-09-18
By: Carter Reum, and others
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The Last Safe Investment
- Spending Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever
- By: Bryan Franklin, Michael Ellsberg
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Michael Ellsberg and Bryan Franklin think you've been fed a lie: that if you save for decades and invest in 401(k)s, IRAs, and a home, these investments will grow steadily over decades, allowing 20 to 30 years of secure, peaceful retirement. This might have been true at some point in the last century, but it is not true any longer. If you want to get ahead and enjoy a life of prosperity, the authors argue that you must invest in the most powerful source of wealth you'll ever know: your own earning power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Paradigm Shift For Me...
- By Brad Spencer on 07-01-16
By: Bryan Franklin, and others
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Scale
- Seven Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back
- By: Jeff Hoffman, David Finkel
- Narrated by: David Finkel
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 184
Business owners want growth but fear it will take over their lives. Surprisingly, the only way to truly grow your company is to reduce its reliance on you - to scale. Jeff Hoffman and David Finkel offer a blueprint to rapidly grow your business while also gaining more freedom. Based on their own experiences starting, scaling, and effectively exiting from multiple successful companies, they provide seven clear principles that will help you determine the best strategy for growth in your company.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All stuff no fluff
- By Jonathan Bonanno on 05-25-21
By: Jeff Hoffman, and others
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The Art of the Start 2.0
- The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
- By: Guy Kawasaki
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 867
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 864
Whether you're an entrepreneur, an intrapreneur, or a not-for-profit leader, there's no shortage of advice on such topics as writing a business plan, recruiting, raising capital, and branding. In fact there are so many books, articles, and websites that many startups get bogged down to the point of paralysis, or they focus on the wrong priorities and go broke before they discover their mistakes.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like a collection of about.com articles
- By Lee on 06-15-15
By: Guy Kawasaki
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Street Smarts
- An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs
- By: Norm Brodsky, Bo Burlingham
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,735
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,526
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,527
People starting out in business tend to seek step-by-step formulas or rules, but in reality there are no magic bullets. Rather, says veteran company-builder Norm Brodsky, there's a mentality that helps street- smart entrepreneurs solve problems and pursue opportunities as they arise. Brodsky shares his hard-earned wisdom every month in Inc. magazine, in the hugely popular "Street Smarts" column he cowrites with Bo Burlingham. Now they've adapted their best advice into a comprehensive guide for anyone running a small business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This great audio was originally called The Knack!
- By morton on 12-16-11
By: Norm Brodsky, and others
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Great tool to research franchise opportunities
Straight forward info shared by franchise subject matter expert. Easy to follow and builds confidence to pursue franchise concepts. Highly recommend reading
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