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Today is an Entrepreneur Speak Spot episode and today my guest is serial entrepreneur Baiju Solanki. He has created income from direct sales, property, restaurants and coaching and consulting. Today you will hear a mixture of practical tips as well as mindset advice. You will also hear How personal development guru Tony Robbins was the push he needed to stop procrastinating How to deal with the reaction of friends and family

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Some things you probably didn’t know about Licencing. Welcome to part 2 of my look at Franchising and Licensing v going it alone. This is from the point of view of someone who wants to buy a franchise or licence as opposed to wanting to create their own. If you missed part one then I would suggest you go there first. The link is financialgymforbusiness.com/009 I gave practical and emotional

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Before I dive into franchising; I just want to make a small point. So many people are confused about the difference or differences between a business franchise and a business license.  Some people don’t even realise that there is indeed a difference.  So much so that it is not unusual to hear the terms franchise used when people actually mean licence and vice versa. They are similar in theory but

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This has to be one of the most common questions I get from business people. My response was usually “discuss this with your accountant” But even when they did, many still had questions or couldn’t decide. I couldn’t figure out why, your accountant is a great place to start. Then I began to see a pattern. The accountants always answered the question from a financial/tax perspective. Which is great, that

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Today my Entrepreneur Speak Spot guest is Anthony “Titanium” Charles who talks very honestly and openly about his business failures and successes. As someone who did very well in Network Marketing, He runs two businesses based on that model so that aspiring entrepreneurs would have a way of making money while they got their own businesses off the ground. He tells how friends on more than one occasion let him

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Buying an existing business is not a simple thing; you need to make sure you are not getting somebody else’s problems for a start. Let us assume you have great business advice you can call on. You could possibly get the financing. The process of actually buying a business aside, if you pick wisely, there a heap of reasons that I could see this working better than building something from

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  While there are many, sadly too many businesses that are forced to close. There are a quiet band of people who opt to go the other way and leave self-employment to go get a job. For some it is a return to a world they missed, but for others it is the sound of the door closing on their dreams. So why go back? For some, being their own

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If business wasn’t hard enough, it is even tougher if the person closest to you; your wife or your husband: is not 100% behind you. It is an issue that I come across all the time while working with clients and one that I have personally experienced from both sides of the coin. So if this is something that you may be going through or you know someone who is,

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In the previous episode I talked about why working for yourself or starting your own business is probably; no not probably; is definitely not for everyone. But at the same time; if it is something you have set your heart on then you are going to love me today because today we are going to show your doubters the door. Whether those doubters are other people; or you doubt yourself.

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Are you cut out to steer your own business ship or should you leave it alone? That’s what I want to talk about today. Nobody wants to put their heart and soul into building something only to find we have chosen the wrong path. And that can apply to people who are doing well but end up unhappy and feeling trapped. So let’s see if we can avoid that happening

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