Owner's Voyage - The Journey to Business Ownership

One of the many keys to success in business and in life is understanding systems... from adjusting the temperature of you shower to responding to COVID-19...

I saw an article several years ago that made a distinction between small business owners and entrepreneurs... I'm not sure that is helpful...

Your identity defines how you execute the roles you undertake....

This episode is an insightful interview with Sara Waskow of FranNetDFW. Sara is a franchisee that helps folks find a franchise that might work for them. Her process in interesting. Her insights are valuable. Having a local resource to help you with the network of local support a business might need is definitely and added benefit! 

You can contact Sara by phone: 817-519-3952

By email: [email protected]

On the web: frannetdfw.com

Whether you are new to business or an old hand, transformational thinking is always welcome. The Fifth Discipline is the kind of book that will provide mental model of mental models that can provide transformational thinking as well as transformational processes.

https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0385517254

OODA Loop? Boyd Loop?

What kind of mental model can you fit to your decision process?

What are the key factors for your customers when you consider a retail space? You've got a list of possibles, which one is best?

So you need a retail space and have never thought about how to go about that... It's lots different than buying a house....

As a small business owner that phrase has a different connotation. Instead of the employee view were you trade your time for money (salary), as a small business owner your trade get time back by paying someone else...

How much persistence can you exhibit? What does in mean to have the discipline to be persistent.