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Carol Frank has been a columnist for many pet industry publications over the years including APPA, Pet Business, Pet Age, and Pet Product News. This page contains many of the articles she has written in date order as well as articles from guest contributors.
Three Benefits of an M&A Advisor When Selling or Refinancing Your Business
When it comes to selling or refinancing your company, many pet industry owners have questions about the benefits of using an M&A advisor, also known as an investment banker (assuming they have the appropriate FINRA designation). The reasons are simple. An advisor can dramatically improve...
Getting the MOST out of your Insurance Program
Carol Frank with guest Pam Adams Business liability insurance saved my company from bankruptcy. Several years ago a competitor sued me for the sole purpose of putting my company, Avian Adventures, out of business. The charges had been trumped up and falsified; yet I still had to spend the money...
Keeping Employees Motivated in Tight Times
By Bryan Williamson and Carol Frank Are you finding it difficult to keep your employees motivated? Do you feel that your people’s morale has been reaching new lows? If so, you’re not alone. Among the many challenges of a tough economy, most managers find one of the hardest is keeping their...
A Crystal Ball into our Economic Future – a morning with Economist Brian Beaulieu
Almost two years ago to the day, I wrote one of my first blogs about listening to an economist at the Denver CEO Forum. Dr. Beaulieu, Executive Director of the Institute for Trends Research, had many predictions about how we should invest/spend our money in the future as well as naming the...
Financial and Life Planning…For Your Pet!
Murphy Green, my Eclectus parrot, is 18 ½ years old and is expected to live another 40-45 years. Lola, my Timneh African Grey, is 3 years old and is expected to live another 40+ years. My dream is for all of us to die on the same day, but unfortunately that is unlikely to happen! While I do have...
Are You an Entrepreneurial Thinker: Genetics or just plain hard work?
Five Traits of Successful Business Starters As a serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies over the years, I have often asked myself “what drives me to start these businesses when so many people are content to sit behind a desk and work for someone else?” Given that the pet industry...
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