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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.
Top 5 Things Entrepreneurs and Business Owners Should Never Do
It’s a Slippery Business World! In business, even highly successful entrepreneurs make mistakes. Smart business owners are able to learn from their mistakes. Really smart business owners learn how to profit from the mistakes of others. You can learn from them too. The trouble is, though, that many...
Access to Capital: Where to Find Money to Grow your Business
As an investment banker specializing in the pet industry, I get a minimum of one contact a week from entrepreneurs (over ½ are female) seeking money to grow their business. It’s the good news and the bad news. It’s good news because it means there are lots of us out there who are continuing to...
The Management Action Process A Plan to Make 2012 your best year EVER!
SMART goals. “Taking my business to the next level.” Strategic Planning. “Working IN the business instead of ON the business." You’ve heard these buzz words and phrases bantered about over the years. While they are important words that merit a lot of attention, often times they cause us to feel...
How to Manage People, and Enjoy it!
by Pam Boyd It’s a dream come true for pet-lovers to work in the industry we love. Unfortunately, in spite of the passion we have for pets, many pet-based businesses bottom out or fail due to an inability of the owner to master or enjoy the management piece of their enterprises. I hear these...
The Plague of the Virtual Employee
Over the last year I’ve been consulting with a company whose founders are spread throughout the country – one on the west coast, one in Colorado, one in Texas. With a phone and internet connection, what could be the problem? As I’ve discovered, - plenty. When people aren’t face-to-face on a...
Why Do I Need to Know What My Business is Worth NOW?
Recently I moderated a webcast for APPA titled “The Basics of Pet Business Valuation.” As business owners and entrepreneurs we tend to think of a valuation as a necessity only when we sell a business or in the unfortunate event of a death or divorce. But what I learned from my two years of working...
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