Burke Franklin is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker who is best known for creating BizPlanBuilder business plan software and founding Business Power Tools, the company behind a massive collection of management tools for entrepreneurs, business owners and their advisors. He has over 40 years of experience in business and has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. Burke is also the author of several books, including "Business Black Belt" which provides practical advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners on how to build successful businesses. He is also a popular speaker and has given talks on entrepreneurship, business planning, and marketing at conferences and events around the world. Burke Franklin is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and believes that anyone can start and grow a successful business with the right tools and mindset. He is committed to helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals and has dedicated his career to providing the resources and support they need to succeed.

What I told an entrepreneurship class about success

Biz Therapy, Entrepreneurship, Management, Startups

What does it take to start, build, and run a successful business? When I spoke to an Entrepreneurship Class at UC Santa Barbara, I asked them what they thought it took to be successful in business. They listed the usual words… What I realized in that moment was that these words describe what success looks…

Build a Board of Advisors

Business Plan, Financing, Management, Raising Capital

Use this Sample Letter to Build Your Board of Advisors Having a Board of Advisors working with you can do wonders for solving problems, avoiding stupid mistakes, and attracting capital. Advisors are generally successful or retired executives, business owners, consultants, professors, or others who could help your business. You don’t need to pay them with…

Product Tricks: Collaborating Over a Server or the Internet

Technology

by The JIAN Technical Team If you’ve purchase software from JIAN in the past 2 years, you have the capability to engage others in collaboration on your business plan, employee policies manual, press releases, stock options plan and safety plan (Our sample contract collection, AgreementBuilder as well as MarketingBuilder will be reintroduced in the new…

"People don’t return my phone calls or emails!"

Biz Therapy, Customer Service, Guest Columnist, Management, Sales

READING TIME: 75 seconds! This is one of the most common complaints I hear from clients and colleagues. Here’s my (edited) response to a client about this concern. First off, you need to FULLY understand this concept: that people are tuned into a particular “frequency.” It’s also called “signal.” Everything else is “noise.” Signal… noise.…