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The Importance of Adopting an Integrity-Based Martial Arts Business Approach
Last night, I had a guy walk into my school to inquire about our programs. After I found out where this guy lived, my curiosity was immediately peaked.
Why? Well, the guy lives in a posh, upscale neighborhood about 7 miles from our studio. Typically, most martial arts schools only draw students from a three-to-five-mile radius, […]
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Straight Talk on Buying Into Martial Arts Franchises
license - “a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights”
franchise - “a right or license that is granted to an individual or group to market a company’s goods or services in a particular […]
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Why My Boss Is Such A Slave Driver
You know the type… they are never satisfied with “good
enough”, and no matter how hard you work, they always want
you to do more. The typical slave driver boss.
Man, I’d hate working for a guy like that. But the thing is,
I am sort of already working for a slave driver boss… me.
Yep, I’m a slave driver […]
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So You Want to Teach Kids
The other day, I was clicking around on some martial arts websites and came across an interesting article on the Bullshido website, the topic of which was “The difference between a commercial martial arts school and a McDojo.”
Now, normally I’d expect to hear the standard diatribe – including a bunch of senseless yammering about how […]
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