April 30, 2008
Real Estate Syndication Questions & Answers: Part 11
As we prepare for our seminar program that covers the concepts of successful syndication, many people are sending in questions that they have about the topic. We are organizing them into categories and I am answering them so that everyone who is interested in learning how to make money the same way that Wall Street makes money, can begin to understand how the business works.
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Filed under Business Financing, Raising Capital, Real Estate by Joel Block
I recently gave a presentation to a group of professional people who are service providers in the Southern California area. One of the people in the audience is the owner of a dozen pizza restaurants and is a franchisee of a major distributor. I couldn't really understand why he was part of this group and what he was doing. So, after the meeting, I pulled him aside to ask him.
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April 25, 2008
Growing Your Business: Great Customer Service
Some companies just get it. They are in touch with their customers, they're people who like people and they understand what it takes to create a good, successful, long-term business relationship with a customer. They understand that a business relationship has a human component and they manage to hit all the bases every time.
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April 23, 2008
Real Estate Syndication Questions & Answers: Part 10
As we prepare for our seminar program that covers the concepts of successful syndication, many people are sending in questions that they have about the topic. We are organizing them into categories and I am answering them so that everyone who is interested in learning how to make money the same way that Wall Street makes money, can begin to understand how the business works.
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Filed under Private Equity, Raising Capital, Real Estate by Joel Block
April 21, 2008
Growing Your Business: Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later
I just met a gentleman at my health club where I work out, and we started to chat. He told me that he's a forensic investigator which means that he does analysis that is even cryptic to accountants and others who are used to looking at books and records. Actually, he works on the collections side, meaning that he supports the large financial institution when they make loans that go bad. He's the one who helps them find assets of both the corporations and the individuals to repay the loans.
Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
April 18, 2008
Fixing the Newspaper Industry
I have spent many years working with newspapers all over the United States and around the world on new media initiatives. We had good success with our early initiatives, but the industry was instantly overtaken by the explosion of the Internet in 1995. Nevertheless, the lessons that we learned were powerful then, and they continue to be powerful today. Unfortunately, most of the lessons have been missed by the managements of the major newspaper organizations.
Filed under Business Growth, Growth Minute by Joel Block
April 16, 2008
Real Estate Syndication Questions & Answers: Part 9
As we prepare for our seminar program that covers the concepts of successful syndication, many people are sending in questions that they have about the topic. We are organizing them into categories and I am answering them so that everyone who is interested in learning how to make money the same way that Wall Street makes money, can begin to understand how the business works.
Filed under Business Financing, Raising Capital, Real Estate by Joel Block
April 14, 2008
Growing Your Business: The Shortest Distance to No Customers
I was having coffee with a good friend of mine yesterday, who said something that exemplified entrepreneurial thinking. And it wasn't the kind of entrepreneur thinking that I want to continue to promote. It's the kind of entrepreneur thinking that gets companies in great trouble, and I would like to educate you about the error of this logic so that you don't make a similar mistake.
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Filed under Business Growth, Creating Buyers, Growth Minute by Joel Block
Last week while on vacation with my family, I found an incentive program being implemented across the Hilton chain of hotel properties that entrepreneurial companies should implement because it appears to be generating great results.
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April 9, 2008
Real Estate Syndication Questions & Answers: Part 8
As we prepare for our seminar program that covers the concepts of successful syndication, many people are sending in questions that they have about the topic. We are organizing them into categories and I am answering them so that everyone who is interested in learning how to make money the same way that Wall Street makes money, can begin to understand how the business works.
Filed under Business Financing, Raising Capital, Real Estate by Joel Block
