Posts by Fran Tarkenton
What is the Best Loan for Your Business?
There are lots of factors that go into deciding what is the best possible loan for your business, says Ami Kassar, author of The Growth Dilemma. Depending on things like your current cash situation, profitability, available assets, credit rating, collateral, and more, different options could be more appropriate for your needs. You might be a…
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Before You Take Out a Loan, Slow Down!
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Cash flow pressure can be very intense, and we all run into unexpected problems that impact our finances, but when that happens the most important thing to do is to slow down, says Ami Kassar, author of The Growth Dilemma. The more anxious you…
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Find Answers to The Growth Dilemma
What would you be willing to risk to grow your business? What kind of risks should you take? When is it appropriate to take some chips off the table and diversify our investments? These kinds of questions we often forget to ask ourselves when we’re caught up in the day to day of our fast-paced…
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The Thrill of Entrepreneurship
I have been blessed to have some really incredible experiences in my life. I got to play college football at the University of Georgia, and I got to play in the NFL for 18 years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, including 3 Super Bowls. That was a lot of fun. But business…
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Avoid the Complacency Trap
Every organization has to watch out for the complacency trap. Whether it’s government, big business, or even small business, we all have to beware of getting stuck doing the same old thing, and really getting nothing done at all. Our natural tendency is to get comfortable doing things one particular way. In business, we sell…
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Are You Going the Wrong Way?
If you’re going to win, you have to be able to identify when it’s time to change directions. No matter how hard you’re working and how fast you’re going, if you’re going the wrong way then you’ll never reach your destination. Jim Marshall was a teammate of mine on the Minnesota Vikings and a fantastic…
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Living in a Land of Opportunity
I recently spent two weeks in Europe. It was a beautiful trip. We stayed in beautiful places, ate incredible food, met with some great friends of ours, and had a wonderful time. But above all, I came back home to America with a greater appreciation for our country and the unprecedented opportunities we have here.…
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Draft Day for Your Business
This week is the NFL Draft, probably the biggest highlight of the NFL offseason. Every team is looking for the young players who will help them win, and we’ll all hear a lot about how these are future stars. Every team goes in looking for different things. They have different needs. They have different criteria…
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The Secret To Overcoming Fear Of Failure
Pride is a funny thing. On the one hand, we look at it as a vice, something to rein in, to take control of. If you look up synonyms for pride, the first words that appear are all negative: conceit, egotism, vanity. “Pride goeth before the fall,” says the Bible. It’s a universal sin in…
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Refuse to Accept Defeat!
When I was preparing to enter the NFL in 1961, I was 6’0”, 185 pounds, and a third-round draft choice. The reason I was taken in the third round was because they didn’t think I was good enough to play. If you play quarterback at a big school like the University of Georgia and you’re…
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