Business Mentoring
Business Mentoring: Why Emotions Matter
Joan Kingsley is an expert on neuroscience, and she has a message for business owners: scientific research on the brain can be applied to forming your organization and culture. It’s not voodoo; it’s the real deal. In 1994, Antonio Damasio published a popular, influential book titled Descartes’ Error. The French philosopher Rene Descartes is today…
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Best of Business Mentoring: Launching a Successful Startup with Jonathan Pascual
Continuing our look at the best Business Mentoring series of the year, we’re looking at June’s series with Fran Tarkenton and Jonathan Pascual, the founder of Taproom Coffee in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the course of four mentoring sessions, Jonathan tells the story of how he got his business off the ground, and offers advice for…
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Best of Business Mentoring: Developing a Powerful Team with Kory Kogon
Next in our look back at the best business mentoring sessions of the year is our April series with Kory Kogon, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity. Kory is the Global Practice Leader for Productivity at FranklinCovey. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Inc,…
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Best of Business Mentoring: The Secrets of Tax Season with Ted Jenkin
Continuing our look at the best Business Mentoring sessions of the year, we’re looking at March’s series with Ted Jenkin looking at some important tips for small business owners thinking about their tax strategy. Ted is the co-CEO of oXYGen Financial, a financial services business focused on giving financial advice to the X & Y…
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Best of Business Mentoring: Supporting New Entrepreneurs with Jim Flannery
This month, we’re looking at the best Business Mentoring programs of the year, starting with February’s conversation between Fran Tarkenton and Jim Flannery, the Project Director of the Four Athens incubator in Athens, Georgia. Jim provides information, guidance, and assistance on business strategy, business plans, financial planning, and identifying sources of funding for new entrepreneurs.…
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Business Mentoring Preview: Creating a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
Early on in the startup stage, Jonathan Pascual knew that he would be short of funds to open the door for Taproom Coffee. To help get things started, he turned to a Kickstarter campaign. Researching similar businesses that also used Kickstarter, he set up a campaign to raise $15,000. He studied businesses who had conducted…
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Business Mentoring Preview: Making a Profit Takes Time
Businesses almost never make a profit right away. It takes time. Jonathan Pascual just celebrated the 1 year anniversary of opening his business, Taproom Coffee, but after one year he had not yet made a profit. However, because he had done research on the company’s financials before he ever got started, they are at a…
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Business Mentoring Preview: Value the Customer and Your Community
Getting a start in the coffee industry as an employee for a larger company helped Jonathan Pascual learn the mind of the customer, and better appreciate the importance of understanding every aspect of the customer experience. It gave him an opportunity to think about ways to elevate that experience and impact people’s lives in just…
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Business Mentoring Series: Learn Your Business First, with Jonathan Pascual
Jonathan Pascual didn’t always know that he wanted to open a coffee shop. But from the very beginning, he was taught the central value of doing his best no matter what he did. So when he and a friend talked about their shared interest in opening a coffee shop while traveling in South America, Jonathan…
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Business Mentoring Series: Listening to Diverse Opinions with Doug Haugh
On last week’s Business Mentoring session, Fran and Doug talked about the never-ending challenge of keeping you and your business relevant, by knowing when to compromise and when to stand fast to your core principles. This week, they talk about how open communication and a diversity of opinion will improve your leadership and decision-making skills.…
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