Now What?® Coaching
from Laura Berman Fortgang
Here are three people who opted to buy franchises in order to do something entrepreneurial but with the support of a proven model. Also of note is that there are services that match clients with franchises. While it’s not for everyone, it could be an interesting formula to consider.
“Having your own biz, but not being on your own has appeal.”
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” Les Brown
Jeanne Cole’s visit to a monastery was to help her rest and recover from the profound grief of losing her young son. What she found there was not only the grace to heal but also the inspiration for a new business. Here she describes her huge leap of faith out of a dream job in the entertainment industry to a simpler life and what she now calls “The Monastic Business Model”.
“No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.” James Russell Lowell
Dismissed, turned down, underestimated, and fired. Good thing they didn’t let their critics stop them. Did their failures make their successes unlikely or simply serve to move them further along their paths?
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After Wall Street laid him off, Richard Kadlub decided to create a business based on his love for his home town. 
A Tour Grows in Brooklyn turned out to be the career transition that was right under his nose… or shall we say, right under his feet!
“Give up? Fuhgeddaboudit! Laid-off Wall St. worker turns love of Brooklyn into a walking tour biz.”