Posts Tagged ‘Strikes’

After 8 years of coaching people on how to start and run martial arts schools (12 if you count the time I spent doing it for free for my friends) I’ve heard just about every excuse for failure imaginable. The other day, I was telling a client that I was starting another studio. He asked me if I’d been out of it long, and I explained that I sold a studio in ’09, and that I am re-entering the market because I believe now is a great time to be a school owner. Read the rest of this entry »

In the business world, secrets are funny things. Many times, successful business owners will spend a great deal of time, money, and effort guarding information that is seemingly insignificant… to the uninformed. And this strikes at the heart of what this tip is about today. For those who don’t know any better, the way a successful school owner operates their school may seem virtually identical to the way someone operates who is just getting by. However, it’s the often the little things that make all the difference in whether someone fails or succeeds in business. That’s because Read the rest of this entry »