Founder of two Inc 500/5000 cos., entrepreneurship professor, Vistage Chair, writer, speaker, developer, designer, BOD member. #entrepreneurship#smallbusiness
Praise for “Confessions of an Entrepreneur” from one of the greatest car guys (and businesspeople) I know
“An extremely valuable book for anyone with driving ambition to create a successful business.”
—Bob Lutz, former vice chairman, General Motors
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In the latest episode of The Anti-Architect, I’m excited to welcome @MarkZweig, of @ZweigGroup.
From owning a motorcycle shop to co-founding a baby products company to now paving the way in management for the AEC industry.
Link: lnkd.in/dQzU4Y27#antiarchitectpodcast
Buying an existing business could be faster, cheaper and easier to finance than a cold start. It’s a strategy to get into business or expand an existing business. The latest from @MarkZweig in the @NWABJ.
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If you’re tired of buzzwords & “flavor-of-the-week” management programs, & would like to learn from the successes/failures of someone who has done it, check out “Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Building, and Running a Business” a.co/d/a1XmkUA
The buyer was one of my students, Justin Macedo! Employee, recent UA grad buys Fayetteville retail biz - Talk Business & Politics talkbusiness.net/2022/12/emp…
Brand new in tomorrow’s issue of The Zweig Letter….
None of these questions may seem profound, but they all merit asking and honestly answering.
“Questions that need to be answered”
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The implicit assumption of so many entrepreneurship experts is that to be an entrepreneur, you have to do a startup. You don’t. You could buy a business or buy a franchise. And yes—someone who owns a growing business with multiple profitable franchises has a valuable business.
The assumption of many startup experts is you have to invent something new, with all kinds of emphasis on MVPs and market validation. But you don’t. You can go into a mature industry where there is a proven market and just do a better job than the other providers already there.
It’s funny how so many people like Javelins and AMXs and Rebel Machines these days. All I can tell you as someone who was around when they were new was that we made fun of anything from AMC. We called them “Nashes” or “Kelvinators,” or even “Percolaters!” They were not cool.
My whole theory on business was to over-market so demand is greater than your ability to supply it. That way, you are going to be super-picky about the clients or customers you serve, get higher prices, have better people, and be able to do a better job.
What I remember most about leaving corporate America and starting my own business at the age of 30 was all of the time I suddenly had. When I worked in management, I truly believe 80-85% of my time was spent in unproductive meetings and supplying information to people higher up.
We had this car sold but when the buyer came to get it he could not get in and out of it, nor use the pedals. He was 6 ft tall. Felt terrible about backing out. These are small cars! facebook.com/marketplace/ite…