The Unintentional Entrepreneur: Leverage Your Corporate Experience to Create a Successful Business

Have you ever thought about trading in your 9 to 5 to become a business owner? This was the topic that Jeff Herzog and Rob Mandelberg of Streambank Media discussed during a recent wide-reaching webinar: The Unintentional Entrepreneur: Leverage your corporate experience to create a successful business. Hundreds of potential entrepreneurs registered for this high-impact…

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FPC OF FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, A NEW EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM, ANNOUNCES ITS LAUNCH

NEW YORK, May 30, 2023 – F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants (FPC), a well-established national network of over 60 franchised executive recruitment offices, is proud to announce the launch of FPC of Farmington Hills, MI. This new office will be owned and operated by Jim Larsen, a seasoned executive in the Automotive industry with a strong background…

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The Case for Business Ownership in a Down Economy

In the midst of a global economic downturn, rampant inflation, and continued uncertainty across most industries, many members of the workforce are feeling higher levels of job insecurity. Even employees who have been with companies for decades – particularly those in executive roles – are falling victim to restructurings and layoffs as companies realign their…

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The Unintentional Business Owner

When you look closely at the profiles of many successful business owners, you will see that they defy the stereotypical image of an entrepreneur. While plenty of hoodie-wearing, big-picture-thinking company founders have made their mark in the business world, many business owners come from more traditional backgrounds. The “Unintentional Business Owner” is an experienced professional…

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Work/Life Balance – Where Do I Start?

By Steve Margalit If we learned anything when the Covid-19 pandemic hit our shores in March 2020, it’s that life can change in an instant. A one-hundred-and-eighty-degree shift in our daily lives, both personally and professionally.  For the most part, front line workers didn’t skip a beat, but for almost everyone else, work became some…

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You’re Intelligent. Experienced. Hungry. You Just Need That One Big Idea to Launch your Own Business, Right?

You’re intelligent. You’ve got experience under your belt. Most important of all, you’re hungry to succeed. You just need to figure out what that one killer idea is that you should pour your entrepreneurial heart into

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6 Reasons to Choose a Franchise Business Rather Than Launch a Startup

If You’re Thinking of Self-Employment, Why Choose a Franchise Business Rather Than Launch a Startup?    Lots of people aspire to becoming their own boss one day. All too often, though, things like the fear of failure, anxiety about gaps in knowledge or problems with raising financing get in the way of people ever taking…

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The War on Talent – Does Artificial Intelligence Spell The End of Recruitment?

By Steve Margalit, Manager of Growth & Development  The ‘War for Talent’ written, by McKinsey in 1998, represented a tectonic shift in thinking regarding the challenges facing companies to find and keep top talent. This War goes on, more intensified than ever, due to low global birth rates, the aging of Western populations and STEM…

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