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Andrea Enright on Taking Your LinkedIn from Resume to Relevant Resource
Leveraging LinkedIn is a blend of business invigoration and authentic connection; it’s a critical piece of putting our best professional selves forward and establishing relationships.

Howard Fox on How to Transition Your Most Valuable Skills Into Free Agency
So many Corporate Warriors grew up in the system to believe that working a job is a straight line to retirement, and that their singular

Shaun & Jason Olsen on Moving From the Brink of Bankruptcy to High-Powered Franchisors
Franchises are extremely powerful financial engines. When built properly, franchised salon systems are a potent business model leveraging community, industry training and support. Becoming part

Kristin Carlson on the Power of Being an Athletic-Minded Business Owner
Building a high-performance business requires a leader who has the desire to build something bigger, and discipline to consistently follow through with the actions that

Debbie Harris on the Life-Changing Responsibility & Impact of Free Agency
In corporate America, people are often forced to fit into a toxic work environment and culture, and this makes their daily experience difficult and uninspiring.

Peter J. Layton on How to Nurture Your Entrepreneurship & Find Lasting Success
Having a network of advisors is one of the most powerful ways we can confidently navigate free agency, especially for new entrepreneurs. There’s so much

Barry Hintz on Business Leadership Lessons from the Military
When we make the transition to Free Agent, we take on the added responsibility of leadership. Driving the business forward and making sure it thrives

Lynn Corazzi On Leveraging Data & Bringing Corporate Finance to Small Businesses
If there was only one thing small businesses could learn from corporate, it’s how they make use of financials to help a company expand its

Chad Coe On The Business Ownership Secrets Of A Confident Leader
The people who leave corporate and become free agents understand they have power. Instead of having a corporation dictate what they can or cannot do,

How Candace Spears Shifted Out of a Corporate Identity & Created a Path to Freedom
Going from being a highly successful and accomplished corporate executive to a free agent isn’t just a career change, it’s a complete mindset shift. It’s

Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone and Onto Your Runway to Success w/Patricia Leonard
So many people have the potential to be free agents, but they never take the leap because it feels intimidating and overwhelming. That’s because we

Discovering the Franchise Opportunity For You w/Kirk Gramoll
When we make the leap from corporate into free agency, the first big decision we have to make is the kind of business we want

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