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What are you going to do Monday morning? (See below for link to my book, Denver IDEA Cafe, etc.) A good way to learn more about Franklin Circles is to attend the free Denver IDEA Cafe. A friend of mine says the most important question in business is "what are you going to do Monday morning?" Since 1994 the Denver IDEA Cafe has helped people answer that question when they want to start a new business project or a new business. You will find the IDEA Cafe especially helpful if you are leaving a job and considering self-employment as a new career path. Experienced small business owners, entrepreneurs, and creative managers also find it helpful when the are starting a new project or business. The Friday Denver IDEA Cafe is free and open to everyone. Each week we hear from people who have made their dream into a reality, and we brainstorm. Call me anytime, I'm in my office each Monday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. to talk with you on the phone at (303)861-1447. How may I help you? John S. Wren, MBA |
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DENVER STARTUP FORUM DENVER IDEA CAFE AMAR BHIDE BEN FRANKLIN ASSISTANT-TO SOCIETIES JOHNWREN.COM
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Serious about doing more Good Work?
"Associated we accomplish more for ourselves, and our society, than we can in isolation." Ben Franklin
Since 1979, I've done business consulting to help clients increase sales, reduce expenses, and create more profits.
Consulting can be very helpful, but it's often cost-prohibitive for many individuals and small businesses. It can even be too much for the budgets of managers of large business departments. As a result, many are forced to go without needed help as they start new projects, new careers, new businesses, and new campaigns.
That why I was so excited to discover what Ben Franklin had invented back in 1727 to help himself and the other members to get ahead, what I brought back to Denver with the first Franklin Circle here in 1996.
Since then I've intensively studied how adults learn through my own independent study, graduate classes on adult education at Regis University, and through the practical work I've done leading literally hundreds of Franklin Circles and similar adult learning groups.
More and more I believe the best help I can provide is connecting business owners, entrepreneurs, and creative managers by helping them start a self-directed Franklin Circle. What would it be worth to have 10 smart people helping you with your work? Right now, while it's on your mind, call me; I'd hate for us to miss this opportunity for us to help you do more Good Work! Contact me now at (303)861-1447 or John@JohnWren.com.
This life is short, let's get started!
John S. Wren, MBA+
Business Consultant & Adult Educator
We seek to inform rather than reform. No endorsement of any issue or candidate is ever made by a Franklin Circle, but members are encouraged to do so independently. The result? You learn what you need and want to know, when you need to know it, and have fun in the process!
Sound too good to be true? Then ask me your questions! Contact me at John@JohnWren.com with "Franklin Circle" in the subject line or call (303)861-1447.
John Wren can help you find a job in the direction of your dreams, where you can earn and learn as an assistant-to a business owner or manager.
This can be a very smart career alternative for a recent graduate.
Members of Franklin Circles are encouraged to share their experience through mentoring, if possible by hiring an Assistant-to. (See Victor Phillips, The Assistant-to Position, published by the American Management Association. Used copies available on Amazon.com )
is a start-up workshop for people starting a new project, a business, or a new career. Since 1993, the Denver IDEA Cafe has been a great places to connect with like-minded learners, and attending can be the first step toward joining or forming a new Franklin Circle.
I personally lead a model IDEA Cafe Meetup each Friday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Denver, Colorado. (See link to the left.) The meeting is free and open to all. RSVP "No" if you can't join us at our next meeting and you'll get an invitation to future meetings and notification of speakers & location changes.
Join us online each week for the new Denver Startup Forum community of practice for entrepreneurs, business owners, creative managers, and their advisors (consultants, accountants, lawyers, university professors, etc.) To join (free) click on the link to the bottom left. Amar Bhide is the inspiration for this group, he's professor of entrepreneurship at Columbia University, who has found that successful businesses don't start the way it is commonly believed they do. Visit Bhide's site by clicking on the link to the left.
Dr. Bhide has been a great source of inspiration to me. He endorsed my little book on startup, a free text file is available by clicking on the link to the left.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the Providence moves too, all sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
To create means to bring something new into being. Here are the four-steps for turning your inspiration into effective action:
I= Inspiration
D= Develop Alternatives
E= Evaluate the Alternatives
A= Act
Inspiration (or Identify the Target for you right-brained people)comes from what you are doing now.
Developing Alternatives can be done in many ways, at the IDEA Cafe we share experience and brainstorm.
There is no shortage of people who will help you evaluate your idea. Beware of the idea-killers. In our free market economy, the market place renders the final decision. But before spending a significant amount of time or money, it's a good practice to bounce your thinking off a good C.P.A. or public accountant. A good accountant won't tell you whether you have a good idea or not, be he or she will help you see the financial implications and let you know if you need to see a lawyer.
For more, click on Daring Mighty Things, on the links list to the left.
Please, contact me now...
...while it is on your mind. I'd hate for us to miss this opportunity to work together to turn your inspiration into Good Work! Contact me at John@JohnWren.com or (303)861-1447 now. Or RSVP for the next free Denver IDEA Cafe Meetup (RSVP on link to the left.)This life is short, let's get started!
