6:30am up and about this morning... Answer a few emails... pepare the troops for the day ahead as I am off now to Maindenhead to meet Mark Hall and his friend and potential business partner Mike.
I'm meeting Mark at Junction 4 on the M40 at the Holiday Inn... from where we will go together to Maidenhead where we are meeting Mike who runs a Letting Agency Franchise in the town centre. Mark saw Mike last week and took him through our 'Into The Clouds' - 7 Steps to getting the Business you really want.... and now Mike wants to hear it from the horses mouth so to speak.
Being fairly crtical and being Devils advocaate, Mike wanted to understand the breadth, depth and scale of the opportunity. Mike and Mark both have corporate IT backgrounds steeped in Process related activities and Mike as almost got his franchise business down to a series of business processes and is now looking for something to get stuck into and over the next 10 years allow him to move somewhere warmer and perhaps more relaxed!
The meeting goes very well, we have lunch together at a local mexican place and the meeting ends close to 3pm. There are quite a few things to think about from both sides in terms of the franchise model that we would want to put in place and also the Master Franchise, what that entails and all the numbers that are involved.
One thing is for sure is that this puts pressure on me to get the book finished and now I have others waiting for the book to be released, who will need it drive their sales message and build clients and other Franchise units. So I have to really get on with it now and get it finished... January is my target date.
On the way back to the ranch, stop off at Asda's to get some provisions for the meal I am cooking tonight.. no Table Tennis tonight... played well this week 6 out 6 wins... so quite pleased... we will play Monday instead! Back at base... catch up with the Team and my friend (the guy who runs Urban Progress TTPro) is around with his baby (1 next Wednesday.. 11th Nov.) and his Girlfriend... so the house is pretty full! Catch up with all the messages, make a few calls and then settle down into the weekend.
Chicken in a Chris Ogle freestyleeee tonight...bit of this, bit of that, but pretty damn tasty even if I do say so myself! Roast potatoes (King Edwards rock) and Steamed Brocolli... !
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