Read 'Chapter 1: The Entrepreneurial Myth' & answer the following question(s): |
1. | The E Myth is a misunderstanding. |
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2. | Most small business are started by ordinary people who have an entrepreneurial seizure. |
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3. | The following is not part of an entrepreneurial seizure: |
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Read 'Chapter 2: The Entrepreneur, the Manager, and the Technician' & answer the following question(s): |
4. | The personality characterized as the visionary and dreamer is the: |
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5. | Everybody who goes into business is actually three people in one. |
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6. | The Manager is the doer. |
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7. | The work of an Entrepreneur is to wonder! |
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Read 'Chapter 3: Infancy: The Technician's Phase' & answer the following question(s): |
8. | In Infancy, most businesses are operated according to: |
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9. | In Infancy, you realize that your business has become the boss you thought you left behind. |
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10. | The Technician in infancy has a strategic rather than tactical view. |
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11. | The work that's not getting done in Infancy is: |
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Read 'Chapter 4: Adolescence: Getting Some Help' & answer the following question(s): |
12. | Infancy begins at the point in your business when you decide to get some help. |
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13. | Management by Abdication is in direct contrast to Management by Delegation. |
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14. | In the Adolescent phase: |
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Read 'Chapter 5: Beyond the Comfort Zone' & answer the following question(s): |
15. | The Manager's comfort zone is bounded by how much he can do for himself. |
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16. | The Entrepreneur's comfort zone is bounded by how many technicians he can supervise effectively. |
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17. | As a business grows beyond its comfort zone, it can: |
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Read 'Chapter 6: Maturity and the Entrepreneurial Perspective' & answer the following question(s): |
18. | Maturity is an inevitable result of the Infancy and Adolescent phases. |
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19. | The Entrepreneurial Perspective is not about the commodity or the work itself, but rather: |
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20. | According to the Business Franchise Format, the true product of a business is not what it sells but how it sells it. |
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Read 'Chapter 7: The Turn-Key Revolution' & answer the following question(s): |
21. | It is in the franchise prototype that every failed franchisor builds his future. |
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22. | Trade name franchises have increased dramatically over the same period that franchising in general has fallen. |
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23. | The "Business Format Franchise" boasts that the true product of a business is: |
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24. | The secret to finding the model you need to make your small business work is in the: |
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25. | A system is an integrated whole whose properties cannot be reduced to those of its parts |
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26. | The Business format franchise has revolutionized American business. |
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Read 'Chapter 8: The Franchise Prototype' & answer the following question(s): |
27. | The system runs the business. The people run the system. |
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28. | A Business Format Franchise is really: |
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29. | To the Manager, the Franchise Prototype provides order and predictability. |
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30. | To the Entrepreneur, the Franchise Prototype is the medium through which his vision takes form. |
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31. | The Business Format Franchise is designed to give the franchisee as much operating discretion as possible. |
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Read 'Chapter 9: Working On Your Business Not In It' & answer the following question(s): |
32. | Your business and your life are two totally separate things. |
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33. | The Franchise Prototype involves: |
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34. | The model will provide consistent value, beyond what is expected. |
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35. | The model will utilize workers of the highest skill level affordable. |
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36. | The model will stand out as a place of impeccable order. |
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37. | Documentation is helpful, but not necessary. |
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38. | The model will provide service that is unpredictable and exciting. |
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39. | The model will utilize a uniform color, dress, and facilities code. |
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Read 'Chapter 10: The Business Development Process' & answer the following question(s): |
40. | Innovation simplifies your business to its critical essentials. |
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41. | Orchestration promotes diversity. |
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42. | A franchise is your unique way of doing things. |
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45. | The Business Development Process should: |
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46. | The Business Development Process is: |
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47. | The business development process is dynamic. |
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Read 'Chapter 11: Your Business Development Program' & answer the following question(s): |
48. | The vehicle through which you create your Franchise Prototype is called the: |
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Read 'Chapter 12: Your Primary Aim' & answer the following question(s): |
Read 'Chapter 13: Your Strategic Objective' & answer the following question(s): |
43. | Your strategic objective is the vision of the finished product that is and will be your business. |
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44. | Your Business Strategy & Plan should be able to be reduced to a set of simple and clearly stated standards. |
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49. | Your Business Strategy and Plan communicate: |
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50. | Creating money standards is strategically necessary for your business and your life. |
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51. | An "Opportunity Worth Pursuing" is a business that can fulfill: |
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52. | People buy feelings, not commodities. |
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53. | Your strategic objective is NOT a business plan. |
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Read 'Chapter 14: Your Organizational Strategy' & answer the following question(s): |
54. | A position contract includes: |
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56. | Most companies organize around functions rather than around personalities. |
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57. | Your organization chart flows down from your strategic objective which in turn flows down from your primary aim. |
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Read 'Chapter 15: Your Management Strategy' & answer the following question(s): |
58. | The secret to a successful management is NOT in hiring amazingly competent managers. |
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Read 'Chapter 16: Your People Strategy' & answer the following question(s): |
Read 'Chapter 17: Your Marketing Strategy' & answer the following question(s): |
55. | In developing your marketing strategy, you should forget about everything except your customer. |
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59. | Demographics and psychographics are the two essential supporting pillars of a successful marketing program. |
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Read 'Chapter 18: Your Systems Strategy' & answer the following question(s): |
60. | A system is a set of things, actions, ideas, and information that interact with each other, and in so doing, alter other systems. |
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Read 'Chapter 19: A Letter to Sarah' & answer the following question(s): |