Business Black Belt

By Burke Franklin

What if you had a black belt in business? From the man who's launched a million businesses. For entrepreneurs who want to know where to go when there is no one else to follow... A black belt means... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568110162
• ISBN13: 9781568110165
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Jian Inc
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

From someone who's done it

Qualify your advice. I've read that in several books. I'm always hesitant about reading business books written by so called consultants. Anyone can give himself the title of consultant. All they have to do is read a couple of books on the latest business trends and start using the jargon picked up from the reading. What I love about Business Black Belt is that Burke Franklin has been down the road, up and down, several times. His is a narration from the trenches of battle, not from the comfort of a battle cruiser a few miles out at sea. He tells it to you with all the gory details that business life entails. Most of the books that are out there right now are written by infopreneurs that are trying capitalizing on our thirst for answers. Alas, most of these writers' knowledge of business consists of cashing the checks they receive from their publishers. The content of Franklin's book makes up for the lack of writing skills. There are many grammar and spelling errors that a good copy editor would have caught. The writing is not a reason to pass on this book. The wisdom contained in this book is more valuable than what you'll learn from reading all the current business bestsellers. Buy this book. You can thank me when you're done.

This stuff works!

This is great advice from an entrepreneur who has lived and streamlined processes that work in the real world.It is clearly written in a conversational style and incorporates humor that makes otherwise dry business acumen palatable. When I come up against a challenge I don't have the answer for, it's great to have an easy reference right at my desk that I can go to, find straightforward advice, and make expedient, well informed decisions. This book has saved me time and money. It has certainly increased my confidence level and productivity.

Business Black Belt

This is a great business book, written easy to understand and easy to understand the ideas the author is trying to express. Here is one quote that I think is very good, "Sell customers what they want, provide what they need, and deliver more than they expect"

The Black Belt Observer

Burke Franklin presents a fascinating account of hundreds of business situations and how one might approach them. I found nuggets on every page. The chapters are short and filled with poignant examples. I am predicting that this book will be popular in the same vein as Harvey Mackay's "Swim With the Sharks" was a few years ago.Roger McManus, Publisher, North Carolina Entrepreneur Magazine

I Loved Business Black Belt...

This book is a uniquely powerful success manual. It is jam-packed with useful insights that will enable you to win in business and in life. Author Burke Franklin has total credibility thanks to his accomplishments in the martial arts combined with his brilliant career in business. Compared to this tour de force most other business books I read, and this includes the good ones, spend lots of pages hitting and missing and groping and fumbling when it comes to delivering practical information. This one flies to the mark over and over again, on page after enlightening page. Most unusual of all, and most gratifying, is that Franklin genuinely succeeds in applying lessons from the martial arts -- and from other forms of physical endeavor -- to the world of business. The typical book that promises benefits from a field of endeavor outside of business, be it sports, war, or whatever, never actually succeeds in importing the mastery of one field into another. I suspect that the reason the attempt so often fails is that it was never intended to be much more than a gimmick for a clever title. In the case of Business Black Belt, the different disciplines are truly merged. There is also a rare sense of thoughtfulness. The ideas Franklin presents are not off-the-cuff notions slammed down on the page to meet a publishing deadline; they are hard-won insights culled with honesty and integrity from his own experience and set down with clarity so that the reader can profit from them. Wherever you are in your career, whatever the stage or situation of your present business, reading Business Black Belt will energize and stimulate you with wisdom that is at once hard-hitting, subtle, and profound.Scott DeGarmo, Former Editor in Chief & Publisher, SUCCESS Magazine