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Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton is an entrepreneur and NFL Hall of Famer, and the founder of Tarkenton Companies. Fran has always had a passion for small business, and has started more than 20 businesses since retiring from the NFL. His efforts to provide knowledge and tools to small business have been a full time undertaking since 1996, and he is the driving force behind GoSmallBiz.com, Click2Corp.com and Tarkenton Financial. These sites all grew from Fran's desire to help fellow entrepreneurs gain access to the tools and information they need to grow and compete in the modern economy. You can see more about what Fran is doing at http://www.tarkenton.com, follow him on Twitter @Fran_Tarkenton, or connect with him on Google +.

Finding Your Confidence Starts With a Reality Check

Mar 5, 2021 By Fran Tarkenton

We might like to believe otherwise, but the reality is that things don’t always go smoothly. Whether you’re just starting out, or have been in business for decades, no matter how successful you are or what you do, there are surprises waiting around the corner, obstacles for you to overcome, and problems to solve. So […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Confidence

A Culture of Teamwork Starts at Home

May 12, 2020 By Fran Tarkenton

My parents’ example was a lifelong lesson in the most fundamental fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Dad pursued his two passions—religion and education—while always finding ways to keep us fed, clothed, and housed. He never put our welfare on the line. He might have been a preacher, but he never preached to us. He walked the walk. […]

Filed Under: Leadership, People Skills Tagged With: Culture, Team. Leadership

Stay Focused on the Moment

Apr 29, 2020 By Fran Tarkenton

Whenever I stepped onto the football field, I was not consciously thinking beyond the moment. Above all, I was not thinking about winning or losing. In the rest of my football career that followed, in college and in the NFL, I never thought about winning or losing. Not against Texas on September 20, 1958, in […]

Filed Under: Business Coach Tagged With: Decision Making

Why Entrepreneurs Need to Be Scramblers

Mar 23, 2020 By Fran Tarkenton

The things I did to become a better quarterback in the NFL have also had a major impact on my life in business. The principles from one directly applied to the other–and nowadays, more than ever.As a quarterback, I was known as a scrambler. When a play starts to break down, there’s nobody open and […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Focus, Fran Tarkenton

A Lesson About Home Depot, Nails, and Sales from Bernie Marcus

Dec 15, 2018 By Fran Tarkenton

Before you can own your failure, you first have to know what you’re failing at. True knowledge is a start, not an end. It’s a question, not an answer. When Walmart’s Sam Walton or Home Depot’s Bernie Marcus sought meaningful and productive knowledge, they didn’t attend a seminar, assemble a committee, convene a board meeting, […]

Filed Under: Strategic Planning Tagged With: Failure, Learning, Solving Problems

What I Learned About Business from the Cofounder of Waffle House

Apr 10, 2017 By Fran Tarkenton

Last month, we lost one of the great entrepreneurs. Joe Rogers Sr. was the cofounder of the Waffle House chain of diners, building the company from the ground up, from the first store in Avondale Estates outside Atlanta in 1955. Today, there are more than 1,900 Waffle House locations, and their yellow signs are iconic […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Customer Service, Learning, Partners, Planning, Strategy

Surround Yourself with a Winning Team

Apr 3, 2017 By Fran Tarkenton

Sports gives us such a great window into the rest of our lives. Over four quarters, nine innings, two halves, or whatever frame it uses, a game is a miniature lesson. The coaches and players prepare, come up with a plan. They put it into action. And within a few hours, there’s a winner and […]

Filed Under: People Skills Tagged With: Character, Culture, Team

Why You Need a Work Ethic Like Belichick and Saban

Mar 24, 2017 By Fran Tarkenton

If you’re a football fan like me, than you’re living in maybe the most remarkable time in our sport’s history. With apologies to icons of past eras like Vince Lombardi, Paul Brown, and Bear Bryant, we are witnessing the greatest football coaches of all time in both the NFL and college football. Bill Belichick and […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Creativity, Learning, Work Ethic

The Limits of Your Knowledge

Jun 22, 2016 By Fran Tarkenton

I don’t know everything. That might sound like an obvious statement, and I would hope that every other person would be willing to admit as much, too. But even after acknowledging the limits of your knowledge, what are you doing about it? Because I don’t know everything, I make it a priority to keep on […]

Filed Under: Personal Readiness Tagged With: Competitors, Hiring, Learning, Team

Know Your Limitations

Mar 17, 2016 By Fran Tarkenton

We are all so scared of being inadequate. At some point in our lives, we look in the mirror and say, “I’m not handsome enough. I’m not pretty enough. I have this little blotch. I’m not tall enough, or I’m too tall. I’m not in good enough shape. I don’t have the right body type. […]

Filed Under: Best Practices Tagged With: Overcoming Obstacles, Personal Outlook, Solving Problems

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