Rich Franklin has competed in the UFC for nearly 12 years and is one of the sport’s most recognizable faces. Since putting his career on hold, he’s joined the Singapore-based mixed martial arts organization ONE Championship.
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Worst Entrepreneur Moment
- Rich decided to open a juicing café. He thought his passion would translate into success. Not the case… in fact it turned into his worst Entrepreneurial moment. The E-myth revisited by Michael Gerber talks very eloquently about this: a baker opens a bakery and fails. A carpenter opens a furniture store and fails. Check it out, Fire Nation.
Entrepreneur AH-HA Moment
- Rich talks about this in his Ted Talk titled ‘How to be a loser.’
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