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Dr. Gene Landrum is a high-tech start-up executive, turned educator and writer. He originated the Chuck E. Cheese concept of family entertainment, among other entrepreneurial ventures, and, after many years of interacting with creative and overachieving personalities, decided to write about what makes them tick. His doctoral research was on The Innovator Personality, which inspired ...

Sascha Williams is an 8th-Degree Black Belt Associate Master in the Ed Parker style of Kenpo as well as a Mile High Karate Franchise school and Stephen Oliver Coaching Client. He also served the Parker organization as the officials director for the IKC international tournament, a regional director for the International Kenpo Karate Association, and ...

How valuable would it be to your business (and your bank account) to have a 
sharply-honed set of expert eyes objectively looking at your business —
boils and all — creating a laser-focused strategy to double your revenue (or better) in 2013? Each year, NAPMA CEO Stephen Oliver and NAPMA COO Toby Milroy reserve a small ...

Interview by Toby Milroy, NAPMA Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Frank Brown As the Mile High Karate franchise trainer, Frank Brown is in a unique position to observe why school owners are unable to grow their schools; and, often, the major reason is a misperception of their self-worth. That low self-worth results in low tuition ...

Call-Out: “Beginning in 1983 in Denver, I made an effort to emulate IBM’s approach. My ads always touted the benefits of martial arts instruction, explained the benefits of our approach, and never mentioned that anyone else taught this stuff but us.” Years ago, I read a really interesting book called Positioning: the Battle for your ...

The 2012 Action Martial Arts Magazine’s 12th annual Hall of Honors, widely known as the “Academy Awards of the Martial Arts” marked another milestone in the professional development of the martial arts business. This years’ event featured a trade show with more than 60 exhibitors, a traditional martial arts tournament, the first ever “Action Martial ...

WarriorWiz Terry Bryan, Ph.D. Terry Bryan, Ph.D. and Extreme Success Academy speaker, teaches you how to use your warrior spirit to win at the real estate game Interview by NAPMA President Rob Colasanti Terry Bryan, martial artist, former school owner and real estate coach and entrepreneur, gives you an inside look at how an average ...

Martial Arts Business Masters Reconnect Recently I sat down with my old friend Andrew Wood, who made a surprise guest appearance at this year’s NAPMA convention. Andrew was a true pioneer in the martial arts business, writing the book that changed the life of many instructors: How to Make $100,000 or More Teaching Martial Arts. ...

Interview by Toby Milroy, NAPMA Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Joe Borucki is a successful school owner who really understands the unnecessary condition of many martial arts schools because he’s been there. He had erected a number of obstacles (which existed only in his mind) that blocked the growth of his school. He learned how ...

An Interview with Master Robert Lewis, Colorado Regional Developer for Mile High Karate. Learning and utilizing the secrets to success is the real difference maker; and Master Robert Lewis, the Colorado Regional Developer for Mile High Karate, is the one person with the inside information on the franchise system because he works in the trenches ...