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The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.

152: Virtual Offices with Frank Cottle

The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.

Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7522 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Virtual Offices & Flexible Work Spaces with Frank Cottle. Frank is a serial entrepreneur and an expert & veteran of the virtual office and services industry. Frank shares his fascinating life journey, including working as a professional diver and working for the largest luxury yacht broker in the world. He shares valuable advice on how to use virtual or flexible work places for your small business.

This episode is hosted by Henry Lopez. The How of Business podcast focuses on helping you start, run, grow and exit your small business. The How of Business is a top-rated podcast for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Find the best podcast, small business coaching, resources and trusted service partners for small business owners and entrepreneurs at our website https://TheHowOfBusiness.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How of Business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business.

0:13.4

And now, here is your host.

0:15.7

Welcome to this episode of The How of Business.

0:17.9

This is Henry Lopez, and my guest today is Frank Cottle. Frank,

0:21.7

welcome to the show. Thank you very much, Henry. It's a pleasure to be here. It's our pleasure to have you,

0:26.3

sir. Frank is the CEO of Alliance Virtual Offices and chairman of the Alliance Business Center's

0:34.1

Network. He is a recognized expert on flexible working, the virtual office

0:39.8

movement, and third place working. If you haven't heard that term before, we'll get into that

0:45.4

a little bit. Prior to creating the alliance brand, Frank successfully operated his own portfolio

0:51.4

of business centers in multiple locations across North America.

0:56.2

Frank has spent the past 30 years delivering business services that are finally tuned to the

1:01.8

workplace needs of startups, entrepreneurs, and growing small and medium businesses.

1:08.0

Over the last years, he has worked with tens of thousands of business owners and coupled

1:14.4

with the unique global management perspective that he has, has become the go-to authority on

1:20.8

flexible and remote work. So in this episode, we're going to chat with Frank about his very

1:26.0

interesting journey to where he is today, his entrepreneurial journey.

1:30.4

And we're going to do a deep dive on the concept of virtual office, the practices, rather of virtual offices,

1:36.6

and how we can use that to start and grow our small businesses.

1:41.4

Frank lives in Orange County, California.

1:45.8

And so once again, Frank Cottle,

1:51.1

welcome to the show. Thank you, Henry. After that wind up, I'm not sure what more I can do.

1:56.7

Well, I appreciate that, but there's a lot here. We're going to learn from you. There's no doubt.

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