California Leadership: How To Recover After Losing Investors’ Money – with Bryan Franklin

Bryan Franklin, California Leadership Center, Comeback, Consulting, Failure

How does a founder who loses his investors’ money end up being a successful executive coach?

Bryan Franklin is an executive coach who runs California Leadership Center. He has worked with top level executives at companies including, Apple, Logitech, Google, Cisco and LinkedIn.I invited him here to talk about his story.

Bryan Franklin is an executive coach and runs California Leadership Center.

 

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