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Franchise Bible author Rick Grossmann discusses new ways franchisors and franchise owners are adapting to get their leaders ready for the future business climate.

The last eight weeks have been like no other. An unfolding tragedy, unevenly distributed. An economic freeze. A media frenzy. It’s easy to be exhausted, especially since there’s still quite a lot of slog left to go. Is it too soon to wonder what’s next? And at the heart of it: how can you contribute? Average work for average people is going to be worth less than ever before. Typical employees doing typical work are going to be less respected and valued than ever before. And just as expectations are being shifted, new opportunities will arise. They always do. So what’s next? A commitment to learning and to possibility. The pandemic demonstrated, among other things, that we all have access to each other digitally. That if you want to learn something, the chance is there. That internet connections can be powerful, and that leadership is priceless. The industrial era, struggling for the last decade or two, is now officially being replaced by one based on conn...

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Jon Schlesinger, director of the career center at Brandeis University, offers five tips for students who are searching for internships or haven’t yet started internships that they’ve secured. Editor’s Note: Even though unemployment has reached a record high due to business closures and social distancing measures brought about by the new coronavirus, you can still snag an internship if you know how to adapt and get creative. That advice comes from Jon Schlesinger , director of the career center at Brandeis University and also a lecturer in a course designed to get students to think critically about the industry in which they intern. Here, Schlesinger offers five tips for students who are searching for internships or haven’t yet started internships that they’ve secured. Read Full Story

Associated Press A number of studies involving animals have become particularly significant in trying to answer various riddles surrounding the coronavirus. Across the world, scientists are looking for ways to use mice, monkeys, ferrets, and other animals to explore how the virus interacts with different species. Researchers are also looking into how monkeys may be able to generate antibodies so we can extract them, pass them onto other healthy specimens, and see whether they develop COVID-19. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Animals played a crucial role in the initial coronavirus outbreak and it could well be that they have an equally vital part in efforts to bring the crisis to an end. Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been researching a wide range of species to understand how SARS-Cov-2 affects the human body and how our bodies respond in kind. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Tax Day is now July 15 — this is wha...

Peloton Shares of Peloton Interactive jumped as much as 9% on Friday after the company announced they had 23,000 members attend a single virtual cycling class, Bloomberg first reported. The company also said it's surpassed 2 million worldwide members. As gyms across the country are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Peloton is seeing a surge in business. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Shares of Peloton Interactive jumped as much as 9% on Friday following an announcement that the company had 23,000 members attend a single virtual cycling class on Thursday, Bloomberg first reported. The company also announced that it surpassed 2 million worldwide members. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Why thoroughbred horse semen is the world's most expensive liquid See Also: The CEO of a $29 billion asset manager who's steered his firm since 9/11 told us why pessimism about the coronavirus crisis is overblown — and shared 3 s...

If your job is giving people good news, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing a good job. And the opposite is also true. Often, we conflate the situation with the people involved, but that’s a trap. Our job isn’t to make people happy, it’s to create the promised change with care and professionalism. Going to the dentist hurts less if you have a dentist who cares about you and the process.

The times are nothing remotely like that any of us would have predicted just a few months ago. And many of the institutions and jobs we depended on have changed, perhaps for a long time to come. It’s going to be a slog. And as always, there will be the other side of the slog. Where will the solutions be found? How do each of us choose to contribute? Into this void, it’s possible to show up with something new, something you start, something that solves a problem. One of the most powerful things you can do is build a useful business. An enterprise of value, doing work of substance, filling a need and finding independence. And to do it without raising money from a bank or waiting in line for a venture capitalist to smile at you is where freedom can be found. You’re not a bootstrapper because you are thinking small. You’re a bootstrapper because it offers a chance to chart your own course and to serve your customers without conflict. Innovation almost always c...

Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty Images At 94 years old, Queen Elizabeth II, has outlasted many world leaders. She has reigned for more than 68 years and is the longest-serving British monarch ever, breaking the record set by Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother, in 2015. To celebrate her milestone birthday, we gathered nine of her most memorable quotes of advice and wisdom. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories .   "We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock." Shayanne Gal/Business Insider "It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained." Shayanne Gal/Business Insider "Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements." Shayanne Gal/Business Insider See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: 8 inspi...

Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTER Senior UK minister Michael Gove described as "grotesque" a newspaper report which claimed Boris Johnson had missed key meetings on the coronavirus in January and February. 15,464 people in the UK have died in UK hospitals since the outbreak began. The UK coronavirus death toll continues to rise as the pandemic nears its peak. 15,464 people in the UK have died in UK hospitals since the outbreak began. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . April 19: The UK government is pushing back against a weekend newspaper report that said Boris Johnson skipped key meetings on the coronavirus as it spread across the world. A damning Sunday Times report claimed that Prime Minister Johnson missed multiple emergency meetings on the coronavirus as the virus was beginning to spread in the UK. The result was Britain lost "a crucial five weeks in the fight to tackle the dangerous threat of coronavirus," the ne...