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Should Entrepreneurs Go to College or Not? This founder shares his thoughts on the value of traditional and non-traditional education for entrepreneurs.

By David Meltzer

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Nick Francis, the founder and owner of SkySprout, discusses his beginnings in marketing, from running a haunted house business as a teenager to eventually launching his own digital marketing agency. Nick shares what he's learned about traditional and non-traditional education through his personal experiences, as well as what he looks at when hiring a new employee.

Francis and The Playbook host David Meltzer discuss topics such as the most ideal education for a young entrepreneur, secrets to scaling a business and the impact that relationship capital has on an individual and organization. The pair also cover the value that events hold for both traditional and digital marketers.

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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