Mapping Out Your Journey in Business
– Profits With Purpose with Marc Freedman and Yanik Silver Episode 006 Peter Hans Since 2005, Peter Hans has been the president of Discovery Map International, leading provider of curated guides to top tourist attractions in cities and towns throughout North America. The Waitsfield, Vermont-based franchisor has maps in 130 communities in North America and has 91 franchise owners. Peter began his career as an investment banker in Switzerland for six years and following that with six more years in London. After working for a tech company in Vermont, Peter became the Resort Maps franchisor in 2005. He helped grow resort maps for the next several years and merged with Discovery Map in 2010. Peter and the Discovery Map team have taken the franchise to its present numbers, making it the leading provider of curated guides to top tourist attractions in cities and towns throughout North America, incorporated an app with those locations, and will soon unveil a Local Loot, an incentive program for local merchants. Listen to this latest episode of Profits With Purpose where we talk with Peter Hans about enjoying the journey in business. In this episode, we discuss:
The difference between doing business in the States and in other parts of the world
The paradigm shift in how we do business today and going forward
Merging with a competitor
Embracing what happens on the journey to success
Incentivizing your clients to give back to the community
Consumers becoming more local-oriented in their habits
The challenges that small businesses are facing with today’s new realities
Getting away from your computer and seeing things you’ve never seen before
I hope you find this episode as informative and as exciting as we have. Peter was so generous to share his journey to success in business and giving back. Please let us know your thoughts! Connect with Peter Hans: Websites: www.discoverymap.com www.discoverymapfranchise.com
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