Okay, I’m a bit of a quote hound. I love reading the concise wisdom of how others saw life. And few provide more interested quotes than Benjamin Franklin.

If you remember, a few weeks back I wrote a post titled, What Benjamin Franklin Knew About Social Media. In it, I took a number of his quotes about people, life and relating with others, showing how he was a social media expert more than 200 years ago.

In his life, Ben Franklin also ran a number of businesses. So I’ve been interested in how he saw business. What were the principles he worked by. And, more interestingly, what wisdom could we learn from his perspectives. So let’s take a look:

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Benjamin Franklin was a blogger - without a doubt.

He may not have had a computer to share his thoughts, nor the internet to spread them. But he did have a printing press where he printed regular installments of Poor Richard’s Almanack.

Ben Franklin was known to have a sharp and witty mind and a love of things social. He loved to share his thoughts on any number of subjects. He loved to stir the pot…and he loved debate.

Think of any bloggers like that?

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