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Franchising is all about outsourcing. Someone comes up with a great concept and essentially outsources its growth to franchisees so corporate can focus on its core task of system development.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 12,040 Reads 3 Shares
If the nation hadn't been in the midst of a government shutdown and debt ceiling debate, last year's Nobel Prize winners in economics probably would have received more attention and commentary.
  • Carol Schleif
  • 7,076 Reads 1,023 Shares
Tom Sutko spent three decades in leadership roles with a Fortune 500 company. The years taught him a lot about management and operations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 9,352 Reads 2 Shares
Here's an intriguing idea from New York Times best-selling author and writing coach Michael Levin, "Creativity is a muscle; use it or lose it." Levin says anyone can grow their creativity just like any other muscle.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,083 Reads
In wrestling with this question, it is clear that so-called loyalty programs are really rewards programs.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 10,286 Reads 1 Shares
Conventional wisdom says it makes sense for multi-unit franchisees with food brands to stick with food as they expand. Ahmed El-Hawary doesn't see it that way.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,169 Reads 2 Shares
Business owners and managers today face a myriad of challenges--a tight market with strong competition, workforce issues, slimming margins, and the need to keep pace with technological advancements to name a few.
  • Michael Vaughan
  • 6,077 Reads
Ted Kergan has been a student in the school of hard knocks. He's got the diploma to prove it. But along the way he's become Louisiana's largest Sonic Drive-In franchisee.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 13,227 Reads 3 Shares
We hear hacking horror stories every day. Businesses around the world call us in a panic, needing to decipher what went wrong with their security.
  • David Ellis
  • 13,550 Reads 7 Shares
For many multi-unit franchisees one brand just isn't enough. They prefer to spread their risk across different brands, seeking diversity and economies of scale.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,538 Reads 1,023 Shares
Every company makes mistakes that could make them lose customers. I don't care what business you are in, something will go wrong.
  • John Tschohl
  • 9,390 Reads 1 Shares
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"Who has my back in retirement?" That's the question pre-retirees and retirees want answered when it's all said and done, says veteran financial planner David Zolt
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,033 Reads 1,023 Shares
In March 2013, U.S. banking regulators issued new guidance designed to curb increasingly aggressive lending by both banks and finance companies.
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 5,297 Reads
When he was a young man fresh off the farm in Dalhart, Texas, Mike Treadwell wanted to stretch his entrepreneurial wings by opening a restaurant. First, he opened an Alfie's Fish 'n Chips in Amarillo, then a Mike's Fried Chicken & Fish.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,140 Reads 26 Shares
Franchising is a diverse world comprised of all kinds of brands, products, services, and opportunities.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,702 Reads 1,023 Shares
Whether you're launching a new business or wondering why your existing company isn't performing as well as predicted, longtime corporate executive Larry Katzen suggests taking a careful look at your business plan.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,730 Reads 1,022 Shares
At the 2013 Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators conference, Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy explained how the company plans to grow in the future.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 5,691 Reads
When a customer ordered a sandwich at one of Mike Knobelock's restaurants in North Carolina, it came with pickles on it. "They didn't like pickles," says JJ Villafranca, COO at Knobelock's company.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,780 Reads 2 Shares
In survey after survey, company meetings get knocked by everyone from employees to senior executives as being among the biggest waste of work hours.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,199 Reads
In a time when many business executives are looking at what to cut because of rising payroll and healthcare costs, Michael Kulp, president and CEO of KBP Foods, a $250 million restaurant company with units in nine states, is taking an "inverse" approach.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,618 Reads 6 Shares
Whether the mergers and acquisitions market is in a hot upswing or in a down cycle, one valuation measure remains the primary focus in nearly all transactions: the multiple of EBITDA (or cash flow).
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 14,257 Reads 1,014 Shares
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Do you know there is "free" money out there for your business, and that it is easier than ever to claim it?
  • Nate DaPore
  • 6,031 Reads
Franchisees looking to grow, expand, or simply up their game would do well to check out Franchise Update Media's upcoming 2014 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference (MUFC) next month, April 23-25 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,605 Reads 70 Shares
Corporate prepaid credit and debit cards offer a new approach to managing day-to-day employee spending that, until now, was available only to the largest corporations.
  • Toffer Grant
  • 5,422 Reads
In earlier articles, I have discussed your two key yardsticks of financial performance: the balance sheet and the income statement. Taken together, they represent as complete a financial picture of your company as it's possible to get.
  • Steve LeFever
  • 28,686 Reads 155 Shares
Grant Simon is a textbook example of a multi-unit franchisee who can't sit still. When we profiled Simon in 2008 (Q3), he was operating 18 Great Clips salons in the Atlanta area.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,590 Reads 61 Shares
Ted Kergan's path to success as Louisiana's largest Sonic Drive-In franchisee has been marked by hard knocks.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,411 Reads 1 Shares
If you ask retired NFL defensive tackle Don Davey to list the qualities needed to succeed in the NFL or in franchising, his list is the same: competitiveness, tenacity, discipline, coachability, and focus.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 12,593 Reads 17 Shares
As a franchise owner, your employees are likely making purchases on behalf of you and your business, which can conflict with the strong need you have to control expenses and limit risk.
  • Toffer Grant
  • 6,806 Reads
Investing wisely does not come naturally to most of us. Many of the skills that support ultimate financial management success run counter to how our natural wiring prompts us to behave.
  • Carol Schleif
  • 4,828 Reads 1,021 Shares
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