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In 1969, when high school senior Rodger Head took a job at a Burger King, he had no idea he was entering the business he would stick with for his entire career.
  • Debbie Selinsky
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Lenders establish frameworks for various types of lending: housing, personal, small business, and more.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 5,113 Reads 1,014 Shares
For 23 years, the franchise industry has relied on Franchise Update Media Group (FUMG) for franchise development and education. FUMG announced today that they have combined all of its online properties into one major website with the re-launch of Franchising.com, providing the franchising industry with the most comprehensive source of franchise information on the web today for franchise opportunity seekers, daily franchise news and events for the community.
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Most people receive their monthly natural gas bill from their local utility, open it up, look at the total cost, get mad about it, and then write a check for the total amount. Since most of you have always relied upon your local utility to supply the natural gas for your business, you do not believe that you have a choice. WRONG! In most locations around the United States you do have a choice.
  • By: Jim Isenhour
  • 17,407 Reads 2 Shares
Tom DiMarco knows his numbers--and they're getting bigger every year.
  • John Carroll
  • 7,671 Reads 523 Shares
Every business that accepts credit/debit card payments must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
  • Paul Arceneaux
  • 7,528 Reads 1,014 Shares
Many people who call themselves leaders are only posing. They're wearing the label or accepting the title without putting their skin in the game.
  • Steve Farber
  • 3,460 Reads 54 Shares
I often comment that technology is just a tool. It's not magic, nor mysterious, it is just a tool.
  • Scott Klososky
  • 4,588 Reads 138 Shares
It happens every year, usually in February or March. Business owners across the country meet with their accountants to review the previous year.
  • Steve LeFever
  • 8,630 Reads 163 Shares
Robert Branca, Jr., and his family of Dunkin' Donuts multi-unit franchisees offer the kind of advertisement for franchise success that money can't buy.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 16,294 Reads 6 Shares
It takes a creative mind to exercise leadership in the 21st century.
  • Dr. Nido Qubein
  • 7,693 Reads 2 Shares
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There's no arguing that banks, potential investors, and creditors look heavily to a company's financial statements to determine its value.
  • Mike Handelsman
  • 6,063 Reads 1,023 Shares
Dave Melton has learned the importance of setting standards for the employees at his Domino's locations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,306 Reads 289 Shares
For Dev and Sunita Sagar, branching out from their Denny's restaurant into Baja Fresh and Jack in the Box allowed them to cover different segments of the restaurant business in Northern California
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,721 Reads
You may not know it yet, but you are at war. An unprecedented battle rages over what you are entrusted to protect: your customer's credit card data.
  • David Ellis
  • 5,460 Reads 61 Shares
On the cusp of turning 30, Bryan Selden was looking to grow his business.
  • John Carroll
  • 4,589 Reads
Smart franchisees are always looking for ways to increase cash flow and reduce expenses.
  • Andy Gustafson
  • 9,737 Reads 189 Shares
During the past couple of years, the U.S. government has reduced the number of raids on businesses that knowingly, or unwittingly, employ illegal immigrants
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,493 Reads 123 Shares
Most of us hate complaints. We hate to get them, and we hate to give them.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,357 Reads
Brothers Joe, Ricky, and John Rosa were no strangers to the restaurant business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 12,574 Reads
Interest rates right now are low—very low. They've been low for a while. And they're expected to remain low for the foreseeable future
  • Dean Zuccarello
  • 6,239 Reads 1 Shares
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When Michael Ansley was a teenager helping his father, a painter, with work at KFC and Wendy's restaurants in Springfield, Ohio, he soaked up both his father's entrepreneurial spirit and a basic knowledge of the food and franchising business.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,193 Reads 1 Shares
One common thread linking this year's group of multi-unit dominators is how none planned a career in franchising.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,512 Reads
Recently, I spent several hours with Simon Sinek, a very creative New York marketing strategist.
  • Howard Putnam
  • 5,315 Reads 40 Shares
Wisconsin-based Topper's Pizza just launched its first-ever "mobile pizza store" this past July. The brand is one of many testing the waters of mobile food delivery vehicles.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,648 Reads 840 Shares
They are athletes, Nobel Prize winners, and heads of state.
  • John Tschohl
  • 9,795 Reads 1 Shares
On the cusp of turning 30, Bryan Selden was looking to grow his business.
  • John Carroll
  • 8,931 Reads 1 Shares
Last summer he was touring with fellow rap star Lil Wayne while also preparing for the release of his fifth studio album, which was being released by his own Maybach Music Group Empire.
  • Franchising.com
  • 15,467 Reads 1,023 Shares
John Scharnweber grew up in the restaurant business, starting at the bottom as a dishwasher and busboy growing up in Minneapolis.
  • John Carroll
  • 7,626 Reads 3 Shares
Practicing The Platinum Rule--treating others the way they want to be treated by adapting to their behavioral style--can quickly make you a more sensitive, effective leader.
  • Dr. Tony Alessandra
  • 7,877 Reads 1,014 Shares
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