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In our line of work, we see a lot of ugly financial statements. Not ugly in the sense that the business is performing poorly (well, we see some of those too!), but ugly in the sense that they contain glaring bookkeeping errors.
  • Steve Lefever
  • 5,341 Reads 1,014 Shares
I believe marketing is the heart of every successful franchise company.
  • Megan Conway
  • 4,286 Reads 14 Shares
Janet is a savvy small-business owner. She successfully navigated her way through the recession and is enjoying steady growth.
  • Russell Trahan
  • 2,517 Reads 15 Shares
If you are tasked with building a social media dashboard to track your efforts, look no further than this post
  • Jason Miller
  • 3,191 Reads 31 Shares
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has been named one of Technomic's Top 100 Sandwich Chains and received Sandelman's Award of Excellence for Customer Service.
  • Jack Mackey
  • 7,356 Reads 1,023 Shares
A survey conducted by Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange can help guide your business in using social media.
  • Daniel Lieberman
  • 2,804 Reads 1,014 Shares
Michael Decker now operates an Expedia CruiseShipCenters franchise in Orlando, Florida, but he says it was his military experience that provided the crucial background he needed to become a successful franchisee.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,001 Reads 1,023 Shares
The process of organizational change is complex. A number of associated factors have the ability to impact the organization's overall ability to successfully evolve.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 8,421 Reads 3 Shares
The 14-year-old Michael Knobelock was not just selling newspaper subscriptions in his native Houston but he was racking up awards as top salesman, earning between $400 and $500 a week in the 1970s.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,129 Reads 61 Shares
Just as history has a way of repeating itself, Ralph Askar has a way of leaving his mark on organizations. He's doing it again with Instant Imprints.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,058 Reads
Millennials provide a unique challenge for businesses today. Many business operators are struggling to understand this generation and how to get the most out of the employer-employee relationship.
  • Jennifer Kushell
  • 4,331 Reads 91 Shares
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PostNet International Franchise Corp., which turns 20 this year, entered franchising with a development culture firmly in place.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,139 Reads 1 Shares
This is the third part of a mini-series on how to better understand the psychology of franchise buyers.
  • Steve Olson
  • 2,944 Reads 81 Shares
John Metz is a franchisor (Hurricane Grill & Wings), a franchisee (Denny's, Dairy Queen, assorted hotels), a landlord, and a renter/lessee--as well as having other several business interests.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,130 Reads 4 Shares
As founder and executive chairman of The Saxton Group in Dallas, Kelly Saxton has taken a family approach to building a business that has opened and operated more than 100 restaurants in his 30-year career.
  • Helen Bond
  • 8,196 Reads 252 Shares
Ten years ago, if someone told you that the second biggest retail company by market capitalization (after Walmart) would actually be a virtual or a cloud company, you would have laughed.
  • Amit Pamecha
  • 3,723 Reads 48 Shares
Many organizations are made up of extraordinarily talented teams in development, operations, human resources, marketing, finance, and other functions, often with each function armed with their own goals and objectives.
  • Franchise Update
  • 2,957 Reads 212 Shares
October marked an infamous anniversary on Wall Street. Twenty-five years ago, the unthinkable happened when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a record 106 points to end the trading week at just under 2500.
  • Carol Schleif
  • 4,592 Reads 4 Shares
With an estimated 1.8 zettabytes of information created and stored in 2011 alone, there has never been a more opportune time for hackers to challenge franchise data security, according to a DC Digital Universe study.
  • Peter Clark
  • 8,872 Reads 390 Shares
The first step to a successful franchisee grand opening is disciplined advance planning.
  • Franchise Update
  • 5,431 Reads 1,021 Shares
To Glenn Mueller, franchising at its core is a partnership. And as the largest single franchisee in the Domino's Pizza system at 135 units, he's a great partner to have.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 20,518 Reads 8 Shares
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There's always more hype and more promises during a presidential election season. With all the rhetoric, expectations rise.
  • Darrell Johnson
  • 2,771 Reads 1,023 Shares
The New Year has just arrived and now is the time many revaluate life and career. Most people think about their careers as an occupation but few view their careers as a vocation.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,133 Reads 1,014 Shares
Great leaders are passionate. They possess an absolute love for what they do. Apple's Steve Jobs observed, "I don't think of my life as a career... I do stuff.
  • Timothy Bednarz
  • 6,550 Reads 1 Shares
Like most U.S. business sectors, the smoothie industry was hit hard during the recession.
  • Frank Easterbrook
  • 4,458 Reads 20 Shares
Veterans make great franchisees. Organized, disciplined, determined - all characteristics that suit them for franchising. Chris Rolen is a great example.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,606 Reads 1,014 Shares
Litigation is America's fastest growing business because plaintiffs have everything to gain and nothing but a few hours to lose, says Hillel Presser, author of Financial Self-Defense (Revised Edition).
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,789 Reads 1 Shares
It's old news to all of us that franchising has evolved since 2007 with the changes in the lending environment, home equity, high unemployment rates, and lack of consumer confidence.
  • Marc Kiekenapp
  • 4,050 Reads 18 Shares
I am often asked how I define exceptional customer service. Here it is in a nutshell: speed, price, and technology - all built around service.
  • John Tschohl
  • 6,872 Reads
Rich Hope has spent three decades in advertising and is comfortable planning marketing strategies and executing successful campaigns.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,590 Reads 1 Shares
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