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Craig Colby created his own computer consulting and programming business following his graduation from the University of Delaware.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,382 Reads 62 Shares
If there's anything Gavin Hart enjoys more than a vanilla cone at one of his Dairy Queens, it's handing one over to a customer.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,115 Reads 352 Shares
Franchisors recognize the best performers in their system with a Franchisee of the Year award (or equivalent).
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,414 Reads 14 Shares
After earning a degree in computer science from the University of Delaware, Craig Colby set up his own consulting and programming business for the first decade of his career.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,031 Reads 2 Shares
When Chirag Patel left India 15 years ago, he had mixed feelings about leaving his home and his parents.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,192 Reads 1,014 Shares
Anil Yadav has graced the pages (and one cover) of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine twice before.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,795 Reads 1 Shares
Gavin Hart loves his Dairy Queen vanilla cones and Dunkin' Donuts coffee. But he also loves to see his customers enjoy them, too.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,631 Reads 360 Shares
It's fitting that Johnny Collins runs marathons. The persistence and long-term training needed to finish a 26.1-mile race is mirrored in Collins' long, difficult quest to start his own business.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 5,729 Reads 1 Shares
The Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) has recently added two new franchisee association groups to its ranks.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,976 Reads
One brand, two brands, three brands, more. When it comes to growth and expansion, that's exactly what many multi-unit operators have in mind.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 12,230 Reads 6 Shares
In business, a lot changes in three years, especially in a down economy. And while his business has taken a turn for the worse, Tom Barnett's values and commitments remain strong as ever.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,883 Reads 485 Shares
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Tom Barnett has taken it on the chin. The last three years of economic woe have taken a toll but his values and commitments remain as strong as ever.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,683 Reads 130 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,269 Reads 3 Shares
Tommy Haddock has added 10 Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits restaurants since we profiled him six years ago.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,687 Reads 1 Shares
In October 1998, Steven Keys converted his residential lawn care business to a U.S. Lawns franchise.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 16,581 Reads 3 Shares
After 10 years at Union Carbide, Ottawa-born chemical engineer Roger Mongeon wanted to spend less time traveling and more time with his family.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,433 Reads 277 Shares
"Sometimes interesting things happen in a bad economy," says Dawn Lafreeda, CEO and president of Den-Tex Central Inc. in San Antonio.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,985 Reads
Franchisors recognize the best performers in their system each year with a Franchisee of the Year award.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 7,591 Reads 7 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 6,659 Reads 1 Shares
This April will mark the third year in a row that Al Coelho has run the 26-mile Boston Marathon. That's a significant achievement. But it's only a part of what Coelho will do that day.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,124 Reads 8 Shares
Sam Covelli says he grew up in the restaurant business working in his father's McDonald's. Under his father's leadership, Covelli Enterprises eventually grew to 26 locations, one of the largest McDonald's franchisees in the country.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 30,361 Reads 2 Shares
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Ray Harrigill believes in diversification. His Sunray Companies has restaurants (Bumpers Drive-In), tanning salons (Palm Beach Tan), fitness centers (Koko FitClub), and hotel properties (Hampton Inn), to name a few. That's because of lessons he's learned along the way.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 9,574 Reads
"Sometimes interesting things happen in a bad economy," says Dawn Lafreeda, CEO and president of Den-Tex Central Inc. in San Antonio.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 14,561 Reads 1 Shares
After 10 years at Union Carbide, Ottawa-born chemical engineer Roger Mongeon wanted to spend less time traveling and more time with his family.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,527 Reads 4 Shares
Ray Harrigill believes in diversification. His Sunray Companies has restaurants (Bumpers Drive-In), tanning salons (Palm Beach Tan), fitness centers (Koko FitClub), and hotel properties (Hampton Inn), to name a few.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 6,768 Reads 1 Shares
We are always on the lookout for big franchisees, the kind who don't run a half dozen units but dozens of units.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,239 Reads 1,023 Shares
Tom DiMarco knows his numbers--and they're getting bigger every year.
  • John Carroll
  • 4,705 Reads 5 Shares
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
  • 6,163 Reads 138 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
  • 22,450 Reads 8 Shares
When Sunita Sagar was a teenager working as a part-time cashier at a Jack in the Box in California, she dreamed of the day she would become a doctor.
  • John Carroll
  • 6,302 Reads 82 Shares
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