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Getting on our Bandwagon?

By admin On October 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Looks like even some bigger names are realizing that franchising is not all its been cracked up to be.

That its not the easy, never fail, cookie cutter works approach that franchisers are trying to sell you. Though franchisespeak.com has been saying it for quite a while now, its nice to see some validation. [...]

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Food Franchising; “A Recipe for Disaster?”

By judesteed On February 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In researching both successful and unsuccessful franchises, I came across the most recent list of the 25 worst franchises in the US according to SBA loan failure rates. (blue mau mau Jan 24, 2009). Ranking from the worst to merely “bad,” 40% of the top failing franchises were

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5 Rules for Interviewing Inside Sales Reps?

By Ace45 On February 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Trish Bertuzzi’s recent post, Interviewing Inside Sales Reps: 5 Rules, has a few points that I agree with, and some that I don’t. I agree with her that hiring mistakes can be costly (which is why you should use a recruiter), and I also agree that it is helpful to determine those key characteristics that [...]

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SUBWAY Success Secrets

By mwriters On January 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The emerging of Subway Franchise as the 2009 No. 1 franchise in the Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list is a simple proof of their meeting, by most (or all) standards, the basic requirements of an ideal franchise, according to Entrepreneur’s franchise 500 . Exceeding McDonalds by some units, the company has the stayed afloat, even [...]

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Franchising Equals Socialism

By admin On January 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If you’d like to work in a system where you and 100′s of others work for the benefit of the community, but no one benefits nearly as much as the dictator franchisor then franchising is for you.  Having been in a franchise system where this became obviously true after just a few short months, it [...]

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