This is a very special night for my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. It’s been over 50 years since any of our sports teams have won a championship. This is an important game for the Cleveland Cavaliers-our NBA Franchise. There have been lots of ups and downs in our city. And, lots of ups and downs […]

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(Note: This was written before Lebron James made his Decision to go back to Cleveland to play for the Cavs.) Cleveland basketball fans may now have another reason to feel paranoid today. That’s because Lebron James is buying a pizza franchise -10 of them, actually…and opening them up in South Florida. That’s where King James […]

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Owners of retail franchises only have so much space to work with. It’s limiting…so as an Owner, you can pretty much only sell what your customers can see and touch. So, when corporate decides to add a brand-new product line that’s going to take a significant portion of your shelf space, you-as a franchisee, may […]

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(This is a sponsored post.) The Texas-based men’s and boy’s hair care provider who just reached a “billion dollars in haircuts” after franchising for only 16 years, is looking for franchise owners in the “Rock and Roll Capital of the World.” Currently, Sport Clips has 23 stores in Ohio, including 2 in the Cleveland market. […]

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Once in awhile, we get kudos from people that we didn't know how much we helped, either professionally, or personally. As someone who helps people change things around, career-wise, it's visually easy to see the impact I can make. I can attend the Grand-Opening's of their new businesses, and see the joy in their eyes. […]

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If you have decided that franchise ownership may be for you, do you feel it makes sense, at least logically, to seek out people in your local area that know about the franchise industry? Maybe you feel that it is not important to work with local resources. Let's look at the top 5 reasons you […]

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"Welcome to the franchising world in a sour economy. Former executives from around the country are deciding to become franchisees. When you buy into a franchise business, you get marketing, advertising and training support you typically do not get with an independent business, said Alisa Harrison, spokeswoman at the International Franchise Association in Washington." Keep […]

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I will be LiveBlogging the Presidential Election in conjunction with WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland. I will be joined by such local luminaries like Michael DeAloia, George Nemeth and others, at the TV Studio. I feel that it is really important to get involved albeit in a small way, for an election that is […]

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Breaking bread with The Fed is really what I said. Yesterday, I joined 24 other Cleveland small business owners at The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, one of 12 Federal Reserve Banks in the US. The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland participates in trivial things like interest rate reviews, inflationary discussions, and everything else that […]

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WOW! I want to publicly thank the fine folks over at Work.com for naming me "Business Expert Of The Week." You made this guy smile. Read about it on the Work.com Community Blog… By the way, The Work.com website just surpassed 10,000 written guides! Congrats!!

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