Are you a fan of Game of Thrones? If so, you know about the phrase, “Winter is Coming.” But if you’re like me and you didn’t watch the series, you need to know the meaning of the phrase. From Game of Thrones...
Economy
Joel Libava
Franchise News: Government #Shutdown Means No Franchise Expansion
Washington, DC– International Franchise Association (IFA) members must be up in arms over two things right now: The government shutdown IFA executives who don’t get it Read why… Government #Shutdown Means...
Why Are McDonald’s McFranchisees Mad?
For a dollar, I’ll tell you why McDonald’s franchise owners are mad. I’m McKidding. One reason that McDonald’s franchisees are mad is the recent news out of corporate. For the first time in a decade...
Fast Food Franchise Workers Strike In NYC
They only make $7.25 an hour. That’s why hundreds of fast food franchise workers are going on strike in NYC. Hourly employees from franchises like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and KFC are seeking to double...
Franchise Power
(My little cousin-Matthew) The franchise model is very powerful. One franchise business-owned by one person, can bring about a lot of change. For The Franchisee For someone that’s had some success in the...
10 Ways To Stay Cool And Keep Energy Costs Down | From Aire Serv
(Courtesy of AKA Hige-Flickr) Summertime electricity costs can be outrageous. Running air conditioning units 24 hours a day can be pretty expensive. If you’re like me, you want to nip away at your energy bill as...
The Startup America Partnership: Anita Campbell vs. Tim Berry
Startup America is a White House initiative that was launched in 2011 that’s meant to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation. To further this initiative, an...
How to Capitalize on a Weak Housing Market
The fact that homeowners that are interested in selling their homes can’t, isn’t exactly breaking news. The US housing slump has been on our radar for a couple of years now, and the outlook...
Astute Investments in the Economy Can Help Small Businesses and Franchise Businesses
(This is a guest post from Rohit Arora, who’s the co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit.) Although the Treasury Department announced the approval of funding to generate $3.6 billion in lending to small business...
Rudderless
(An old, nasty rudder) That’s what we are, you know; we’re rudderless. We’re all wandering around in some type of post-traumatic daze from what the last President did to our economy. And we’ve...
Las Vegas Gambling Revenues Decline During The BlogWorld 09 Convention
/ CC BY 2.0 From the archives…. On October 17th, 2009 from 4:04 PM PST until approximately 4:07 PM PST, casinos within walking distance of the Las Vegas Convention Center, reported a .0034% drop in gambling...
What’s Better? A McJob, or No JOB?
I’ll put that question to you in another way; Would you rather have the abilty to pay your car or truck payment, or not pay your car or truck payment, and end up having somethingreal specialhappening in...
Is The Economy Better, Worse, or The Same?
President Obama took office two years ago. At the time, the economy was in ruins, and as a whole, it felt like the country was ready for “change.” Fast-forward to December, 2010. Do you think that...
Now Hiring; Future Franchise Owners (Part II)
Part 1 of this post about future franchise owners started off with this question; "Should a recent college graduate buy a franchise business?" I stated that when I was asked that question, 9 times out of 10...
