Most of the time, I’m focused on providing useful information for people that are interested in exploring franchise business ownership. It’s what I love to do. I’ve been doing it for a long time, and, it’s paid off in many different ways. I also do something else. More on that in a bit.     […]

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If you’ve recently been downsized from your corporate job Or If you’ve been downsized several times during the past few years Or If you have a job, but it’s a lousy one Or, If you work for a jerk Know this: If you really want to be your own boss…I want you to know that I’m […]

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    Strange things are happening with bookstores these days. (Besides that fact that lots of them seem to be closing up shop.) Take Books-a-Million for instance; they seem to be sneaking into several old Border’s stores…almost overnight. First off, I can’t believe that I just wrote “old Border’s stores.” That’s really weird. Second of all, why […]

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(Red Lamborgini Diablo, courtesy of Nan Palmero, Flickr) If you could walk into a Lamborghini dealership, checkbook in hand, and buy one of the most sought-after automobiles in the world, most people would consider you to be very successful. I know I would. And, if you define success as the ability to buy whatever you want-whenever you […]

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  That’s it. That’s the International Standard Book Number for my book.   My book. 261 pages of information on how to become the owner of a franchise business. And it’s sitting somewhere in this cute, little building;   The Library of Congress     Did you know that The Library of Congress is the […]

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  My book, Become a Franchise Owner! is out!     And to think it all started in January, when I received an email from an editor at John Wiley & Sons. (a book publisher out of New Joysey) In the email, the editor, (Lauren) thanked me for writing this review of David Siteman Garland’s small business […]

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That’s right; never. No way, no how. N E V E R No one uses them anymore. Everyone has more time these days. I don’t personally know of any busy dual-income families who would be willing to pay someone to come out to clean their homes in order to save them time. The other thing about becoming […]

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  Not only do I know what you want,  I understand why you want it. In times of high unemployment especially, lots of people want what you want. But, that “wanting” goes away for most of them when they get a new job. You see, most people feel in their heart that working for someone else […]

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(Are they talking about us?)   Do you have a 1st Class website or blog that’s focused on franchising, entrepreneurship, finance-lending, small business issues, marketing/pr, or copywriting? If so, here’s your chance to get some ink! I’m looking to put together a 1st-Class resource section for my soon-to-be-published book,  Become a Franchise Owner! The Start-Up […]

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  On Friday, I officially signed a deal with the fine folks over at Wiley Publishing. I’m going to be writing a book on franchising! I remember when I called my wife at work and said, “Jeannine, I just got a call from the folks at Wiley Publishing. They want me to write a franchise […]

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