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So is every business failure a "scam"?

Posted Mon, 2009/12/14 - 19:12 by Granville_Bean

I say not.

An example of a full-blown scam: Bernie Madoff sent people account statements for years, showing their account balance and trading activity.  Only there were no trades made,

Hot Harry's

Posted Sun, 2009/09/06 - 23:56 by Granville_Bean

A small burrito "concept", had six or seven locations, but at least they have some company stores, 2 or 3 (depending on which website or news article you get the figures from).

Tales from a successful Franchise - part 1?

Posted Wed, 2009/06/24 - 00:00 by Granville_Bean
I wasn't feeling so successful last week. Scrambling to cover payroll.

So whose fault the failures....

Posted Sat, 2009/05/30 - 22:41 by Granville_Bean
Here on BMM we often hear from bitter former Zees. The evil hurtful Zor, they were so mean, they took my money and drove me out of business. But plenty of non-franchise business fail too.

KFC's Free Meal Debacle via Oprah

Posted Tue, 2009/05/12 - 01:12 by Granville_Bean
KFC's president Roger Eaton apologizes

Don't Buy a Franchise In a Hurry

Posted Fri, 2009/04/24 - 22:46 by Granville_Bean

I have been a franchisee for more than a decade. We don't make as much money as a lot of people in the community seem to think, but we do make more than 90% of the households in America.

Why Buy a Franchise

Posted Sun, 2009/04/05 - 23:01 by Granville_Bean
Looking back at my posts, I see that a lot of them are negative. So I'm going to try to initiate something positve: WHY buy a franchise?

Wannabees, Has Beens, Disgruntleds & Vendor/Consultants???

Posted Sat, 2008/08/16 - 22:26 by Granville_Bean

So who is on this forum?  I only joined recently and am disappointed that it seems like my topic title says.  How many here, are NOT disgruntled, actually have a franchise unit or units, and have