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How to Grow Your Business into a National Franchise Brand in this Economy

Author: Lonnie Helgerson

Every year hundreds of new franchise companies announce their plans to be the next SUBWAY®, RE/MAX®, or Great Clips® and fail to reach that

Regulation of Franchising

Don Sniegowski | Jun 20

Author: Elizabeth Crawford Spencer

Law professor Elizabeth Crawford Spencer argues that monitoring and regulation are needed to address franchising abuse.

Five Pennies: Ten Rules to Successfully Build a Franchise Mega-Brand and Maximize System Profits

Lonnie Helgerson | May 17

Author: CFE, Lonnie Helgerson

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War, 5th Century BC.

Tales of Garcon: The Franchise Players

Callum Floyd | May 2

Author: Jim Combs, Jeremy Short, David Ketchen

Tales of Garcon: The Franchise Players is an incredibly striking and professional addition to the world of franchising in print.

The Franchise Buyers Manual

Mr. Blue MauMau | Mar 28

Author: Ed Teixeira

The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) has endorsed The Franchise Buyers Manual.

Buying a Franchise - Is it Right for Me?

Lonnie Helgerson | Dec 12

Author: Lonnie Helgerson CFE

Save yourself time, effort, and money by finding out if franchising is for you!

Dunk'd, A True Story of How Big Money is Corrupting the Franchising Industry

Don Sniegowski | Jun 11

Author: Irwin Barkan

BOOK REVIEW: DUNK'D — Franchising is everywhere. There are franchised restaurants, grocery stores, parcel deliveries, online search optimization services, premium out houses, even poop scoop services for pooches.

The Buyout of America, How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

Irwin Barkan | Mar 30

Author: Josh Kosman

Perhaps if each member of Congress read “Buyout of America” they would understand that unsustainable debt does the same thing to companies that it did to our economy in 2008: eviscer

Hire the American Dream

Don Sniegowski | Jul 24

Author: Tim McIntyre, Dave Melton

In an industry with easily over a hundred percent turnover, quick service restaurants wish for the day that they can have a seasoned team, even if for one day.