Today's news for the franchise & small biz owner

You might want to visit this site. It is an easy way to locate contact info of your congressional representative.

Gene Bowen and Karen McGinn Describe Plight of eBay Drop-Off Store Owners According to Gene Bowen and Karen McGinn, former eBay drop-off store owners who run the website AmItheOnlyOne.org, the drop-off store model doesn't work. McGinn paints a picture of people in a terrible financial plight, desperate to learn how to dig themselves out of the hole they are in. (Duration - 04:49)

The American Bar Association (ABA) has a forum for the study and discussion of the legal aspects of franchising. It maintains 2 franchise journals - the franchise lawyer and franchise law review - as well as many legal links. 

Working for the Chain Gang: Public Radio's marketplace reports on franchising. Our own Ms. Susan Kezios of the American Franchisee Association is interviewed, along with franchisees. One out of 16 Americans works in a franchise. Franchise owners get brand recognition and support from the home office. And that's not all. Steve Tripoli reports.

This SBA publication (pdf) is designed to assist the franchise buyer in investigating their options. It includes the questions that should be asked to adequately evaluate the business, the franchiser, the franchise package and the reader as a franchise owner.

The SBA does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the views and opinions of the author. It is Blue MauMau's opinion that there are some errors in this report, such as quoting a faulty Dept of Commerce report that only 5% of franchises fail.