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My project work in franchising
There was no map or rule book in testing the limits of the industry. By nature, these were all unreasonable actions from the conventional viewpoint. To me, they were just taking one step ahead of the … more →
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My project work in franchising
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wrote 1 year ago: There was no map or rule book in testing the limits of the industry. By nature, these were all unrea … more →
Franchisors are cowards, through and through
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wrote 1 year ago: They pee the rug when confronted with competence. Scavengers of what’s left of the near brain- … more →
If you lost your money, Call your franchise banker.
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wrote 1 year ago: Get smart. Who do you think teaches new franchisors or amateurs like David Scenna (Hookers and Booze … more →
Free riding on the authority of the state
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wrote 1 year ago: The notion that people need to believe in and trust in their institutions is not a naive, child-like … more →
If we forget, We will continue to repeat our mistakes
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wrote 2 years ago: We created WikidFranchise.org to house the documents that I have collected and to start a dialogue. … more →
Westpac bank advances $10m, not $10,000. Oddly, NZ now short 2 BP franchisees
wrote 3 years ago: You have to have some sympathy for the banker. But not much when you know their full involvement in … more →
Franchisors starve while industry rag sharpens the axe spin
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wrote 3 years ago: Might consider not putting your neck on the block this Easter. McChicken (not eggs) are on the menu … more →
The Class War is Over, and We Lost
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wrote 3 years ago: Franchising is one part of a bigger picture. Increasingly, it is more difficult for good people to d … more →
Lawyers are Rats: A top legal scholar exposes the corruption of his profession
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wrote 3 years ago: Maclean’s which started in 1905, is Canada’s first weekly newsmagazine. In an August 200 … more →
Abolish the SBA: $70-83B reasons why it should happen
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wrote 3 years ago: Private gain, Public loss. Banks, like all buisnesses, just love it when governments underwrite thei … more →
The Mob: A Working group of Professional Thieves
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wrote 3 years ago: Thieves steal to live. Professionals in thievery and business behave in a very similar manner. Only … more →
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
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wrote 3 years ago: Upton Sinclair (1878 – 1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning prolific American author who wrote o … more →
Franchise bankers are Always there for you (whoever you are)
wrote 3 years ago: In August I wrote a post called Why Australia will get a McLaw. WA Today ran a story this week by Ch … more →
Solicitor-client relationship: When does it start?
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wrote 3 years ago: Congratulations. You’re just finished your initial meeting with a franchise lawyer. You chose … more →
Midnight move: This time into the gutter
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wrote 3 years ago: The top image is from a Canadian Press article by Nelson Wyatt called Passersby stunned as restauran … more →
IFA: Oversight good for U.S., bad for AUS
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wrote 3 years ago: Big Franchising‘s primary mouthpiece is certainly flexible. As an example, witness a current p … more →
Down on Bullshit Avenue
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wrote 3 years ago: International Symbol of Deaf and Near-Deaf A second great depression upon us all and all the U.S. me … more →
Accidental franchises: Sue franchisor and their lawyer
wrote 3 years ago: When a franchisor and their lawyers pretends that a franchise is a license or distributorship, somet … more →
How can banks get away with repeatedly and knowingly lending into crapola franchises?
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wrote 3 years ago: It ain’t called a bank shot for nothing. It’s as simple as Richard Solomon explains over … more →
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