Archive for November 12th, 2004
Can You Own a McDonald’s Location?
Entrepreneur: If you wanted to, could you buy a single McDonald’s location? Or is the chain dominated by superwealthy conglomerate types capable of gobbling up dozens of stores at a time? According to the article, the answer is yes, it is still possible to purchase a single store McDonald’s franchise.
On The Road with Dave is an interesting new blog about multi-level marketing from David Robinson. I may not care from MLM but I like his blog’s description: Now appearing in his blogging debut, David Robison takes you into the world of multi-level marketing, his daily life as a partner in a home renovation/handyman business, [...]
Don’t Mail Yourself An Idea and Expect The Postmark To Protect It
Patent Pending: The urban myth is that the poor man’s patent is to send yourself a sealed envelope with a description of your invention. If Mega Corporation then comes up with the same idea, or rips off your idea, you can prove that you invented it first. Because look, the envelope is sealed, and that [...]
Beating The Odds In Small Business
Howard Rothman writing on Amazon.com: “Drawing upon his extensive experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial circles, Tom Culley offers a brutally honest prescription for new-business survival in the no-nonsense Beating the Odds in Small Business. Eschewing flavor-of-the-month fads in favor of time-tested basics, he irreverently cuts to the chase with practical advice on such critical [...]
Business Schools Using Trump Tips
MSNBC: Business schools around the nation are including tips from “The Apprentice” in their MBA programs. The show and its star, billionaire Donald Trump, have been used in the past to spark debate among students. But now professors are using fundamentals from the NBC hit in the lecture halls. “Business as a discipline and an [...]
