Archive for February 8th, 2005
Four Is the Least Lonely Number
Wiggin and Dana’s Franchise Law Blog: “In a sociological experiment, a potential franchisor has discovered that the best networking number is 4. Putting four people together at a lunch, says the owner of Networking Lunch of Santa Fe, New Mexico, creates the best chance for continued conversation between the participants and the smallest risk that [...]
Blogging About Business, or Blogging About Blogging
Jim Logan: Is it just me or has anyone else noticed there are more business blogs that talk about blogs than business? It’s funny, but even on this weblog, which is a business, I try to avoid posting about the business of blogging because I think that it’s covered sufficiently well elsewhere. Am I wrong?
Financing Your Homebased Business
Entrepreneur: The reality is that banks, even community lenders, are hesitant to lend to start-ups. Buying a homebased franchise opportunity may boost your financing chances, although lending to homebased entrepreneurs isn’t an industrywide practice, says Ginny Young, president of Orange, California, franchise lender Brava Capital. Her company doesn’t finance homebased borrowers, but she knows industry [...]
Entrepreneur Daily: Today’s Seattle Times has the fascinating story of a Quizno’s Sub location where the franchisee disappeared after just a month. Rather than deserting the store, the store’s manager and a handful of employees kept it running for months. The employees were only paid when there was a enough cash in the register, and [...]
Jeff Cornwall: American City Business Journals issued their report on entrepreneurial hot spots. Their methodology is quite simple. “ACBJ used a four-category formula to rate local climates for small businesses, defined as companies with fewer than 100 employees. The categories were: Number of small businesses per 100,000 residents Change in the number of small businesses [...]
Wow! Google has done it again with Google Maps — they’ve managed to make the leading internet map providers look like total amateurs. Bravo. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited to maps of the United States only at this point. via PC4Media.
