Archive for May 31st, 2005
Startup Journal: Earlier this month we pondered the strange Internet phenomenon of penny-book sales via Amazon.com, and reached the conclusion that penny books might be less a business model than an unintended consequence of a business model. One reader begged to differ, contending that our argument really applied only to small businesses. And he knew [...]
Recycled Franchises – Why Buy 2nd Hand?
Franchises Solutions: Looking to start a business? Reviewing your options? If franchises sound appealing, you may have an alternative option you hadn’t thought of before: Buying an already established franchise. It turns out that 10 to 15 percent of franchise sales may actually be franchise re-sales. Franchisees sell their business for many reasons. They might [...]
Last week I was surprised to receive a coy of Seth Godin’s All Marketers Are Liars from 800-CEO-READ. This is the first of Godin’s books that I’ve ever actually sat down and read, having based my assessments of his previous books on the covers and online excerpts. I received this book at exactly the right [...]
