May 28, 2009

Late is Not Better Than Never

photo by Angie Carlson Last Sunday, I had a minor accident that as I attempted to remedy illustrated some basic failing that many small businesses suffer from. While weed whacking my yard, I shot a handful of small stones towards my house and broke my sliding glass door and another window. The outer pane of […]

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Franchise Finance Expert Offers Advice On Borrowing

Chain Leader: What? Restaurant operators are no longer interested in borrowing? Have they given up already? One might have thought so from a sparsely attended panel discussion, “Financing Your Restaurant Growth in a Tight Credit Market,” at this week’s National Restaurant Association Restaurant Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago. Merely two dozen people showed up. Maybe others

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Fascinated By Franchises?

Bankrate.com: Laid-off professionals with severance packages and a lifetime of savings often view a franchise deal as a quick exit from unemployment and a steppingstone to financial and personal independence. Sadly, it doesn’t always end that way. Many would-be entrepreneurs have ended up bankrupt and out hundreds of thousands of dollars after falling for dubious

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