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At least six times a year, Don Copus gathers his Hungry Howie's employees for a corporate outing where you may find the Berkley, Mich.-based franchisee batting for one softball team, pitching for the other, or manning the grill.
  • Helen Bond
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Zig Ziglar once said, "People don't buy drills, they buy holes." Carrying his logic into franchising, franchisees don't really invest in franchise opportunities; they invest in the future they are designing for themselves and their families.
  • Joe Mathews
  • 5,256 Reads 124 Shares
Terri Snyder's 30 years of experience in foodservice marketing include stints with Pizza Hut, Domino's, and T.G.I. Friday's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 6,943 Reads 2 Shares
You'll increase your closings by 30 percent or more if you understand why and how buyers buy.
  • Steve Olson
  • 5,068 Reads
In an episode of "The Simpsons," Lisa tells her dad that the Chinese use the same word for both "crisis" and "opportunity"--to which Homer replies, "Yes! Crisitunity!"
  • Carol Schleif
  • 5,918 Reads 150 Shares
After visiting with Guillermo Perales five years ago, perhaps the most pointed question to ask him today is, "What have you not been up to?"
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 14,099 Reads 7 Shares
A year ago, Ray Margiano, an admitted lifelong "workaholic," had an epiphany.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 3,309 Reads 31 Shares
Terri Snyder has 30 years of marketing experience in food service, including Pizza Hut, Domino's, and T.G.I. Friday's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,165 Reads 2 Shares
When we heard Frank Bonanno had been named 2012 Vetrepreneur of the Year by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association, we had to catch up with him to find out what else he's been up to since we last profiled him in this magazine 2 years ago (3rd quarter 2010).
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 20,282 Reads 3 Shares
There's an old saying: "Most people aim at nothing in life... and hit it with amazing accuracy."
  • Dr. Tony Alessandra
  • 6,418 Reads 1 Shares
John Dillon is a straight shooter in describing what he's been doing as vice president of marketing and product development at Denny's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,634 Reads 1,022 Shares
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More employers are offering benefits that encourage employees to improve their health in 2012, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released this past summer.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 4,054 Reads 15 Shares
FUSR bring you positive news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, innovating, and continuing to grow, both domestically and overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,448 Reads 1,014 Shares
In case you haven't noticed, women possess a lot of buying power.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,724 Reads 903 Shares
If you've played, coached, or watched a sport on the University of South Carolina (USC) campus, there's a good chance you've eaten a Firehouse Sub from Judy and Charlie Divita.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,450 Reads 12 Shares
As a hospital administrator, Allen Hager had personally seen the anguish that families faced when searching for safe, appropriate, quality home care services for their family members returning home.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,941 Reads 117 Shares
On Cathy Amato's first day as a Jack in the Box management trainee in the early 1980s, her trainer questioned whether Amato was up for the rigor ahead--changing grease vats, scrubbing floors, and crazy hours.
  • Helen Bond
  • 6,868 Reads 1 Shares
As more franchisors and franchisees embrace social media to augment their consumer marketing efforts, answers to this question gain in importance.
  • Franchise Update
  • 3,203 Reads 109 Shares
The last time we visited with Eric Werner, he had just signed a deal with the up-and-coming LA Sunset Tan franchise.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,235 Reads 2 Shares
After earning a degree in computer science from the University of Delaware, Craig Colby set up his own consulting and programming business for the first decade of his career.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,258 Reads 2 Shares
Linda Shaub is CMO of Interim Healthcare, a network of 332 franchise locations providing medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 3,239 Reads 27 Shares
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Since national health care reform was signed into law in March 2010, it has generated strong reaction from multi-unit franchisees and small-business owners across the nation.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 5,481 Reads 1 Shares
It's fitting that Johnny Collins runs marathons. The persistence and long-term training needed to finish a 26.1-mile race is mirrored in Collins' long, difficult quest to start his own business.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 5,824 Reads 1 Shares
As chief marketing officer for Interim Healthcare, Linda Shaub oversees the company's branding and consumer-facing activities across a network of 332 franchise locations that provide medical staffing and in-home care services in 43 states.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 2,921 Reads 99 Shares
With the proliferation of more sophisticated social media, PR, web, and blogging tools available today, franchisors have a golden opportunity to tell their story to a captive pool of franchise candidates who are hungry for such information.
  • Joe Mathews
  • 3,368 Reads
Every business sector has its leaders, its standouts, its superstars. In franchising these are the Empire Builders, multi-unit and multi-brand franchisees who operate not one or two, but 10, 20, 100, or more franchised units.
  • Franchise Update Media
  • 15,145 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchising is seeing a flurry of activity in financing, mergers and acquisitions, and franchisee incentives in 2012, especially for returning veterans.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,417 Reads 39 Shares
As the economy continues to struggle through a slow recovery, business people everywhere are looking for any tools or techniques that will help them keep their businesses alive and thriving.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 6,972 Reads 1 Shares
Nearly every company in the world gives lip service to the idea that "our people are our greatest asset."
  • Shawn Achor
  • 5,411 Reads 151 Shares
For months, Republicans in Washington have been beating a steady drumbeat about the harm regulations have on businesses, the economy, and job creation.
  • Matt Deffebach
  • 5,880 Reads 258 Shares
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