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The Man at the Top of the Food Chain: Dave Thomas is Born
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| Dave Thomas starred in 652 commercials for Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, more than any other person in television history. But, he wasn’t just that friendly face you saw on TV with his white shirts and red ties; Thomas built his multi-billion dollar fast-food restaurant chain from the ground up, earning him a reputation as one of the most successful and loved entrepreneurs in American history. |
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
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| Just when I was beginning to wonder whether another great experience was going to surrender to the short-term gains of operational excellence, Howard Schultz gave me faith. |
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A Pig In Lipstick? Let's Focus On The Right Things
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| The key is not forgetting what you are in business to do, what your company values are, and the core competencies needed to achieve the goals of the company. |
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Attitude always win over knowledge
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| McDonalds is a good value and attitude always win over knowledge |
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Stop Using the Economy as an Excuse!
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| By blaming the economy for the decline in your business, you will miss out on the opportunity to build an organization that can sustain itself and thrive in any economic climate...
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Calculating How To Charge
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| This is how my friend Rick Schilling does when he tells people how much he will charge for his service. |
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RecessionProof Your Real Estate Career
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| Many newer real estate agents are struggling to make money now that the market has slowed so considerably. The Staging Diva® says there’s money to be made as a home stager and here she explains why. |
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The Top 4 Problems With Going Into Franchising
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| If you’re trying to understand what a franchise really is, look no further than the most popular international fast food restaurant you can think of. It doesn’t get any easier than that! |
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Business Opportunities in Franchise
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| The franchise business has recently been attracting more and more people, everyday. After all, isn’t the idea of running your own business and being control of your own career, incredibly appealing? |
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Restaurant Franchising
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| Franchising in restaurants is one of the biggest opportunities for someone looking to start their own business as a franchise. |
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Hotel Franchising
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| Hotel franchising is a big part of the franchise industry, becoming more and more popular. If you are thinking about starting a hotel franchise, you need to give it careful thought. |
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Travel The World With 8 Hot International Franchises
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| If you love to travel to different countries, consider a job that could take you all over the world. Many US franchises allow master franchise licenses and area development contracts which allow the internationally-minded entrepreneur to take a US-proven business model and introduce it to different places all over the world. This article examines a few of the best international franchises currently available. |
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As If They Were You
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| "Treat everybody else as if they were you." These words gave me pause. I wonder what it would be like if we each did what this "unknown author" is advocating? |
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Convenience wins in the end
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| The profitable businesses are doing it, why shouldn’t you?
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Which Franchise Concepts Can Stand the Test of Time
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| In recent years, we've seen hundreds of new franchise concepts registered. Many of the concepts have a good chance of being around for a long time. Some have a better chance than others. We'll examine which opportunities have longer legs. |
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Action Tips To Help You Succeed.
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| Here are some action tips that will help you find the time to accomplish your goals and live out your vision.
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Crafting Powerful Goals
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| Action Steps are critical to your success. Think of Action Steps as the building blocks or the rungs on a ladder leading toward your goals. These action steps are the small daily things you do each and everyday. Eventually they become habits for success.
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Is a Travel Cruise Franchise Opportunity for You?
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| If your entrepreneurial mind is combined with a love of travel, you may want to consider a travel franchise! |
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Buyer Beware: Common Mistakes Failed Franchisees Make
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| As you conduct more and more research into buying a business franchise, you will learn the importance of preliminary research, relying on experts (accountants, attorneys, etc.) and even the value of having an exit strategy from the very beginning. Still, just as there are common traits shared by successful franchisees, there are also common mistakes that can cause perfectly good concepts to go under. |
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Sales Tips-"You Want Fries With That?"
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| Since being introduced by McDonald's, this phrase has become a part of our language and even our culture. But the most important thing YOU need to know is, "Does it work?" |
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Lesson #1: Be A Visionary
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| Thomas didn’t just know how to cook a good hamburger; he single-handedly revolutionized the fast food industry. He didn’t want to be just another fast-food joint; he wanted to create the type of old-fashioned family restaurant that he had dined in so many times with his father and he wanted to serve quality food. |
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Restaurant Franchise
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| Quick! I say ‘franchise’, you say…McDonald’s? Well, despite the vast array of franchise possibilities out there, it is nonetheless true that when most people hear the word franchise, they think of food. That is thanks in large part to the amazing success that many fast food giants have had in growing by franchising. And, despite the increase in franchising throughout many different industries, buying a restaurant franchise still remains one of the most promising opportunities out there today. |
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How to Green a Restaurant, pt. 1: Ike's Quarter Cafe
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| Are you considering being a green restaurant? Consider the example of Ike’s Quarter Cafe, a New Orleans style restaurant in the gold rush era town of Nevada City, California. When I mentioned to my hair stylist yesterday that I would be writing about it, she said, “Oh really? I had no idea they were a green restaurant. I just thought they had good food.”
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How to Green a Restaurant, pt. 2: Eco Serviceware, What Works
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| Welcome to part 2 of our restaurant greening guide. If you recall from part 1 of this series, I wrote about Ike’s Quarter Cafe, a restaurant that has found a great balance of quality food, sustainability in their facilities, and a wonderful experience. For those of you considering greening your restaurant, or just in search of ways to make eating a less impactful experience, this week we focus on that which goes around the food. As in the utensils, cups, bowls, plates, and even the foil. |
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Key Steps to Buying a Fast Food Franchise
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| There's no doubt that investing in a fast food franchise could be a lucrative decision – fast food franchising is, after all, a $125 billion dollar a year industry. However, buying a fast food franchise requires a lot of hard work. |
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The Top 4 Problems With Going Into Franchising
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| If you’re trying to understand what a franchise really is, look no further than the most popular international fast food restaurant you can think of. It doesn’t get any easier than that! |
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Weekly Inventory Management System to Cut Food Cost & Reduce Theft
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| Whether you run a take-away counter or a fine-dine restaurant, the amount of money you make depends to a sizable degree on how well you manage your food inventory. Food cost is often a restaurant’s largest single expense in the overall cost of running a restaurant. |
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How to Kill Your Restaurant Business Fast: Four Eulogies
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| One of the biggest mistakes that restaurant owners make is to believe that they are in the food business. Big mistake! Grocery stores are in the food business. Restaurants are in the experience business. The experience at McDonalds is very different from that at Boston Pizza from TGI Fridays from Ruth's Chris Steak House. Yet they are all in the same business - just different segments of it.
Why do restaurants fail? It's usually not the food. Here are four restaurant failures that I witnessed recently in our neighborhood.
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The 6 T's of a Successful Upscale Restaurant
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| In owning a restaurant there are many things that are essential to success, including quality food, presentation, productivity, service, atmosphere and local niche. But what makes a restaurant great? How do you develop a high end restaurant? |
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Fast Food Restaurant Franchises: Good or Bad?
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| Among the many different stores and companies that potential franchise owners have at their disposal to choose from, one route that is very frequently called upon is the fast food restaurant franchise opportunity. There are all sorts of good and bad sides to owning any franchise, but it seems as though the example of a fast food restaurant exaggerates those two sides. Nevertheless, if you have ever wanted to know more about owning a fast food franchise then here are some good and genuine guidelines to follow, but on the other hand each individual has to do what he or she wants and desires in the end. |
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