edited by: Joel Libava,
Franchising Editor
I am not a member of The International Franchise Association. (IFA)
That's full disclosure, folks.
One thing that I feel they do a stellar job with is lobbying. Matthew Shay, it's leader, knows how to work it over on Capitol Hill.
The IFA just made it's' [...]
The New York Daily News asks, what’s in a name? Maybe more than you thought.
A British translation firm will vet expectant couples’ off-the-wall baby names, ensuring their offspring aren’t saddled with monikers that mean something embarrassing in another language.
Today Translation’s new service might have come [...]
If you’re one of the surprisingly large number of Americans who follow the Tour de France every summer, you may have noticed massive, gorgeous printed messages on the route roads, reports Fast Company.
Nope, they’re not paint–they’re made of chalk, and they’re sprayed on the road surface by ChalkBot, [...]
This smart Upcycle Ottoman by Gus* Modern is made of repurposed jute bags that were once used to carry organic fair trade certified coffee according to Inhabitat.com.
Produced in a limited quantity, each piece is unique and shows the branding and markings of the bags used [...]
For many consultants, real-time collaboration with clients is extremely important. Setting up one-on-one phone calls is easy, but if you need to have three or more parties on the line, things get tricky — and expensive, says Small Business Computing.
FreeConferenceCall.com offers free private conference [...]
CNNMoney.com asks, short on cash? Join the new old economy and swap.
There’s no recession in barter,” said Debbie Lombardi as she navigated the crowd at the Barter Business Unlimited’s Annual Business & Holiday Barter Show, in Bristol, Conn.
More than 1,000 people affiliated with 100 vendors of [...]
Glendale mom Laurie Lupinetti opened Young Chef’s Academy in 2005 so she would be home more with her daughter Sarah, then 6 months old.
It was an opportunity for Lupinetti to blend her love of cooking and love of children while fulfilling the dream to own [...]
If you’ve ever been out while pushing a baby in a stroller, then you probably know what it is like to try and help them fall to sleep or stay asleep. While you could always drape a coat or blanket over the stroller to help keep the [...]
It may be too late for that guy
(This is a post from a strategic partner of mine, Paul Segreto. Paul has been there and done that in franchising. and he wrote this a while back)
I can personally relate to the trials and tribulations of [...]
