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• 5 Great Questions To Ask Franchise Company Executives Before Buying A Franchise

  If you’re looking to become a franchise owner, there are several ways for you to increase your chances of success. One way is to arrange some time to talk with the operations people at franchise headquarters, and if possible, the president of the company. Some well thought out questions can ha

• A Curious Case of Object Permanence

  Obviously most people know me as a cartoonist, but I’m also a stay-at-home dad. I quit my last day job soon after my son was born and I’ve been juggling diaper pins and ink pens ever since. Usually the two roles don’t intersect. I know a lot of cartoonists that get material from t

• Google Appears at Small Business Week to Educate

  You might be surprised to learn that Google had a significant presence at National Small Business Week here in Washington. To many of us it seems like Google has such a built-in marketing advantage online, that it may be superfluous to market in a big way offline. But Google does in fact market to s

• Are You Fit to Work From Home?

  This is part two of a three part series on start-up success. The first blog post was about developing a life plan before writing a business plan. This post is about being a successful home-based business. Part three will be about the top reasons why start-up businesses fail and how to avoid that fat

• The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Business Books You'll Never Have Time to Read (Paperback)

  From The Art of War to Being Digital-the 100 books that have shaped management thinking and practice. Given the urgency and immediacy of so many business problems and challenges, a solid grounding in the history and evolution of business thinking will help managers separate fad fro