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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Blitzkrieg 2.0: Death to franchise law trench Warfare
Another interesting article from Blue MauMau. Rich Piotrowksi in Quiznos Battle starts off his own story by saying: One ounce. One ounce cost Rich Piotrowski and Ellen Blickman their Quiznos franchise and more than $200,000 in legal fees during a … Continue reading
Posted in Franchising is a Technology, Paid services
Tagged Blitzkrieg, Cannon fodder, Ellen Blickman, Quiznos, Rich Piotrowksi
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The Class War is Over, and We Lost
Franchising is one part of a bigger picture. Increasingly, it is more difficult for good people to do ignore this hollowing out. You make your choice by choosing to do nothing. My brother-in-law Leo ran a gas station and then … Continue reading
Time trumps all franchise Fraud
Con men understand very well when their targets are the most vulnerable. It’s a game for them: Their comparative strength (trump) is knowing how to manipulate your human weaknesses for their profit. With hundreds of billions of dollars being thrown … Continue reading
forever Jung and Half-formed boy Predators
Why won’t these little worms just grow up? Enough is enough, already. Yes, we know you’re tough and smart. We know the gym class shower room was demeaning. And yes pulling the wings off flies does hold some amusement value. … Continue reading
FranchiseFool & Web 2.0: Raising possible Doubt
I’ve been noticing something funny. WordPress.com keeps an eye on a statistic called Referrers: “People clicked links from these pages to get to your blog.” (It’s an incomplete measurement but it’ll do for now.) In the last week, FranchiseFool reached … Continue reading
Posted in Foolish News, Fraternity, Warrior class
Tagged Thought-terminating cliché, Web 2.0, Wordpress.com
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Risk Compensation: Why franchise laws & regulations cause more risky investing
All franchise laws should be immediately repealed. Everyone would be better off knowing that they’re in an airplane with an empty parachute. Specific franchise laws give a false sense of security that, paradoxically, causes investors to behave in a more … Continue reading
Posted in McLaw: Make-believe fairness, Predictably Irrational: Humans making decisions, SME Loan guarantee programs
Tagged Authority, Badge of authority, Commitment & consistency, Gerald J. S. Wilde, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Liking, Poo-filled franchise system, Reciprocity, Risk compensation, Robert Cialdini, Scarcity, Social proof
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U.K. franchisor leaders record a new ethical Low: Hard-selling to the recently Unemployed
Talk about stealing a guy’s life savings when he’s down. And when I thought I had heard it all and that franchise hustlers would do anything for a sale. Now word out of Liverpool that their franchisor-only trade association, British … Continue reading
Posted in Greatest lies are told in silence, Media, SME Loan guarantee programs, Warrior class
Tagged Australia Competition and Consumer Commission, British Franchise Association, Canada Small Business Financing program, Canadian Franchise Association, Franchise Council of Australia, Franchise-Chat.com, International Franchise Association, Lionel Hutz PA, Ray Borradale, SBA 7(a) Loan, Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme, SME Loan guarantee programs
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Writers: Making language work for the reader
VOLTAIRE “That nasty man who did so much good.” Paul Valéry Is it because Voltaire wasn’t afraid to be nasty that he did so much good? Almost certainly. There is no convincing evidence that writers can do their job by … Continue reading
Brazen, Bull & BS litigation: Who said Tyranny enablers lack a sense of humour?
brazen adj. 1 flagrant and shameless; insolent. 2 made of brass – Canadian Oxford Dictionary Torture is a technology of tyranny. The message is intended for those foolhardy enough to think of resisting a tyrant’s wishes. It is the affect … Continue reading
