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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Franchisee organizations need legal standing in civil litigation
It’s only fair to both sides and will stop the continuing carnage. Independent franchisee associations, IndFA and their consultants should be treated as if they were individuals within a franchise agreement. Franchisors’ corporations get to accumulate over decades information, expertise … Continue reading
The silence of possible betrayal
Franchising is a technology that borrows methods from totalitarian strategies. The Womb State Totalitarianism is a man’s escape form the fearful realities of life into the virtual womb of the leader. The individual’s actions are directed from this womb – … Continue reading
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Any form of leadership may gradually turn into dictatorship.
Thinking of the recent challenges faced by a specific franchisor. Being a leader, carrying great power and responsibility for other people’s lives, is a monumental test for the human psyche. The weak leader is the man who cannot meet it, … Continue reading
What has our franchisor ever given us?
Running some meetings are more difficult than others.
It is in the long run that the corporation lives.
John Kenneth Galbraith spoke of “countervailing power”. [Detail] His analysis is useful in viewing franchisee and franchisor relationships. The massive reduction in risk that is inherent in the development of the modern corporation has been far from fully appreciated. All … Continue reading
War if necessary but not necessarily war
Canadian Tire is a rare franchisee success story. At one time, Canadian Tire, grocery and auto dealers all used to have real power with their franchisor. The grocers and auto dealers went south over the decades. Only Canadian Tire consistently … Continue reading
Use legal, organizational and technological leverage to move your franchisor
Multiply your efforts by using the laws of our society intelligently. Accelerating Relationship Leverage A private for-profit corporation (anonymous franchisee shareholders) AND a 100% locked-down, franchise law-specific indexed document database (wiki) pivoting WITH a highly public attorneyless franchise network. Benefits … Continue reading
Why franchisees need $1-million cash in the bank
To have profitable peace with your franchisor, you better be preparing for war. Listen to George: Pacifism is objectively pro-fascist. This is elementary common sense. If you hamper the war effort of one side, you automatically help out that of … Continue reading
Capital must accumulate and patiently wait
A for-profit, multi-share corporation is the only effective means of preventing future franchisor opportunism. Only got non-profit, dues-supported IndFA after 3 years? License for impotence at best, failure at worst.
Elites take criticism very badly.
Today, the term courtesan has become a euphemism to designate an escort or a prostitute, especially one who attracts wealthy clients. Apart from their self-assurance, the most common characteristics of our elites are cynicism, rhetoric and the worship of both … Continue reading
