Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 27, 2009, 2:54 pm
FranchisePick.com was launched in November, 2006, as one of original blogs in the newly-formed b5 media business channel (later renamed bizzia.com).  I was one of the original b5 Business Channel b...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 26, 2009, 1:13 pm
Last June, I published a post (SUBWAY: Send Jared to Gitmo!) that included a modest proposal:  That the U.S. Armed Forces launch a predawn raid and whisk Subway spokesperson Jared (and his famous ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 26, 2009, 10:35 am
From scantily clad baristas in Sexpresso drive thrus to aphrodisiac instant coffee, entrepreneurs are trying to cash in by making the beverage associated with Juan Valdez and Mrs. Olsen sexy. Aphrodi...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 23, 2009, 10:53 am
Creative Tutors franchisees operate a home-based educational tutoring business serving students from grades PK-12. Creative Tutors franchisees enjoy training and support systems and an Internet-based ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 23, 2009, 4:36 am
The Economic Report, featured on CNN Headline News with Greg Gumbel, recently featured Oxi Fresh and Oxi Fresh President Jonathan Barnett in their segment on Unique Franchise Opportunities of the 21st...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 21, 2009, 11:32 am
According to iPreserve CEO Matt Bills, the average home has something like 4500 precious but aging &  fading print photographs that could be preserved and stored.  It has miles of family movie film ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 20, 2009, 4:13 pm
Top New Franchises Our Top New Franchises program is designed to identify, investigate and spread the word about innovative and promising new franchise opportunities.  If you know of a top new fr...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 19, 2009, 8:17 am
The test that launched 100 co-branded locations may have put one Cold Stone Creamery franchisee out of business. Last February, Cold Stone Creamery announced that they had concluded a successful ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 18, 2009, 2:35 pm
The most oft-repeated cliche in franchise marketing materials is that when you buy a franchise you are in business FOR yourself, but not BY yourself.  And that is the way it should be. Two important...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 16, 2009, 12:34 pm
Signworld delivers what they promote: a business that has the potential to be a lucrative enterprise.… Signworld is a great investment… It’s a fun and profitable business… Sign...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 14, 2009, 12:54 pm
Comments posted here and on Unhappy Franchisee reported that the franchisor of Geeks on Call had closed the corporate office.  (Read GEEKS ON CALL: Latest Franchise Rumors, Allegations, GEEKS ON CALL...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 14, 2009, 11:03 am
Interested in Janitorial or Commercial Cleaning franchises? The FTC and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office jointly produced the Buying a Janitorial Services Franchise guide reproduced at Unha...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 14, 2009, 10:10 am
Cole said he expects the company to be cash-flow positive in 2009 and that the company will turn a profit. In other words, he is optimistic. Inside Biz, January 12 2009 In the January 12, 2009 story...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 12, 2009, 1:58 pm
Struggling, failing, soon-to-close and closed Curves franchise owners regularly share information, advice and mutual support to each other on the Unhappy Franchisee website. One of the frequent topic...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 12, 2009, 6:05 am
The post SATURN: Sad End to a Great Dream prompted some great comments and insights. Commenting on the Saturn legacy, consultant Mike Baum of Sophia Consulting LLC wrote: The revolutionary aspect of...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 11, 2009, 12:34 pm
Yesterday’s post (A Meleanie Hain Memorial Shoot? Seriously?) questioning the logic of holding a shooting event to honor of a victim of gun violence drew fire from the group’s organizers and su...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 10, 2009, 1:41 pm
Q.  What’s the best way to memorialize a victim of deadly gun violence?  What’s the best way to raise money for orphans of a horrific murder-suicide involving a 9 mm  handgun and a shotgun? ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 9, 2009, 1:55 pm
It appears that Butterfly Life founder Mark Golob has launched a pay-per-click Google advertising campaign designed to divert readers before they get a chance to read my posts and the hundreds of...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 6, 2009, 10:32 am
I ran across a blog post that has lots of good facts and one huge error about opening a temporary Halloween store.  The blog is called The Daily Apple and has been publishing on blogspot since 2004. ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 5, 2009, 3:43 pm
I was not always that enamored with the name BAD ASS Coffee Company, but I did give them credit for sticking to their guns.  I mean, BACC had to withstand pickets in Alabama, threats of a boycott in ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 5, 2009, 10:18 am
According to Unhappy Franchisee, Saturn dealers were once part of the most satisfied retail network in the auto industry.  Last Thursday,  Saturn dealers learned that their brand was dead, they wo...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Oct 5, 2009, 8:57 am
“I wake up at night sick, thinking about all the things that might have been.” Mike Bennett, former Saturn union leader. I remember back in 1985 when GM launched the bold Saturn experimen...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 29, 2009, 1:57 pm
The Franchise Pick blog has admitted to pandering and prostitution in connection with blog posting scheme in which it traded good taste for easy Internet traffic. Said FranchisePick.com blogger Sean ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 29, 2009, 12:32 pm
The owner of the Grab-N-Go Bikini Hut chain of drive-thru coffee kiosks is allegedly alleging that recent prostitution charges against his beautiful baristas are nothing more than a vendetta waged by ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 29, 2009, 9:11 am
Here’s further proof that there’s a franchise opportunity for just about any business concept you can name – including medical transportation. Express Medical Transporters (EMT), t...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 28, 2009, 2:44 pm
The latest Sexpresso scandal – in which 5 bikinied baristas from Grab-N-Go Espresso in Everett, Washington were charged with prostitution in their little kiosks – has significantly escalat...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 25, 2009, 2:42 pm
Espresso’s Gone Wild in Everett Washington. 5 Accused of prostitution at Grab-N-Go Espresso, Everett, WA. The reluctant home of the controversial Sexpresso trade (scantily clad bikinied baristas...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 25, 2009, 10:57 am
In Wednesday’s post on Dunkin’ Donuts litigation (DUNKIN DONUTS: Time to Sue the Franchisees!), I stated that the donut and coffee franchisees are allegedly embroiled in more than 350 lawsuits...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 23, 2009, 1:16 pm
Dunkin’ is the most litigious brand out there. -  Attorney Robert Zarco Is Dunkin’ Donuts aggressively litigating its own franchisees for profit? That’s the claim being made by fra...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 23, 2009, 9:44 am
Outspoken Curves for Women critic and franchise owner Robert Lay will close the doors of his Las Vegas club this Friday.  Robert Lay’s journey as a Curves Owner is chronicled and discussed on U...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 23, 2009, 7:34 am
While many are struggling, the franchisor of Golden Spoon Frozen Yogurt claims 2008 was the most successful year in its 28-year history and “set the stage for 2009, which will reflect the larges...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 23, 2009, 7:07 am
Golden Spoon, the California-based frozen yogurt chain, is looking overseas for expansion. Founded in 1983, Golden Spoon has spent years earning its reputation as “the ice cream lover’s fr...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 20, 2009, 2:45 pm
The great Amway debate continues. Also read: IS AMWAY A GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY? WILL AMWAY MAKE YOU ANNOYING? steve howarth writes: So the cycle of deception perpetuates itself ad nauseum. Am...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 20, 2009, 2:21 pm
Also read: Is The UPS Store a Good Franchise Opportunity? Owners call the UPS Store Franchise “Indentured Servitude,” and “A Nightmare” Most of the comments we receive on The UPS Store fran...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 18, 2009, 9:11 am
Sometimes the experience of owning a franchise doesn’t exactly match what’s shown on the franchise sales video. Be forewarned that whenever you own a business that deals with the public ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 18, 2009, 8:38 am
We get all kinds of consumer complaints posted to our franchise discussions.  Here’s on posted to our Is LIBERTY TAX SERVICE a Great Franchise?. What do you think?  Should Liberty Tax Service...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 16, 2009, 9:47 am
Let’s say you want to get people interested in your franchise opportunity by telling them they’ll have revenue of $150,000 by their second year. But there’s one problem: the pesky little busy...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 16, 2009, 8:38 am
The Meal Assembly Kitchen franchise concept continues to be as fresh and palatable as last month’s salmon. Meal Assembly Watch has assumed the role of Meal Prep hospice and caregiver TuckerBox ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 14, 2009, 7:23 pm
CHILDREN’S ORCHARD: Unhappy Franchisees Launch Site was originally published May 13, 2009 on UnhappyFranchisee.com.  The post – and the franchisee comments that followed – is republished he...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 9, 2009, 11:24 am
In the past few weeks, my controversial website Unhappy Franchisee was maliciously hacked and sabotaged by, I assume, a franchisor who does not believe the 1st Amendment or Freedom of Speech should ex...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 8, 2009, 7:39 pm
... any problems they just write you off, they always say that you are the only one complaining or having that problem, all their great ideas come franchisees themselves, they are constantly trying ...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 8, 2009, 6:20 pm
In the past week, the website UnhappyFranchisee.com was hacked and dozens of posts and hundreds of comments critical of some specific franchise companies were deleted.  All posts related to Brad Suga...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 8, 2009, 5:38 pm
ACTIONCOACH: Brad Sugars Answers Criticism was originally published July 11, 2009 on Unhappy Franchisee. It is reprinted here by permission. He’s the target of much criticism on the web (see 100+ c...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 8, 2009, 4:58 pm
BRAD SUGARS, ActionCOACH: The Battle of the Blogs was originally published July 13, 2009 on Unhappy Franchisee.  It is reprinted here – with the initial comments – by permission. Brad Su...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 8, 2009, 4:35 pm
ACTIONCOACH ML Says Detractors are “Losers” was originally published July 20, 2009 on Unhappy Franchisee and is reprinted here – along with its initial comments – by permission. A comment...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 4, 2009, 1:14 pm
Play N Trade video game franchise continues to draw fire on the Unhappy Franchisee website, with the number of contentious comments on one lively blog post (PLAY N TRADE: CA Suspends PnT Franchise...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 2, 2009, 10:06 am
Ben & Jerry’s is getting attention with Hubby Hubby, but the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is all-gay all-the-time. Yeah, ice cream giant Ben & Jerry’s is scoring a marketing and PR coup by cleverl...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 2, 2009, 8:14 am
Ben & Jerry’s is renaming ice cream flavor Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby in support of gay marriage. I want to thank Ben & Jerry for their promosexual* decision to rename Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hu...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 1, 2009, 4:15 pm
Video Game retail franchise Play N Trade continues to be a contentious topic of discussion. The number of contentious comments on one lively blog post (PLAY N TRADE: CA Suspends PnT Franchise Registr...
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Sean K. posted an article on Franchise Pick - Sep 1, 2009, 1:52 pm
In our ongoing, open discussion of Amway / Quixtar and other Multilevel marketing (MLM, Direct sales) businesses, FranchisePick.com commenter Sister Sam offers this warning: Something that has been o...
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