The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

Ohio Veteran's Symposium is a HIT!

Thursday's 5th annual Veteran's Small Business Symposium was attended by well over 300 Vets...

Franchising And Our Economy for 2008/Radio Interview

                                                

Jim Blasingame, host of The Small Business Advocate radio program, just interviewed me on franchising, and my feelings on the economic outlook for the coming year.Here are some things we discussed, along with a link to the interview....

Low Investment Opportunities

Lots of people would like to have businesses of their own. Lots of people don't have enough money to actually invest in a business of their own. Here are some ways to do it, with low $$ funds........

Dry Cleaning for Vets

The Martinizing Dry Cleaning Company, based near Cincinnati, Ohio has been in the dry cleaning business for 58 years! Dry cleaning as a business may not be something that most folks get super excited about, but it is a service that is needed by pretty much everybody. Dry cleaning still cannot be duplicated at home......

The Uniform Franchise Offering Circular

If you start looking seriously at franchise opportunities, there comes a time when the franchisor will "disclose" you. The name of this disclosure document is "The Uniform Franchise Offering Circular"..........

5th Annual Veterans Symposium Nov. 29th

The Fifth Annual Veteran Owned Business Symposium will be held November 29th in Lorain, Ohio.....

Veterans Day/Purple Heart Recipient Interview

In an interview with a Canton, Ohio area Vietnam War Veteran, I find out why toughness in battle helps in the competitive environment of small business/franchise ownership...

1,000 Veterans in VetFran Franchises

Over 1,000 war veterans are now franchise owners because of the IFA {International Franchise Association} VetFran program..........

Let's Try Again/Interview with John Renner From The SBA

After working through some technical glitches, I am re-posting an interview I did with The Cleveland Small Business Administration's John Renner. He is the Business Development Specialist, and received a national award last year for his work with war veterans...

Attn: Louisiana Veterans!

If you are a resident of Louisiana, or are visiting around Veterans Day,there is a nice business event....