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What makes your business franchiseable?

Posted by Guy Clapperton on 13th June 2007.

OK, first an apology - no civilised human being should ever use a word as clunky as ‘franchiseable’, let alone put it in a headline. Anyone with any ideas for a substitute is welcome to get in touch.
Nevertheless, I was reading an interesting article the other day on how you know your organisation is ready [...]

Flexible working for franchisees

Posted by Guy Clapperton on 2nd May 2007.

Now that was interesting. I’ve just got back from giving a talk at London’s Dorchester Hotel on ‘the project-based economy’ to a group of accountants. The idea was that a lot of well-connected and senior people from banks and elsewhere shared their thoughts on the way the economy was evolving and I put something in [...]

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	SmallBizPod #67 - Going Solo - freelance perspectives Interviews with speakers at Going Solo. Some of the web's most well known bloggers & consultants on how to craft a successful career as a freelancer - including Stowe Boyd, Laura Fitton and Suw Charman-Anderson. Details \| iTunes

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Sherry Borzo: Thanks for the silver lining news and ha, ha, on the blowing bit. Nothing like tooting the horn for...
Ron Perrella: Cloud computing is another name for timesharing or “utility computing” — a concept...
Martyn: Nice article. We are a company in the target range, circa 50 employees, and we struggle with the on/off line...
The Credit Cruncher: It seems to me, the major credit crunch effect on businesses will be the banks hiking up costs...
David Tebbutt: Hi Alexander, if mine hadn’t been a birthday present, I’d have gone for the bigger screen...
Will - ArenaFlowers.com: Definitely an opportunity for business owners…if they can hold their nerve and run a...
Alexander Deliyannis: I’ve been quite impressed myself by these little machines and will probably buy one soon....
Benjamin: Lots I’d agree with there. Small businesses need someone to be their technology intermediary - not...
Ed Stivala: Will certainly go and read his research, sounds really interesting. For those of us that have been in...
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	SmallBizPod Survey Announcement re SmallBizPod survey. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #50 - 26 June 2007 Martin Webb, serial entrepreneur and host of Channel 4's 'Risking It All' on business failure & success. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #52 - Friday 27 July 2007 Stephen Phillips of Spring Research & Surinder Siama of ResearchTalk guide us through effective market research for startups and growing businesses. Details \| iTunes
	SmallBizPod #67 - Going Solo - freelance perspectives Interviews with speakers at Going Solo. Some of the web's most well known bloggers & consultants on how to craft a successful career as a freelancer - including Stowe Boyd, Laura Fitton and Suw Charman-Anderson. Details \| iTunes

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What makes your business franchiseable?

Flexible working for franchisees

SmallBizPod Survey

SmallBizPod #50 - 26 June 2007

SmallBizPod #52 - Friday 27 July 2007

SmallBizPod #67 - Going Solo - freelance perspectives