Franchisor to franchisee:
OR: Les the new poo-extraction technology will cost $100.00.
EE: So the non-logoed dog poop scoop, in the real world, costs $5.00. Right?
OR: Right.
EE: But I have to buy this propriety equipment from you, right? [tied buying]
OR: Right.
EE: So I end up paying 20 times as much for the scoop, does that sum it [...]

The President of the United States makes $400,000 plus benefits and that seems a fair wage for someone with an MBA.
Until thing get sorted out, all CEOs (private and public) should voluntarily limit their remuneration to that equal or less than $400,000. And no golden parachutes, options or other BS.
That goes for all of Big [...]

I dislike when anyone tries to decrease freedom of speech, especially on the internet.

Maybe it’s because I was sued [1, 2, 3 & 4] about this very issue, that I am fairly touchy about the subject.

Right and wrong has nothing to do with it: Whoever has the gold, makes the rules.
Since Australia and New Zealand [...]

In a Smart Company article by James Thomson called MP renews calls for investigations into mistreatment of Bakers Delight franchisee, he quotes:
NSW parliamentarian Joanna Gash has renewed calls for the Australian Federal Police to launch an investigation into accusations Bakers Delight and ANZ bank colluded to put a franchisee out of business.
Quoting emails between the [...]

Michael Webster over at Misleading Advertising Law picked up on my recent posting: Franchisng is the latest Big Con.
I absolutely agree with him: the best defense against post franchisor opportunism is a well-funded, professionally managed independent franchisee association, IndFA.
There is no substitute for collective action and only a fool thinks otherwise.
The power of “sticking together” [...]

Frank Zaid is a Canadian lawyer with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
1. From his wikipedia page:

He has been listed as one of the leading franchise law practitioners in every published edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada.
In the 2005 and 2006 editions of Who’s [...]

Modern mom and pop franchise marketing has morphed into a Confidence Game.

Heading into a worldwide depression is the LAST time to invest in any business opportunity.

If you want to spend 13:31 minutes seeing what it’s all about, click here for 1st clip of the movie called The Grifters. And then here for the 2nd 3:31 [...]

Il Duce means leader in Italian.
It is a term that is often applied by those that choose to influence others in a dictatorial manner.
A national franchise association assists the setting up and marketing of business format franchises in that country.
They lobby and represent the franchisors’ view and oppose franchisees when their interests are in conflict [...]

Ever wonder why there are so many unhappy lawyers? The best bit is at 7:37.
“Stringing a case out”.

Wondered why everyone says: “Better talk to a lawyer specializing in franchise law?“
Because you do not know if you have a good case [law services are a credence good] you can easily be convinced that there is no [...]