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            <title>Franchise lessons from the Dragon’s Den</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[I recently watched a repeat of the entrepreneur reality television show Dragon’s Den (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/aps/about.shtml), in which existing or wannabe business operators pitch to wealthy and experienced investors for start-up or expansion capital.
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            <title>Understanding the three most common types of franchise royalties</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When deciding to franchise a business, new franchisors often have little understanding of the different types of royalty options available to them.
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            <title>Why franchisors fail: Lessons from the Titanic</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The collapse of Angus &amp; Robertson, Kleenmaid and several other insolvencies of both small and large franchisors in recent years have thrown the issue of franchisor failure into a rarely illuminated spotlight.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Why BOMAD funding is critical to franchisee and franchisor growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Traditional bank lending will remain the single greatest source of finance for franchising for many years to come, but alternative forms of financing are becoming more common and in particular, borrowing from the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD).
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            <title>How many is too many for multiple-unit franchisees?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A lot has been written about the benefits of franchisors granting (and franchisees acquiring) multiple franchise units, but how many outlets is too many for one franchisee to operate?
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            <title>Five lessons for franchising in the Labor leadership tussle</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The recent Labor Party leadership contest has important lessons for franchising at a number of levels, particularly dispute resolution.
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:32:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>What does “fastest-growing franchise” really mean?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's approaching that time of year again when a national business magazine will publish its list of the fastest-growing franchises in Australia.
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:51:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Investing in small versus big franchise brands</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There are three fundamental differences for potential franchisees investing in new, lesser-known franchise brands compared to larger household names which serve essentially the same market.
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            <title>Star franchisee’s bankruptcy has lessons for franchisors and franchisees</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[News of the bankruptcy of former Olympic basketballer and high-profile multi-unit franchisee Shane Heal (http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/12/24/376641_gold-coast-business.html) has generally received more attention in the sporting pages than in the business press.
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            <description><![CDATA[This article first appeared July 19, 2011.
For many people who buy a franchise, it is usually their first time in business.
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