My consulting, writing and speaking activities are busier than ever. For example, I just reached a milestone when my 175th article was published last month.

It has been a while since I last visited Blue Mau Mau and I have came back to find 6 comments on my one and only post I have ever made here which is very refreshing.

At approximately 5 pm on Friday, 1st August, at the lovely turn of the century Dearborn Inn in a suburb of Detroit, a nine hour non stop meeting took place amongst Paul Steinberg, Mike Webster and Richard Solomon, attending as Seamus Muldoon.

To all the folks that are delighting in trashing me on the piece of crap web site, kiss my ass. To those who have sent me encouraging words of support, many thanks.

I came to the Paris Franchise Expo to find a franchise to remember. Frankly, it is difficult choosing between some 450 exhibitors from 75 industries.

I could have chosen industries with the highest growth rate in the latest years, such as Real Estate with its 30% growth of the number of franchised units (Europeans don't peek across the ocean to see what's going on now in real estate?) or personal services, with a growth of 50%.

Well, just back from visiting Belgium, Luxembourg and Amsterdam.

If you have been recently downsized, or are just looking for a career change, you may be contacted by franchise brokerage/consulting franchise companies looking to hire you, or looking to sell you a f

I have been reading this site for a few months now but have not really navigated around. It would appear that it is quite in depth and I take it that is the reason for it's fairly decent Alexa ranking. So, a little introduction to me is in order and I will see what I can make of this place.

As a college student, I bought a Mac 128K when Macintoshes were just a few months old. I've had a soft spot for Apple ever since. In business school, I watched Apple's CEO lose his company, kicked out by his board and the man he had hired, only to see him show the world with Pixar and Next computers that he was not just a one-hit wonder. Here is a commencement speech (14 min 33 sec) at Stanford in which he shares a few insights gained along the way.

The Donkey