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Rod Guinn's Blog – March 2009 Archive (2)

Idle Thoughts On The History And Future Of Franchise Finance

About two weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal had a rather alarming article about the rising problems in the franchise finance world. Using data from the SBA and Coleman Report, which is a trade publication focused on the lending industry, the Journal reported that the number of defaults by franchisees rose 52% from the prior year, and the amount of loan losses involved rose 167%.



There are several important clarifications to mention regarding this report, before discussing its impact… Continue

Added by Rod Guinn on March 20, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Z Is For Zero

... and so we come to the end of the alphabet, and of my little alphabetic framework for my musings and postings. Future entries will not be so constrained, unless someone suggest another entertaining or challenging basis for organizing thoughts (first lines of Beatles songs, anyone?).



Why is this week’s topic ZERO? While I set out to focus on issues of capital structure, finance, and the (mis)understandings and communications between operators, investors, and lenders, we must… Continue

Added by Rod Guinn on March 6, 2009 at 6:00am — 4 Comments

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