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UnhappyFranchisee.com featured on NPR’s Franchising: Behind the Burgers

UnhappyFranchisee.Com publisher Sean Kelly participated in a National Public Radio broadcast on franchising on Thursday, April 10, 2014. Here’s the…

12 years ago

MARK GOLOB LAWSUIT Is Attorney Nikolaus Reed SLAPPING Me?

by Sean Kelly, UnhappyFranchisee.Com Last week, San Francisco Attorney Nikolaus W. Reed slapped (or perhaps SLAPPed) me with a $35,000,000…

12 years ago

MARK GOLOB LAWSUIT: Does Mark Golob Have a History of Litigation in the Health Club Industry?

Mark Golob, founder & former CEO of the failed franchise fitness chain Butterfly Life, is suing Sean Kelly, the founder…

12 years ago

ZivaGate: Ziva Branstetter’s Attorney Tells Her Side

Ziva Branstetter’s attorney has broken their side’s silence in the ZivaGate controversy. The lowdown:  They admit the Tulsa World investigative…

13 years ago

ZivaGate: An Open Letter to IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors)

Who investigates the investigators? That’s a question I hope Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. will tackle at the IRE conference…

13 years ago

DEADLY FRANCHISE MYTHS: The Hot New Franchise Myth by Sean Kelly

Deadly Myths of Franchising: The Hot New Franchise Myth By Sean Kelly When people find out I’m in franchising, they…

13 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS’ David Rutkauskas Defends BBI’s PR Claims

Beautiful Brands International (BBI) and its CEO, David Rutkauskas, have faced criticism from UnhappyFranchisee.com for providing what we believe to…

13 years ago

JONATHAN FORTMAN: Corporate Bullying Part 3

Attorney Jonathan Fortman contributed this third part of a three-part series on the unsuccessful corporate bullying tactics of Beautiful Brands…

13 years ago

JONATHAN FORTMAN: Corporate Bullying Part 2

Attorney Jonathan Fortman contributed the second part of a three-part series on the unsuccessful corporate bullying tactics of Beautiful Brands…

13 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BRANDS: Why Franchise Bullying Backfires

David Rutkauskas, CEO of Tulsa-based Beautiful Brands International (BBI), publicly unleashed a string of insults and expletives on me that…

13 years ago