Trust The Leaders

Issue 31 / Winter 2011

How to Get Ahead in Franchising
When you pick up your morning coffee, drop off your dry cleaning, get your eyes tested, buy gas or pick up dinner, chances are it'll be at a franchise. In a relatively short amount of time, franchising has grown into a predominant method of growing a business.

The Power of the Cloud!
The buzzword Cloud Computing seems to be everywhere these days. But while there's certainly a great deal of hype about "the cloud," it truly is a computing phenomenon that is rapidly and dramatically changing the manner in which many businesses perform essential functions, access vast amounts of data and utilize information technology (IT) resources.

Patent Litigation Under the America Invents Act
One of the major changes includes transforming the U.S. patent system to a first-inventor-to-file system. Given the magnitude and complexity of this transition, the first-inventor-to-file system will not go into effect until March 16, 2013.

Anton Goes the Distance!
"I was so high on the atmosphere and the euphoria of knowing that I was so close to finishing, I literally felt like I was flying and that my feet were no longer on the ground."