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Faculty, College of Business, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait.

Areas of expertise:

• marketing
• public relations
• franchising
• customer service
• public speaking
• strategic planning
• writing

Author or co-author of 18 nonfiction books and countless articles that have appeared in media worldwide.

Books include:

• Franchising: The Inside Story
• Start Small, Finish Big (the Subway story)
• You Can't Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar
• Network Marketing for Dummies
• Help Your Banker Say Yes! (eBook)
• Franchise Pre-Investment Checklist (eBook)

Business articles in Reader’s Digest, INC. Magazine, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, etc. I write the weekly Business Matters column for the Al Watan Daily in Kuwait.

Blogging (as time permits) at FranchiseMastermind.com and Howtobuyafranchise.com. Coach executives and entrepreneurs.

Prior to returning to academia in 2010, I served as the CEO of a major franchisor in the USA. Prior to my corporate career, I taught at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and Kent State University in Ohio. I moved to Kuwait to join the GUST faculty in September 2010, and I'm enjoying the adventure!