My 2016 Oscar Predictions
My crack staff and I have spent the last several weeks working through our nominees. I’m proud to announce my picks for this years Oscars. Drum Roll please…. BEST PICTURE:...
Posted on February 25, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
My crack staff and I have spent the last several weeks working through our nominees. I’m proud to announce my picks for this years Oscars. Drum Roll please…. BEST PICTURE:...
Posted on February 23, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
This is the 2nd article in a series exploring Toppers’ sustainable competitive advantage In the late 90’s when tech companies were first the rage, I scribbled out a few of...
Posted on February 17, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
Pizza is the best food on earth! Unfortunately the big chains and every gas station on every corner are giving pizza a bad name. Great pizza has great fresh ingredients,...
Posted on February 15, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
Toppers’ first and oldest franchisees are Andy and Caro Johnson. You can’t tell, but I just paused for a couple minutes and stared at that first sentence. It means a...
Posted on February 5, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
This is our kick ass General Manager in Indianapolis representing all of us on a great TV segment. I love the way she dissed the big chains and strutted our...
Posted on January 30, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
The first Toppers Pizza store opened on August 9, 1991. My then wife Carol and I had lived like paupers for about 8 years saving nearly everything we’d made working...
Posted on January 28, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
This is the first article in a series exploring Toppers’ sustainable competitive advantage. Growth oriented business investors study various industries and their segments for emerging growth opportunities. Even casual business observers recognize...
Posted on January 15, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
When I was little, maybe 10, my Uncle Al pulled me aside and said something like “if you want to be rich, then you shouldn’t have a family.” Yikes. I...
Posted on January 8, 2016 By Scott Gittrich
From time to time someone asks me what the “key to my success” has been. I always assume they’re asking me about my success growing a thriving business, but the...
Posted on December 28, 2015 By Scott Gittrich
It drives me crazy to sit in a long line of traffic on the highway and eventually come to the front of the line and see that it was an...