Sometimes it’s a Prize Fight
I’m average. I have tried to teach my kids that you don’t have to be the fastest, or the smartest, or the tallest, or the strongest, or have the best innate anything to succeed, or even to win. I have...
The Best Legal Advice I Ever Got
Over 25 years of doing business I’m pretty confident I’ve earned a law degree…and paid for it. Attorneys are expensive, particularly bad ones, so I have settled in with a few good ones who not only take care of business...
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: Toppers Pizza kicking the competition’s butt Hands down my favorite...
Toppers Continues Down the Path of Innovation with our E-commerce Site
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 my own ideas for tech oriented businesses, and off-handedly told...
People Are The Main Ingredient
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, is made with love and delivered fresh, the way we...
Make New Friends, Treasure Old Friends
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 lot; they mean a lot – to me personally and...
Why Toppers has a Big Game Attitude
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 fresh food. Thanks Holly! Toppers Pizza on WISH – Indianapolis
The REAL First Toppers Store
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 like dogs. We had saved $30,000, which I still have...
Pizza IS a Growth Industry (for some)
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 potential high growth (high risk) opportunities in emerging industries. Mammoth...
My Uncle Al won the Powerball!
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 don’t remember the context of why he said that to...
