Colin McMahon

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Colin McMahon is the chief operating officer of StartupNation Media Group. He is a respected international journalist, innovative news executive and media consultant. Formerly editor-in-chief of Chicago Tribune and chief content officer of Tribune Publishing, Colin now focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and digital media development.

Subway sandwich shop for franchise owners article

Amid Bidding for Subway Restaurants, a Twist in Tuna Lawsuit

As Subway Restaurants franchise owners await word on a possible auction of the sandwich giant, a California woman who sued Subway has asked a court to end her lawsuit that alleges the company employed false...

byColin McMahon

May 13, 2023

12 Essential Steps in Choosing and Building a Side Hustle

When it comes to making extra income, one of the coolest and most profitable side hustles over the past few years has been reselling sneakers. Tales abound of sneakerheads boxing up profits by flipping Air...

byColin McMahon

April 17, 2023

‘Succession’ Dramatizes How Not to Run a Family Business

Even the most die-hard fans of Logan Roy, the fictional family patriarch at the heart of HBO’s hit show “Succession,” have sat back at times and thought, “Well, that’s no way to run a family.”...

byColin McMahon

April 10, 2023

What’s the Average Income of a Subway Restaurant Franchise Owner?

The question was earnest and specific, landing in the StartupNation community forum one day in July 2006: "I am curious to know what is the average profit a Subway restaurant owner would make monthly? Or...

byColin McMahon

April 3, 2023

A ChatGPT Challenge: PROMPT Authors Ask for an Analogy

When we interviewed the authors of the new book PROMPT, we asked how creative ChatGPT could be. We used as an example the phrase they came up with to describe their book: “a cookbook for...

byColin McMahon

January 24, 2023

PROMPT: How ChatGPT Might Help You with Clients … and Even Life in General

When we got word about a new book called PROMPT that explores — and employs — ChatGPT, our eyes widened for a couple of reasons. We’re fascinated by artificial intelligence in general and ChatGPT in...

byColin McMahon

January 24, 2023

ChatGPT Lends a Hand for New Year’s Resolutions

Like a lot of you, we at StartupNation spent the last few weeks racing to close out 2022, laying plans for 2023 and setting some resolutions for the New Year. As we published and shared...

byColin McMahon

December 23, 2022

3 Trends in Dining (and Takeout) that Restaurants Need to Know

Whether you are in the restaurant game or maybe considering it—or even if you are just someone like us at StartupNation who likes to eat—a new study delivers intriguing data about how Americans are dining...

byColin McMahon

December 15, 2022

Monica Wheat Gives 4 Reasons Why Pitch Competitions Are Gold

Monica Wheat has a thumb drive full of excellent advice for startup companies. But if she had to pick one nugget of sage, it might be this one: “It’s going to be 10 times harder...

byColin McMahon

August 25, 2022