We all know Roy Snowden as the swell guy who collected $20K and $30K refundable deposits from lots of individuals who wanted to open his Java Jo’z drive-thru coffee kiosk franchises. By the time they came back for their refunds, they found that good old Roy had sold the company’s assets to Morg Morgan […]
When I first blogged on the Scoble & Cuppy’s controversy here, on Blue MauMau and on FranBest.Com, I had no idea that this story would gain such widespread attention and controversy. A number of factors converged to make this not only a franchise industry story, and not even just a Java Jo’z and Cuppy’s […]
Franchise public relations maven Rhonda Sanderson of Sanderson & Associates posted this release on Blue MauMau on behalf of Cuppy’s Coffee:
Cuppy’s Coffee Emerges with Spirit Undeterred After Mis-Association with Troubled Coffee Chain
(Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)— When Cuppy’s Coffee & More, Inc., was formed in 2006, it hoped to capitalize on Americans’ never-ending thirst for specialty […]
Franchise writer Janet Sparks interviewed the in-house attorney for Cuppy’s Coffee, and posted the company’s explanation on her blog at Blue MauMau:
In an effort to put to rest the never-ending blog mayhem related to Cuppy’s Coffee, Smoothies and More and its purchase of assets of Java Jo’z Coffee and More, Lou Manganello, the company’s in-house […]
The Blogosphere: It sounds like something from a Star Trek episode. And it’s just as strange to business owners or corporate marketers who find themselves beamed down onto this odd land, and have to deal with its peculiar inhabitants: A species of beings called Bloggers, who subsist almost entirely on caffeine, […]
Steven Lewis of Breakaway Content was one of the first to blog on Robert Scoble’s original post, noting how a single Scoble’s post could bring widespread attention to an issue. Here’s part of his update post:
The disappearance of all the Scoble brothers’ posts without explanation and the anodyne blurb that now constitutes the whole […]
Let’s say you are doing due diligence before investing your life savings into a particular franchise or business opportunity. You put the company name into several search engines and find no complaints or negative comments. That’s a good sign, right?
Not necessarily.
It could mean that somehow all signs of controversy have “disappeared” from the […]
b5media blogger Tris Hussey ( Business Blog Consulting, Homely Scientist ) posts:
Is Cuppy’s trying to stifle bad PR about them?
Guy Pelletier expresses disappointment with Robert Scoble in light of Scoble’s assertion that blogs should never be deleted:
Scoble, say it isn’t so!!
b5media blogger Eric Eggleston (Common Sense PR) posts:
Franchise Conflict Goes Silent - Sinister, or Reputation […]
The blogosphere once seemed like a such promising forum for honest and open dialogue, exchange of information and ideas, and a place to bring troubling issues out into the open where they could be addressed in the light of day. Perhaps that’s a fantasy… Perhaps meaningful dialogue can be easily killed and unpleasant blog posts […]
FranBest’s FRANCHISE WATCH has been keeping tabs on the story of Java Jo’z franchisor Roy Snowden, who has been convicted of Tax Evasion & Fraud charges. Numerous Java Jo’z franchisees have allegedly been unable to recover deposits of $20K & $30K made to Java Jo’z. For an update on the sentencing of Roy […]
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