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Interstate All Battery Center March In Review

KRLD CEO SPOTLIGHT FEATURES CARLOS SEPULVEDA CEO INTERSTATE BATTERIES   Radio station KRLD-AM in Dallas-Fort Worth recently featured Interstate Batteries President & CEO Carlos Sepulveda in its CEO Spotlight. The segment, hosted by David Johnson, features CEO interviews from successful companies such as Southwest Airlines, Pizza Inn Holdings and MoneyGram…………read more.   Dallas Business Journal Profiles Interstate Batteries Scott Miller   [...]


Interstate All Battery Center February In Review

Small Business Franchise Opportunities Yield Business Success   If you are considering starting a business, consider small business franchise opportunities as the best way to achieve success. This is not to say small business owners cannot succeed on their own, because many do, but a franchise opportunity may come up to aid you in your efforts. As [...]


Interstate All Battery Center January In Review

How to Find a Good Location for a Business   When planning a retail business, and especially for a franchise opportunity, you must consider many factors, on how to find a good location for a business. There’s a reason the proverbial three most important things in real estate are “location, location, location.” Finding the ideal location [...]


Interstate All Battery Center Picks Quincy, Ill., Franchise as “Store of the Year”

What happens when Outrageously Dependable® service and community support come together? Why, of course, those are key elements in deciding the Interstate All Battery Center® Store of the Year. And for 2011, that award goes to franchisees Jake and Steve Leigh of Quincy, Ill. Jake and Steve transformed their store, located at 48th and Main, [...]


Dallas Business Journal Profiles Interstate Batteries Scott Miller

If you picked up a copy of the week of February 29th’s Dallas Business Journal, you’ll see a smiling photo of one of our own. Scott Miller, senior vice president of the Interstate Batteries Independent Distributor Group, and former senior vice president of Interstate All Battery Center Franchise, is featured in a “Facetime” Q&A about his history [...]


KRLD CEO SPOTLIGHT FEATURES CARLOS SEPULVEDA CEO INTERSTATE BATTERIES

Radio station KRLD-AM in Dallas-Fort Worth recently featuredInterstate Batteries President & CEO Carlos Sepulveda in its CEO Spotlight. The segment, hosted by David Johnson, features CEO interviews from successful companies such as Southwest Airlines, Pizza Inn Holdings and MoneyGram. In the interview, Carlos discusses electric vehicles and the future of the battery market. “Electric vehicles have been talked about for many [...]


Mistakes Business Opportunity Seekers Make

The idea of owning a business is appealing to many people, but often, business opportunity seekers jump in without proper preparation. Even in a franchise model, there is no guarantee of success for the small business owner. It pays to know as much as you can  before you start, so you can avoid potential pitfalls. [...]


The Importance of Inventory Management for Small Business

  The key to running a successful business lies in the proper management of assets, and part of that is inventory control. Few things are as important to a small business as the importance of inventory management. When you take advantage of a franchise opportunity, such as with an Interstate All Battery Center, It can [...]


Small Business Franchise Opportunities Yield Business Success

If you are considering starting a business, consider small business franchise opportunities as the best way to achieve success. This is not to say small business owners cannot succeed on their own, because many do, but a franchise opportunity may come up to aid you in your efforts. As a franchisee you have available to [...]


Good Business Books to Read for Small Business

As with any worthwhile endeavor, operating a small business requires a great deal of preparation. Small business owners should do their homework before they open, and continue learning from the experts to successfully navigate the terrain of company ownership. Fortunately, there is a wealth of information from which to choose.  Every year, many small business [...]