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Fred DeLuca


The Billionaire Bootstrapper

A $550 sink nearly prevented Fred DeLuca from amassing a billion-dollar fortune.

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Recent Articles about Fred DeLuca

Five Tips from Subway's Founder

Fred DeLuca, whose sandwich empire now spans more than 25,000 locations, offers up his advice for entrepreneurs.  Read more

Using Voice Mail All Day Long

Do you use your company's voice mail for all that it's worth? You probably don't use it as much as Fred DeLuca,cofounder and president of Subway, the sand...  Read more

Communications: The Joys of Voice Mail

A CEO explains why his most valuable communications tool is his voice mail.  Read more

A New Twist

Subway Sandwiches creates an ecologically minded, money- saving promotion.  Read more

Compensation;

Just because employees are conscientious and hardworking, you can't count on them to ask for a raise when they feel they deserve one. Often your best wor...  Read more

Network: September 1991

Network resources.  Read more

Then and Now

This article looks at how individual bootstrappers have changed business practices as their companies have grown.  Read more

The Billionaire Bootstrapper: Extended Q&A

A $550 sink nearly prevented Fred DeLuca from amassing a billion-dollar fortune  Read more

What Business Would You Start?

Nearly 50 business luminaries, ranging from H. Ross Perot to Ed McMahon, are asked what businesses to start.  Read more

Start-Ups from Scratch

Eight brief profiles of companies launched with almost no money down.  Read more

Coming Of Age

Entrepreneurs and business experts discuss how the 80s changed the way they think about business.  Read more