Rick Wetzel


When Investors Rein In the Free Spending

Nov 1, 2000

The relationship between the founders of Wetzel's Pretzels and their powerful investors has not always been silky smooth. "When the money all comes in, yo...  Read story

Financing: Where to Find It

Feb 1, 2006

Finding financing is a more complicated matter than during the dot-com years when money seemed to flow freely for any good idea that crossed the transom. Tod...  Read story

Setting the Location Trap

Nov 1, 2000

Wetzel's Pretzels founders, Rick Wetzel, 42, and Bill Phelps, 45, opened a store in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles partly in the hopes of ba...  Read story

A Twist of Fate

By Mike Hofman |  Nov 1, 2001

Movie producer John Davis was such a fan of Wetzel's Pretzels that one day he decided to see if he could buy a piece of the company.  Read story

Financing and Where to Find It

Finding financing is a more complicated matter than during the dot-com years when money seemed to flow freely for any good idea that c...  Read story

Financing: Where to Find It

By Lisa Chadderdon |  Feb 20, 2001

The hunt for financing is on. Only a year ago, venture capitalists seemed willing to throw money at just about any dot-com business plan. But funding toda...  Read story

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