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August 19, 2016

10 Lessons to Learn From Famous Inspirational Quotes You know the kind – the quote you read or hear and think, "Wow, that is so on the nose." Even if it's not applicable to you that second of the day, the words are memorable, and come with first-hand experience behind them. When you stop to t...

August 16, 2016

How One Company is Celebrating Franchisee Creativity and Gaining in the Process  Most often when we think of franchising, we think of a static set of rules. Franchise businesses that perform X, Y, and Z, and do so over and over again to achieve the same growing results. And sure, a few things...

July 8, 2016

7 Franchises That Picked a Crowd Favorite and Went For It. Don't mess with perfection, right? That's the exact motto of these franchises that took something classic, that the majority of the population has known and loved for years, and they turned it into a business. Their success is a great rem...

June 23, 2016

The Importance of Continuing Education as a Franchise Continuing education. Night classes. Online credits. Test hours. Learning conferences – do any of these sound familiar? If you've considered upping your professional ed game, chances are you've heard one or all of these terms. The industry...

June 16, 2016

How to "Turn Off" the Work Day, Even When You're the Boss No matter what amount of responsibility you might hold on your shoulders, it's hard to completely block out the day when jumping from work, to your personal life, and vice versa. Inevitably, there is something that reminds you of something e...

June 10, 2016

Business Lessons You Can Learn From Outside the U.S. Borders What's in a business plan? And where do those same plans come from? It's a set of questions that, when asked of 100 people, might garner 100 different answers. From a more straightforward standpoint, however, the answers are a little more...

June 2, 2016

6 Tips When Following Your Gut in Business Following your gut or going by the books – it's an age-old question in business. And the former is one that doesn't gain much clout among professionals. For the most part, it's considered a step that should be avoided, and only used when there are st...

May 26, 2016

8 Tips for Separating Office and Home For anyone looking into purchasing and running a home-based business, it’s likely all you can think of are perks. You’ll get to work from home! You can set your own hours! You can get in 40 hours (or more or less, depending on the nature of your nee...

May 12, 2016

5 of the Most Memorable Franchise Owners and What We Remember Them For Just like mascots or figureheads, company owners can make a strong impression on their customers. We remember who a person is, what took place under their tenure, and more often than not, those very moves have an impact as to ho...

May 5, 2016

Should You Work With Family? There's an ongoing stigma about working with family members. That, for the most part, it's frowned upon. There are even thousands of horror stories of why it shouldn't be done, what can go wrong, and why, essentially, it can threaten your business and your family relati...

April 27, 2016

Franchise Trends That Grew in 2015 Over time, businesses must adapt in order to stay relevant, and in order to stay profitable. Technology was a huge trend and upgrade for companies in recent times, including online sales, doing away with traditional catalogs, and more. But it's not always existing...

April 20, 2016

8 Leadership Tactics That Will Help You Do Better in Business Throughout the years, the world has seen a number of great leaders. Those who did amazing things, and those who did terrible ones. What they all managed to have in common, however, is that they led those others and got them to follow the...

April 11, 2016

Up-and-Coming Tasks to Put on Your Work List Before Opening Your First Business A to-do list is one of the best ways to keep track of what you need to do, as well as what's been completed. Besides, it's just plain satisfying to scratch off a task once it's finished – letting yourself know it'...

April 4, 2016

How Much Do You Know About the Franchise World? It takes all kinds – in business and in any aspect of life. There are those who are good at math, those who have incredible people skills. Others who know how to best work on logistics and saving company funds. It's with these combined skill set...

March 25, 2016

What are the "Best" Chains in Your Area? And What Makes Them That Way? No matter where you live, there's a "go-to" brand for virtually every service. Cleaners, eateries, repairmen – if there's a need for it, there's someone who does it best. Some folks might have a different brand than others...

March 18, 2016

The History of Franchising and How the Game Has Changed Franchising, as we know it, dates back through centuries of professions. Before there were companies with similar outlooks, before there were brand names or products that were special to each company, there was the idea of spreading one's expe...

March 14, 2016

How Can You Incorporate Basketball Madness Into Your Franchise Narrowing Process? It's getting to be that time of year once again, where basketball pretty much takes over every possible medium. Basketball madness (we’re not using the official term because it’s a trademarked term!) is a...

March 4, 2016

Rags to Riches: Why Hardworking Owners are the Most Successful Everyone loves a classic Annie story. Where someone less than fortunate goes through a character-building experience and ends up in a far better situation. Happy and with a warm place to sleep … usually by the end of the movie. B...

February 26, 2016

8 Reasons to Branch into a New Type of Franchise Everyone's heard of McDonald's. They've likely eaten there several times throughout their life. They're such a household name that people across the country, and across the world, know exactly who they are, and what type of foods they offer. They als...

February 23, 2016

At different stages in our lives, we have future goals about our careers. Little kids want to have a certain job when they grow up. High school students pick out their college of choice. Others choose a trade school or opt for a career right after graduation.  Once reaching that finish line, so...

February 19, 2016

Financial Considerations When Financing Business Money makes the world go round. It also makes business go round … and then some. Without the proper amount of funds, businesses can't be set up in the first place, let alone ran, or managed to the point of being successful. (And therefore maki...

February 12, 2016

6 Traits That Make a Great Entrepreneur So… you think you've got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Or, maybe you're scared that you don't. Either way, it's worth looking at the career as a whole and pairing it against your own skills. It's a step that can determine if you do have the nece...

February 5, 2016

Tips for Networking with Small Business Owners in Your Area It is a great idea to talk to existing small business owners in your area about their experiences owning and running a company. They’ve ran the ropes long before you came along (even in the planning stages), and they know what it&rsq...

February 1, 2016

Is it Time to Franchise with a 2nd Brand? You’ve done it. Congratulations. You ventured out into business ownership, you started a company, and you’ve been very successful at it. So what’s next? Hone your brand and continue to expand? Maybe start up a second (or third or four...

January 21, 2016

Franchising Stereotypes Debunked Chances are, when considering a franchise, you've heard a rumor or two about the entire process. Maybe it was about contracts, signing on with specific brands, advice on what you should and shouldn't do, or any other aspect of conducting business. You might have hea...