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Minority, Women Entrepreneurs Find More Opportunity in Franchise World
Barbara Brixton believed she had two strikes against her as she planned her business career: She is a woman and she is African-American. What’s more, she knew she wanted to do something in the food...
Best Practices for Franchising Your Business and Achieving Rapid Growth
Franchising your business concept is a proven way to achieve rapid growth, but becoming a franchisor is not an automatic ticket to success, especially in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. In January, for instance, three established...
Start your own franchise business – Part 2
Last month, we talked a little bit about the attributes necessary to turn your home based business into a franchise ... you can find that post here. Well, what about branching out from the home...
Your Home Based Business: A Franchise?
I have to start by commending all of the businesses that participated and ranked in StartupNation's inaugural Top 100 Home Based Businesses. It's a true testament that working from home can be fun, productive and...
Graduate from college … and buy a franchise?
An article in today's NY Times, Don't Go West Young Man ... Buy Yourself a Franchise Instead, asks a very interesting question. Should recent college graduates without any real-world experience forgo corporate America and buy...
Betting on the established brand or the hot, new franchise concept?
I am often asked whether or not it is a good idea to invest in a “hot, new franchise concept” or to go with a “safe” established brand. Certainly, established franchise brands typically have a...
Show Me the Money!
I can't tell you how many times I've been asked by someone thinking about investing in a franchise “How much money can I make?” It's far and away the number one question prospective franchisee want...
The ultimate form of entrepreneurship
A few questions to start: What are the keys to franchising? How do you (or I) know if franchising is right for me? And the frequently asked, “What are the hot franchises right now?” Most...
I Have the Best Franchise Idea Since McDonald’s
How many times have you heard that from your friends, relatives at Thanksgiving dinner or even someone you just met for the first time? You just gotta love their enthusiasm. The thing is, they just...
Introductions
Hello StartupNation, Dennis Hitzeman here - I'm excited to kick off the StartupNation franchise blog, and look forward to helping others interested in the fast-paced world of franchising. By way of introductions, I'm the president...