Best Practices for Franchising Your Business and Achieving Rapid Growth
16 Mar 2015
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...Read More
Start your own franchise business – Part 2
13 Dec 2007
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...Read More
Your Home Based Business: A Franchise?
15 Nov 2007
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...Read More
Graduate from college … and buy a franchise?
26 Jul 2007
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...Read More
Betting on the established brand or the hot, new franchise concept?
30 Apr 2007
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...Read More
Show Me the Money!
25 Apr 2007
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...Read More
The ultimate form of entrepreneurship
25 Apr 2007
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...Read More
I Have the Best Franchise Idea Since McDonald’s
20 Sep 2006
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....Read More
Introductions
09 Aug 2006
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...Read More
