Is Your Business Franchise-Worthy? 4 Ways to Tell
Is your industry growing? Is your concept appealing to other people? If so, your business may have franchise potential. Read more
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How To Pick A Franchise
Key pointers from Omar Soliman, co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video
Survey Says: Workplace Culture Matters to Employees
But Deloitte reports a disparity between how leaders and employees view their workplace culture. Read more
Bringing Zumba to the People
How three sisters designed, marketed, and expanded their own fitness business, Chicago Latin Fitness. And it all started with Zumba. Read more
How I Did It: Rick Smolan
An old-school gonzo photojournalist tells the story of leaping from a career in magazines to a venture involving large-scale documentation of human life -- in coffee-table-book form. Read more
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3 Reasons to Consider Franchising Now
These three stats reveal why now might be the best time to buy into an existing franchise. Read more
The Sandwich That Ate the World
The founder of the world's largest restaurant chain explains how Subway became ubiquitous, and why surpassing his biggest rival came as something as a letdown. Read more
Build the Relationship That Could Save Your Business
When credit was tight and this CEO needed to build out his franchise business, a carefully cultivated relationship with his bank saved the day. Read more
Freshii Founder's 5-Part Operating Manifesto 
Matthew Corrin, CEO of Freshii, explains the basic principles that guide his restaurant business operations. Watch video
Digital Franchises: New Spin on an Old Business Model
Brick-and-mortar businesses using franchising to scale. Why shouldn't websites? The founder of OrderUp explains how it's done. Read more
Franchise: Buy New or Used?
A franchise can be a great on-ramp to small business ownership. Here's how to decide on a new or existing franchise purchase. Read more
The Secret of Planet Fitness's Success
Keeping things simple has helped the fitness chain grow to more than $500 million in revenue. Read more
How to Turn a Commodity into a Unique Business
Here's how one founder turned popcorn--yes, popcorn--into a multi-million dollar company. Read more
Go National? Not This Fast-Growing Chain
Bojangles' restaurants have a huge regional following among customers and franchisees. It could go national--but it doesn't. Here's why. Read more
The Right Way to Approach a Start-up
No start-up works out exactly as imagined. So it's important to go into it understanding that you're there to learn. Read more
The Key to Noodles & Company's Explosive Growth
The privately held chain now has more than 300 locations. But it didn't get there through the traditional franchise route. Read more
Franchise Your Business: 4 Tips
This neighborhood butcher shop will grow by 30 stores in 2012 for total sales of $70 million. Here's how they did it. Read more
How to Lead Your Company Through Change
Different employees react differently to change. However each feels about a new situation, you can help all of them adjust. Read more
Facebook IPO Got You Eyeing Entrepreneurship?
Some guidelines to help you decide if this is the time to jumpstart your new venture. Read more
Innovation in House Painting? That's Right
Brian Scudamore is creating 1-888-WOW-1DAY!, a national franchise that promises to paint your whole house in a day. Read more
