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
Starting a Franchise
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
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
Best 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
Case Study: 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
Recent Starting a Franchise Articles
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 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
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
Turns Shipping Containers into Med Clinics: G3Box
Through their young company, Gabrielle Palermo and her three co-founders are donating clinics to those in need. Read more
Sweating His Way to a Successful Franchise
Chuck Runyon found a way to grow his gyms fast, without having a giant pool of money at his disposal. Here's how he created a franchising success. Read more
How I Turned a Mess Into a Moneymaker
European Wax Center's David Coba (with his siblings) turned a disastrous sideline of his father’s salon business into a national franchise. Read more
How to Grow Like Rita’s Italian Ice
The CEO of Rita’s Italian Ice says franchising your business starts with finding the right partners. Read more
4 Questions Every Franchiser Should Ask
Is your small business ready to expand? Here are four questions every franchiser should ask before taking the leap. Read more
6 Steps to Franchising Your Business
Franchising your small business may be a good way to grow fast. Figuring out whether or not franchising will work for you is a matter of knowing your busines... Read more
