It’s been hard to get around the issue of inflation, as it’s become part of the mainstream news conversation on the state of our economy. Though the data shows it reached a four-decade high of over...
I’m Diana Trondsen, FranNet’s Market President for Houston and the Gulf Coast Region. And I’d like for you to meet another client of mine: Mara Booth-Miller, who recently became the owner of her own...
As we get ready to close out the 2022 calendar year, FranNet of DFW and Oklahoma thought it might be a fun exercise to take a look at what the franchising industry means to both states. There’s no...
Vilmars Forstmanis always had an interest in entrepreneurship. But he didn’t have much of an idea of how to go about it. During his former career, he didn’t have the need to pursue this interest...
In late October, the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) proposed a few rule changes to amend several of the existing regulations that make up the SBA 7(a) Loan Program and 504 Loan Program – two...
At the close of each year, it’s not at all uncommon for us to take stock of our lives. We celebrate our victories, try to learn from our mistakes, and then what? For some people, it’s always a vow...
Ah, December…it’s finally here. The last month of 2022 has arrived, a time of holidays, celebrations, togetherness, and gift-giving. When it comes to gifts, most believe that it’s better to give...
Are you familiar with the term, “Selling Season?” In general, it typically refers to holiday shopping – a period of frantic retail-based sales often responsible for lifting the fortunes (and bottom...
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday – these just-completed back-to-back-to-back retail-oriented holidays have officially kicked off what sales experts refer to as “Selling Season.”...
Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution? Chances are, you have. We all have. Now, on to the follow-up question – were you successful in keeping it? Chances are, you weren’t. There’s not a lot of...