One of the most common franchising questions we hear from clients, both current and future, is “what’s the best business category to look into?” It can be a little bit tricky to answer this...
4 Franchise Categories Worth Exploring in 2023
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Why Entrepreneurs Succeed With Franchising Over Independent Businesses
When you want to become your own boss, there are essentially three ways to do it. You can start from scratch and become an independent business owner, buy someone else’s operation, or choose the...
FRANdata Surveyed Franchisees About Inflation. Here’s What They Found
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...
What Does Franchising Mean to the State of Texas (and Oklahoma!)?
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...
When Is Buying a Franchise Like Buying a House?
Investing in a business is perhaps one of the largest and most significant decisions that one can make. That means it takes research and planning. Sound familiar? Like buying a house? ...
Another Entrepreneurial Journey: Meet Vilmars Forstmanis
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...
This Season, Give Yourself the Gift of Entrepreneurship
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...
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What is “Selling Season” and Why are Franchise Owners So Excited?
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...
Franchise Owners Rejoice as “Selling Season” Arrives
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.”...