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...
What’s the Typical Timeline for Buying a Franchise?
On behalf of FranNet of DFW & Oklahoma, Happy New Year! We hope that 2023 will be a successful one for you, especially if you’ve been considering an entrepreneurial future. If you’ve been...
Franchising: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
It’s been quite a year for the franchising industry. Despite the challenges we faced, including rising prices due to inflation, labor shortages, and slower than normal growth, it’s still quite a...
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...
A “Dog-Centric” Boots to Paws Mission
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...
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...