Provided you buy a franchise that allows you to be an absentee owner, being a franchisee can present you with more business opportunities. Franchisees are comprised of entrepreneurs, professionals, retirees and many other backgrounds – This wealth of background can add diversity, leading to a stronger franchise, benefiting both franchisor and franchisee. A chance to…
I like browsing for small business-related news, partly because I have interest in the topic, and partly because I run and manage two small business-related blogs – Noobpreneur.com and FranchiseNote.com. While browsing for franchising news, two articles have caught my attention – The Boston Globe‘s and The Tennessean‘s. Actually, those two articles have caught my…
Here is another franchise resource you would like to refer to in your search for the right franchise opportunities. The Franchise Times 2009 Top 200 Franchise Systems has just been published by the well-respected franchise publication, the Franchise Times. The ranking in the Franchise Times 200 is based on total sales of US-based franchise companies,…
Many people don’t realise that not all home-based franchises are enabling you to do most of your work from home. Some do allow your home to be the ‘headquarters’, where business operations are done mostly outside the comfort of your home. Let us get this straight – Home-based franchises are those franchises that allow you…
The trivial part in spotting the right franchise opportunity is looking for proofs on all of the franchisor’s claims, regarding franchise operations – the staffing, office/store management, and design/display, to name a few. There are many ways to do so, but I personally like to visit the franchisor’s own units, to observe and take note…
Franchising has expanded and extended, in such a way that it is now beyond physical boundaries, including geographical boundaries. Internet franchises are those that pioneering a way to break the online and off line business barrier by offering Internet-based and -related opportunities. What are Internet franchises? Internet franchises are those that offer opportunities in Internet…
