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We recently profiled four families who started businesses with FranNet’s help and are now creating their own financial successes: A father-son team that runs a child education franchise in Nashville; a son whose parents helped him open a custom T-shirt franchise in Marietta, Ga.; a husband-wife team that owns a T-shirt franchise in Snellville, Ga.; and a corporate retiree who now owns a leather and upholstery repair shop with his son in Milledgeville, Ga.

FranNet’s Gary Prenevost offers advice on franchising a business model successfully.

In franchising, trends are coalescing to form what could be the next large-scale movement in the industry: absentee ownership of franchises. Or, as franchise owners themselves call it, “manager-run franchises.”

People like Todd Bingham at FranNet have watched the trends and have a good read on where certain companies are heading. Bingham recently offered his expertise in the Entrepreneur. Read more in the article below.

Possible assistance for veterans who are seeking to start their own business.

FranNet blog post featured on Business Reel Our blog last week about the promising future of franchising despite a recession proves to be a topic people are talking about. Last week, Business Reel featured our post about IFA’s economic outlook for 2012 which showed a tremendous spike in franchising growth patterns. To see the placement, [...]

The recent Franchise Business Economic Outlook for 2012, prepared for the International Franchise Association by IHS Global Insight, pinpoints in their projections where they expect the growth to occur — and the franchise experts at FranNet, the international network of franchise consultants, are well-positioned to analyze what the numbers mean.

With national unemployment still hovering around 9 percent and “job creation” the term on every politician’s lips, you’d think employed North Americans would be happy to just have jobs — and you’d be wrong.

“We’re seeing franchising opportunities open up that would have been unimaginable a few years ago,” Bailey says. “With the economic climate and the projected growth in the industry, there’s never been a better time to explore franchise opportunities.”

Michael Sipe, an investment banker, entrepreneur and business consultant, worked with FranNet consultants on small business development projects in California and the Pacific Northwest for 20 years. In July, he decided to become a FranNet consultant himself, purchasing the FranNet territory covering Idaho, central and eastern Oregon and eastern Washington state