Posts Tagged ‘Buy a Business’

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.

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.

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, [...]

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.”

In a down economy, starting your own business is a smart way to go and most of the time franchising is the answer. That’s why the Moores purchased ten locations of the Five Guys burger franchise as soon as it became available. Interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel, the father-son duo talked about why they jumped on board.

FranNet’s job is to take stock of clients’ interests, life goals, desires and skills and find franchise companies that match them.

Students at Nashville’s Belmont University are getting a hands-on look at franchising, a business model experts regard as an important alternative to large corporations.

Even though you now (hopefully!) have a strong sense of the entrepreneur you’re capable of being, it can be tough to finally choose the business you want to launch. To help you along, we’re shortly going to investigate current and future business trends – ideas that are really making a splash. That, along with your [...]

Not everyone has experience managing others on their resumes. That doesn’t matter. Of course, the more relevant experience you have directing a business and its employees, the better; being an effective manager is an essential part of owning a business. However, that expertise doesn’t necessarily have to come from actual work experience. Let’s say you [...]