Don't Let Intimidation Hinder Your Future Success! Yes, the idea of a business may still feel daunting, but it’s much easier to kick intimidation in the teeth when you don’t have to figure out the business of being in business all by yourself. By Bob Wenokur • 3 min read
Clever strategy for using your retirement funds to fund your franchise purchase Business Education It's Your Move: How to Fund a New Franchise Debt and Penalty Free and Tax Deferred For decades, the standard path for executives exiting a company, with or without significant severance, has been simple: re-enter the corporate ladder or retire. But many high-earning VPs and Directors face an unexpected career pivot, and they look for a reliable way to deploy their most substantial asset: By Bob Wenokur • 4 min read
Predicting your future is in the palm of your hand. Business Trends Stuck At Work? Look To What The Future May Hold Ditching the W2 world to be your own boss may not be for everyone, but if you've ever wondered whether business ownership could be your next chapter, let's have a conversation. By Bob Wenokur • 2 min read
You really can thrive as a franchise owner even without direct related industry experience. Business Education Business Owners Wanted: No Experience Required Many strong brands are NOT looking for industry operators, but instead they want business builders, people who can follow a proven system, lead a team, and grow something over time. By Bob Wenokur • 3 min read
Reduce dependency on others by becoming a vendor to yourself! Business Education A Business Owner’s Strategy for Vertical Integration By investing in yourself via a franchise that directly serves your core business, you’ll reduce your reliance on third parties vendors (and their marked-up prices) while simultaneously creating another for-profit revenue stream to service others, too. By Bob Wenokur • 3 min read
City Wide Facility Solutions made the Franchise 500 for the 12th(!) consecutive year. Business Ideas The $200B Facility Management Opportunity City Wide Facility Solutions is a B2B facility management company serving as a single point of contact for more than 20 commercial building maintenance services, delivered through licensed and insured vendors. By Bob Wenokur • 3 min read
There's strength in a partnership: don't go it alone! Business Education Why Working with a Franchise Consultant Beats Going it Alone Opening your own business via a franchise is worthy of deep exploration since it offers a proven system, established brand recognition, and lower overall risks than starting from scratch. By Bob Wenokur • 4 min read
Business Education How To Build An Empire through Franchising “When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?” - Don Marquis Too many of us have worked our tails off to solid rewards, but in roles that quietly create resentment - real or imagined - that we’re really just working to make the rich By Bob Wenokur • 3 min read
If you destroy my house, we can still deal with the interior stuff. Business Ideas Beyond Disaster Cleanup: The Business of Restoring What’s Inside It doesn’t take destruction from a major earthquake (likely), an El Niño weather event (coming), or a monster attack (pending?) to do well in the specialty restoration business. As you look to be a business owner, consider Prism Specialty Restoration. Fire/smoke…water…mold…vandalism…everyday property losses happen By Bob Wenokur • 2 min read
