City Business Planners What Business Should I Start in Laredo, Texas? Record freight and shrinking freight payrolls is the single most important fact about opening a business here, because it tells you to sell into compliance budgets rather than into load volume. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Business Ideas Is Schooley Mitchell a Good Franchise for Experienced B2B Professionals? Schooley Mitchell gives experienced B2B professionals the opportunity to build a home-based consulting business around the skills they already have. Franchisees focus on developing client relationships while corporate experts handle the detailed analysis required to uncover savings. By Joanna Murray • 7 min read
Franchise News Weekly Forty-Seven Restaurants Closed This Week. Here's What Opened Instead. This week produced two signals that are impossible to ignore, and they point in opposite directions. One is a story about what happens when the wrong business model meets unsustainable debt. The other is a story about where the real opportunity is being built right now. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Business Trends Why AI May Push More Executives Toward Business Ownership AI is not merely threatening jobs. It is restructuring the perceived risk-reward relationship between corporate employment and business ownership in ways that are pushing executives toward business ownership. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Business Education Am I Too Old to Change Careers? If you’re in your 50s or beyond, you may wonder whether a career change is still realistic. Here is the short answer: You are not too old to change careers. By Joanna Murray • 7 min read
Business Education How Can You Tell if a Franchise Is Actually Proven? While numbers like "200 franchises awarded" sound exciting, true proof lies in how many locations are open, how long they have operated, whether independent owners successfully replicate the model, and whether existing franchisees choose to reinvest. By Chris Tucker • 4 min read
Business Ideas Zero Royalties and a Franchise Category That Never Goes Out of Style. Made in the Shade is the right fit for the entrepreneur who wants a relationship-driven, consultative business with strong gross margins, no royalty burden, and a customer base that will refer and return over decades of homeownership. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Business Education Should You Pay for a Franchise Consultant? The Honest Answer Is More Nuanced Than You Think. The better question is not which model appears more neutral on paper. It is which model actually produces better outcomes for the candidate. Those are not always the same thing. By Will Huffhine • 7 min read
Business Openings First Class Wellness Arrives in Wilmington Degree Wellness is excited to welcome Ron and Sophan to the system and looks forward to the positive impact they will have on the Wilmington community for years to come. By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
City Business Planners What Business Should I Start in Sioux Falls, South Dakota? Sioux Falls reached 213,748 residents on July 1, 2025, a 38.9 percent gain since the 2010 census, and Lincoln County on the south side is up 72.1 percent over the same span with a median household income of $99,166 against $75,970 inside the city. Money is arriving with them. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Business Education Passive Income Franchises: Executive Reality Check Passive income franchises, as commonly marketed, do not exist in the way most aspiring investors expect. If you are an executive or a business owner evaluating franchise investment, here is the reality check you deserve before you go any further. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Franchise News Weekly New Brands, Expanding Categories, and a $143 Million Signal About the Future of Fast Casual The franchise industry is not a monolith moving in one direction. It is a collection of thousands of individual stories, each at a different stage, in a different category, at a different point in the opportunity curve. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
