Business Ideas The Most Loyal Customer Base We Have Ever Seen in a Franchise FDD Seven visits per year. That is not a coffee habit. That is genuine community. And it is the foundation of one of the most distinctive and durable specialty retail franchise concepts I have encountered in this industry. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Trends How AI is Changing Franchise Ownership The most immediate and measurable impact of AI on franchise operations is in customer communication and labor management. These are the two areas where AI is generating documented, verifiable cost savings at scale. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Franchise News Weekly A 314-Restaurant Bankruptcy, a White House Announcement, and the Clearest Week of Franchise Signals We've Seen in Months. The category you invest in matters as much as the brand you choose. The operators who build durable equity tend to be in categories where the cost structure leaves room to breathe. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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
Everline Coatings Business Openings EverLine Coatings Continues Growing in Chicago Everline Coatings help property owners and managers keep their parking lots safe and appealing to customers with professional line painting and pavement maintenance programs. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Education What Is the Owner’s Job When You Buy a Franchise? When people hear that my husband, Mike, and I own a window cleaning franchise and have a general manager running the day-to-day operations, they sometimes ask, “So what do you do?” By Diana Miller • 3 min read
Can a High Salary Keep You Stuck in a Career You’ve Outgrown? We often evaluate leaving as risky while treating three more years of the current situation as neutral. It isn’t neutral. Staying is also a decision with consequences, both good and bad. By Joanna Murray • 6 min read
Business Education How to Build a Business Culture You Can Be Proud Of The culture you build in the first ninety days of your business will either compound into something you are proud of or calcify into something you spend years trying to fix. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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
