Business Education How Do I Choose the Best Franchise Broker or Consultant? You are potentially about to make one of the largest financial decisions of your life. The person guiding you through it should be someone who would tell you the truth if the brand you love is not the brand you should invest in. By Will Huffhine • 6 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
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
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 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 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
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
Business Education 🎧 The Practitioner Paradox: What Happens When Your Expertise Outgrows Your Capacity? When technical mastery becomes a growth ceiling, you face a choice: remain a time-constrained technician or evolve into an owner. The key is building a system that allows your hard-earned expertise to scale without burning you out. By Chris Tucker • 4 min read
Business Education Twenty-Five Questions and Answers About Franchise Ownership This guide is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who are exploring franchise ownership for the first time and want a comprehensive, honest overview of the franchise buying process from initial research through signing a franchise agreement and beyond. By Will Huffhine • 16 min read
Business Education What Skills Do You Need to Become a Successful Business Owner? The business you choose doesn’t just determine what you earn, it dictates the problems you solve, the skills you build, and the owner you eventually become. Chris Tucker breaks down the "hidden curriculum" of business ownership and how to choose an asset that fits your future. By Chris Tucker • 5 min read
Business Education Who Are You When You're Not Your Job Title? Rebuilding Your Identity Before You Leave Corporate Rebuilding your identity does not require dismissing everything you accomplished. Your title mattered. Your achievements mattered. But your résumé is a record of what you've done so far. It is not a boundary around what you can become going forward. By Joanna Murray • 6 min read
