Business Ideas What is the Best Franchise for an Executive Looking for a Scalable Home-Service Business? Floor Crafters offers a mobile model with no retail showroom, residential and commercial customers, subcontracted installation, franchisor-supported marketing, and the ability to scale through multiple territories. By Joanna Murray • 6 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
Business Ideas Which Pet-Related Business Should I Open? More than half of U.S. households own at least one dog, and approximately 80% of Millennials are living the dog life. The U.S. pet industry has also grown into an approximately $158 billion market. By Joanna Murray • 4 min read
Business Ideas The Only Franchise Where Every Product Is a One of a Kind Every piece is one of a kind. No two tables, desks, or countertops are ever alike. The grain, the movement, the natural edge of every slab is entirely its own. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Ideas When You Want to Own a Coffee Shop But Don't Want a Franchise The conversation usually goes something like this. They want to own a coffee shop. Not a coffee brand. Not a recognized name above the door that someone else built. They want their own place, with their own name, their own aesthetic, their own personality baked into every corner of it. By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
Business Ideas Franchise Spotlight - Freshslice Pizza With 0% royalties and stores under 1,000 square feet this is a different kind of QSR. This week, I’m spotlighting Freshslice Pizza, a brand I met with in Seattle. I don't usually suggest food brands to my clients, but this one is different. It's By Joanna Murray • 2 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
passive income The Quiet Fortune Machines: Why Vending Has Endured for Over 2,000 Years Learn How To Begin Yours Long before smartphones, e-commerce, or even modern retail, a Greek engineer named Heron of Alexandria created something remarkable. Around the first century AD, Heron invented a coin-operated device designed to dispense a measured amount of holy water when a coin was inserted. The By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
The Business Every Economy Needs and Why This May Be the Smartest Franchise to Own Right Now Across the country, companies are struggling to hire. Workforce shortages, rising demand, shifting labor preferences, and evolving hiring models have pushed businesses into a corner where traditional recruiting simply can’t keep up. Project-based staffing, temp-to-hire arrangements, supplemental labor, and workforce outsourcing are becoming the new norm By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
franchising A Modern, Clean-Care Franchise Opportunity Transforming the $29 Billion Nail Industry Download 18-Page PDF For years, the beauty and self-care industries have been some of the most reliable—and resilient—sectors in franchising. But within these industries, one category has stood out as both highly profitable and surprisingly underserved: nail care. With an estimated market size of more than By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
franchising A Franchise That Hits It Out of the Park Food, Beverages, and Baseball By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
Business Ideas From Business Idea to Grand Opening Day A Step-by-Step Guide to Assessing Business Viability By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
