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franchising From "The Year of the Pause" to "The Year of the Launch" Download Your Copy We aren’t even a week into the new year and it’s happening already. But first, a brief look back. Last year, 2025, was a strange year for those of us working with aspiring entrepreneurs who were exploring franchise ownership. Many began. Many became afraid and By Will Huffhine • 2 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
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Business Education Should I Invest in a Franchise or Start My Own Brand? Neither path is the right answer for everyone. But for most first-time business owners, and for many experienced operators, the structure a franchise provides reduces risk in ways that are genuinely difficult and expensive to replicate on your own. By Will Huffhine • 7 min read
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franchising Seven Things To Evaluate When Investing In a Franchise Are you considering investing in a franchise but feeling overwhelmed by the plethora of options available? Making the right decision requires careful consideration of various factors to ensure that you're investing in a business with the potential for long-term success and profitability. To help guide your decision- By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
Business Ideas A Franchise That Turns the Most Overlooked Space in Your Home Into a Business A premium garage renovation company that transforms residential garages into organized, functional, genuinely beautiful spaces. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Business Ideas When the Law Is Your Best Sales Rep: The Case for Kitchen Guard Owning a franchise that sells a service the law requires is fundamentally different from owning a franchise that sells a service people want. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
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Business Openings Graham is Ready for More Dirty Gutters in Snohomish, Washington Expanding into additional territories is one of the clearest signals available in franchising, cleaner than a brand’s own marketing, cleaner than a discovery day pitch, cleaner than any testimonial. By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
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small business ownership Is It Time To Normalize Business Ownership Instead of College? It's that time of year again! In just a few weeks caps will be thrown into the air all across the country. Let's talk about that. The average total cost of a 4-year degree from a state university is $108,000 to $182,000 depending By Will Huffhine • 2 min read
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franchising From "The Year of the Pause" to "The Year of the Launch" Download Your Copy We aren’t even a week into the new year and it’s happening already. But first, a brief look back. Last year, 2025, was a strange year for those of us working with aspiring entrepreneurs who were exploring franchise ownership. Many began. Many became afraid and By Will Huffhine • 2 min read
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Franchise News Weekly When a Franchisee Fails: The Denny's and Wendy's Stories The headlines out of Denny's and Wendy's deserve honest attention. So does everything else that happened, because the broader picture this week was one of expansion, investment, and a franchise industry moving forward with confidence. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Franchise News Weekly Acquisition Talks, New Markets, and a Tech Warning Development agreements signed, territory milestones reached, and new markets entered across food and beverage, senior care, education, real estate, and retail topped the headlines. By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
Franchise News Weekly Fifty-Three New Franchise Units, an FTC Settlement, and a 12,000 Sq. Ft. Training Center Meaningful growth activity across food, services, and education on one side, and two significant risk stories on the other that every prospective franchise buyer should understand before moving forward in their search. Here is what happened and what it means. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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Business Education AI Is a Great Starting Point for Franchise Research. It's a Terrible Finishing Point. Free AI Research Guide Something has changed dramatically in my conversations with aspiring franchise owners over the past two years. More and more of them are arriving at our first call with a head full of AI-generated research. They’ve asked ChatGPT or Claude or Gemini which franchises perform By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
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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
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
City Business Planners What Business Should I Start in Columbia, Missouri? Columbia has no convention center at all, so the largest indoor room in the city is a hotel ballroom complex of roughly 37,000 square feet on I-70 Drive Southwest. Everything above that ceiling happens outdoors and under canvas, supplied by exactly two full-line tent and table rental houses. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
City Business Planners What Business Should I Start in Anchorage, Alaska? Anchorage is not a growth story and should not be underwritten as one. Anchorage rewards businesses that solve an expensive, seasonal, recurring problem and punishes anything that competes on volume and price. By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
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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
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business ownership How to Create a Pro-Forma Profit and Loss Statement for Your New Business Starting a new business is an exhilarating journey filled with endless possibilities. As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the fundamental tools you need in your arsenal is a pro-forma profit and loss statement. This financial document not only helps you chart your business's course but also serves By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
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online reputation Adapting to the Digital Age: Building a Strong Online Presence Establishing a strong online presence has become a non-negotiable aspect of success. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a small business owner, a freelancer, or a professional, your ability to adapt to the digital age can make or break your journey. In this article, we will explore the profound By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
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marketing Developing a Local Marketing Strategy for Your Startup Follow Us on LinkedIn As a new business, your initial marketing efforts should be hyper-focused on making an impact in your local community. Before you can realistically think about large-scale growth, you need to generate awareness and build a solid customer base in your own backyard. Here' By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
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franchising Five Franchises For Pet Loving Entrepreneurs The pet industry has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. More households than ever are welcoming furry, feathered, and scaly companions into their homes. This surge in pet ownership, coupled with a growing trend of treating pets as family members, has created a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs in the pet By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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franchising Five Franchises For Pet Loving Entrepreneurs The pet industry has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. More households than ever are welcoming furry, feathered, and scaly companions into their homes. This surge in pet ownership, coupled with a growing trend of treating pets as family members, has created a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs in the pet By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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Webinars Webinar Wednesdays: Live - How To Open a Residential & Commercial Painting Business Reserve Your Spot This is a must-see webinar if you've ever considered opening a residential and commercial painting business in your city. Average Revenue Per Territory in 2022: $987,347 (as stated in Item 19 of the 2023 FDD) Every Wednesday we introduce you to either a By Will Huffhine • 1 min read
business funding How To Access Your Retirement Fund Penalty-Free For a Business Startup Request a Free Consultation For aspiring entrepreneurs looking to open a franchise or launch a new business, one of the biggest hurdles is securing enough capital to get the venture off the ground. Limited financing options for startups often force first-time business owners to turn to personal savings or By Will Huffhine • 2 min read
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Franchise News Weekly The Franchise Owners Who Are Winning Right Now All Made the Same Kind of Decision August 10, 2026 Three weeks in a row now, I've been watching the franchise development wire closely and writing about what it's telling us. The pattern keeps sharpening. And this week, what I see most clearly isn't a category trend or a financing story. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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Webinars Webinar Wednesday: The Interior Design Business You've Never Thought Of Watch The Webinar Look around and you will see windows everywhere. Every home and every business has windows that need to be covered. This $30 billion industry is largely unbranded. But now, a custom window treatment company is expanding rapidly across the country, with new owners grabbing multiple territories to By Will Huffhine • 2 min read
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Business Trends Which Businesses Are Hardest for AI to Disrupt? The disruption is real, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. But disruption has limits, and understanding where those limits fall is not just academic. It is the most practical question a would-be business owner can ask right now. By Will Huffhine • 9 min read
Layoffs Facing the A.I. Future: How To Survive the Coming Employee Displacement In a moment of unprecedented technological upheaval, a wave of candor is sweeping through corporate boardrooms. CEOs are no longer sugarcoating the impact of artificial intelligence on employment. From Ford to JPMorgan, Shopify to Amazon, executives are openly forecasting a steep reduction in white-collar jobs as AI becomes more By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
franchising Five Franchises For Pet Loving Entrepreneurs The pet industry has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. More households than ever are welcoming furry, feathered, and scaly companions into their homes. This surge in pet ownership, coupled with a growing trend of treating pets as family members, has created a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs in the pet By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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professional development Special Post: Calling it Quits I woke up this morning more convinced than ever that it's time to call it quits. Today is the day. This, right here, right now, is the day to draw a line in the sand and say, "No more. No further. It ends now." I' By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
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marketing Developing a Local Marketing Strategy for Your Startup Follow Us on LinkedIn As a new business, your initial marketing efforts should be hyper-focused on making an impact in your local community. Before you can realistically think about large-scale growth, you need to generate awareness and build a solid customer base in your own backyard. Here' By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
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franchising The Resilience of Franchising: Economic Outlook for 2024 As we get ready to close out 2024, the franchising sector stands as a beacon of resilience in the face of economic uncertainty. Despite challenges such as inflation, labor shortages, and rising interest rates, franchising has not only survived but thrived, exceeding expectations in 2023. This year promises to be By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
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Layoffs Facing the A.I. Future: How To Survive the Coming Employee Displacement In a moment of unprecedented technological upheaval, a wave of candor is sweeping through corporate boardrooms. CEOs are no longer sugarcoating the impact of artificial intelligence on employment. From Ford to JPMorgan, Shopify to Amazon, executives are openly forecasting a steep reduction in white-collar jobs as AI becomes more By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
Layoffs How To Turn a Layoff Into an Amazing New Life Free Career Transition Service Layoffs. Yeah, 2024 was tough. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of October 31 of last year 16.4 million people were impacted by workforce reduction. Already this year the newsfeeds are filled with headlines about anticipated layoffs, with a big impact in By Will Huffhine • 1 min read
franchising Franchise Fridays: Beach Life Businesses Sponsor This Newsletter Imagine running a thriving business with the soothing sound of waves as your backdrop and the endless horizon as your daily inspiration. The allure of opening a business near the beach goes beyond the picturesque postcard settings; it encompasses a world of opportunities. From attracting tourists seeking By Will Huffhine • 7 min read
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franchising Five Favorite Health and Wellness Franchises Live Wellness Webinar The health and wellness industry continues to grow rapidly as more people prioritize their physical and mental well-being. This trend presents a lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to enter a thriving market. Health-conscious consumers are seeking products and services that support their wellness goals, from By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
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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
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franchising Five Franchises For Pet Loving Entrepreneurs The pet industry has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. More households than ever are welcoming furry, feathered, and scaly companions into their homes. This surge in pet ownership, coupled with a growing trend of treating pets as family members, has created a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs in the pet By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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business ownership Golden Lessons for Business Owners: Insights from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory Until now I never considered what Wonka could teach me about business. Last month the trailer dropped for the newest retelling of the Willy Wonka story. I’m really looking forward to the release later this year. I grew up with the Gene Wilder original, was a little creeped out By Will Huffhine • 4 min read
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Business Education Is Buying a Franchise Risky? Here's What I Tell My Clients. Buying a franchise is starting a business, and starting a business comes with uncertainty. But there are ways to make a more informed decision, ask better questions, and potentially reduce your risk. By Diana Miller • 5 min read
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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
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Business Trends The Brand That Built 600 Coffee Shops in Four Years (And Isn’t Slowing Down) Where Starbucks has watched its throughput crater under the weight of mobile orders and increasingly complicated customizations, 7 Brew has built a machine specifically designed to handle the volume. By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
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franchising Five Favorite Health and Wellness Franchises Live Wellness Webinar The health and wellness industry continues to grow rapidly as more people prioritize their physical and mental well-being. This trend presents a lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurs looking to enter a thriving market. Health-conscious consumers are seeking products and services that support their wellness goals, from By Will Huffhine • 5 min read
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Digital Nomad Sunday Spotlight: A True Digital Nomad Business The digital nomad lifestyle has captured the imagination of many, offering a tantalizing blend of freedom, adventure, and professional fulfillment. What if, instead of commuting back to the office tomorrow morning and dealing with your boss and toxic co-workers for another week (which you know is going to suck) By Will Huffhine • 3 min read
franchising Five Franchises For Pet Loving Entrepreneurs The pet industry has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years. More households than ever are welcoming furry, feathered, and scaly companions into their homes. This surge in pet ownership, coupled with a growing trend of treating pets as family members, has created a golden opportunity for entrepreneurs in the pet By Will Huffhine • 6 min read
