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Oct 09, 2018

Franchise Opportunities Network ran a $2,000 "Scholarship Contest" from November 2017 through July 2018.https://www.franchiseopportunities.com/2018-college-scholarship-future-entrepreneur. The scholarship is for use towards college tuition, books, or other expenses associated with the winning studen...

Oct 02, 2018

The Early Bird Gets the Worm: What Time Should You Start Work Each Morning? Are you an early riser? Yes? No? What's your definition of "early" anyway? Depending on your career background and personal preference, you likely have a very different idea as to what constitutes as starting before the res...

Sep 25, 2018

9 Perks to Working Through a Franchise As a business owner, there are many decisions you will need to make in order to steer your brand toward growth. From marketing directions, to initial moves like location and opening dates, it's your job to coordinate and respond toward market changes from day o...

Sep 21, 2018

Anatomy Of A Fortune 500 CEO The companies which make up the Fortune 500 list are household names creating products and delivering services which are staples in our everyday lives, but what about the CEO’s who shape their direction and run these companies? Here at Franchise Opportunities we wo...

Sep 18, 2018

How to Utilize Part-Timers in your Franchise Business Part timers and are invaluable asset as a business owner. With flexible workloads and schedules, part timers can pick up slack when you need them. They can fill in a need and ultimately help your business run efficiently. You might need them dur...

Sep 13, 2018

Why a Franchise is Better Than a Stand-Alone Business Every soon-to-be business owner has considered the idea of opening up their own shop. A stand-alone location that they minted and brought to life – from scratch. Some take this as a fleeting thought and quickly move on, while others get cau...

Sep 11, 2018

Can You Use Polling Research for Your Future Franchise? One of the best ways to become successful is to reach your customers and address what they most want. From age ranges, to locational needs, to ease of access, there's much to know about your consumer base and how they shop. On any given day (...

Sep 07, 2018

Pep Talks to Give Yourself After a Bad Day Some days, work isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Things break, people have bad attitudes, and all around, work just didn’t go like it was supposed to. It's enough to put you into a funk – especially when more than one bad thing took place; ...

Aug 31, 2018

7 Ways Franchising Has Changed In the last 60 or so years, business has changed tremendously. Where there were once short days filled with suits and secretaries, there is now an entire array of updated company practices. Today there's big business, workers who telecommute (or who travel hours to an...

Aug 30, 2018

7 Quotes Explaining What it's Like to be Your Own Boss As an aspiring franchisee, it's likely that one of the biggest perks waiting around the corner is the ability to be your own boss. Not only will you have creative freedom, you'll be able to explore marketing techniques, manage your team as you s...

Aug 28, 2018

8 Ways to Boost Your Self Confidence When the Startup Process is Rough As a budding entrepreneur, you'll learn quickly just how much skin in the game you hold. Your business is a personal effort. It's your passion, your pride and joy – it's the job you've always wanted. And your franchise is ...

Aug 21, 2018

Why Having Heart Brings On Success   Having heart – it's a structure we know well, most notably from sports teams or underdog movie themes. In these instances, there's a character who's unlikely to win or overcome, but they have the most passion and the biggest drive, therefore, we root f...

Aug 17, 2018

10 Tips to Improve Your Franchise Through Physical and Mental Health Just how in tune are you with your body? In terms of mental and physical health, there is much to be learned by simply listening to what your body tells you. For instance, when you're tired, what type of foods to drink, when it's t...

Aug 14, 2018

What's There to Know About Franchise Funding? Money. Where to get it and when – these are some of the biggest questions brought forth by franchisees. When looking at large sums of money in order to get started, it's easy to become overwhelmed by looking at these numbers and not being sure how ...

Aug 06, 2018

7 Perks to Co-Branding Your Current or Upcoming Franchise If you've ever stepped inside a restaurant that sold two franchises' worth of food, or walked into an establishment that sold clothes and shoes from different vendors, and so on, you understand the versatility of co-branding. A scenario when ...

Aug 03, 2018

What’s Your Ideal Style of Franchising? Franchising can come in many different forms. From small kiosks at the mall, to booths, to large buildings as stand-alone businesses — these models and more all exist as franchises. Then there are styles of sales, industries, and varied business mo...

Jul 31, 2018

Are You Missing These Important Business Savvy Skills? When setting out to start or expand your franchise, there are several obvious skills you have in mind. For instance, business smarts, the ability to look at and understand numbers, marketing efforts, and so on. You might even look at your connec...

Jul 27, 2018

What's Your Industry Passion? And How to Find it Do you have a work passion? What's your industry of choice? And if you don't have one (or don't know it yet) how do you find what area you should pursue? It's no secret that working within a field you enjoy has added benefits; not only will you be hap...

Jul 24, 2018

Why NOW is the Time to Make Your Franchise a Reality What are you waiting for? No, really, what's holding you back? When owning your own business is something you've always wanted to do, and being your own boss is a long-term dream, why aren't you putting that plan into action? Really, your answer ...

Jul 06, 2018

Who's Your Franchising Hero? We have many heroes in life, whether or not we name them as such. Role models, those we look up to, inspirations – whatever you want to call them, they are people you met or figuratively followed who helped you get where you want to be, even if they didn't know th...

Jun 27, 2018

Should you Franchise with a Partner? Opening a business is unique in a few fronts. One being how many ways are to go about it, none of which are wrong. In fact, you can open your business in any number of ways while still receiving a large amount of success. Because folks operate with such different...

Jun 26, 2018

The Perks of Working with a Franchise Mentor In franchising, there are an unlimited number of resources you can use in order to gain information. From reading, to Googling specific questions, to studying outside cases, there’s so much data available. So long as you know where to look, you can ...

Jun 21, 2018

8 Quirky Things These Famous Brands are Known For When you're an established brand, you're able to create a reputation for yourself. One where folks know what you do and just how well you do it. It's a status that most brands work for years to achieve, but once they find it, it's their "thing," and ...

Jun 19, 2018

Valuable Resources for Your Business Research Process As you're looking to start your business, there are many ways to go about the researching process. From talking to other entrepreneurs, to researching your franchising brand, to looking toward outside materials, there's an overwhelming amount of ...

Jun 15, 2018

Little-Known Traits That Make Your Franchise a Success As you're starting your franchise location, you might be wondering what it is you don't know. What is that secret sauce of success that others seem to have, and how can you get some? Or more realistically, you might wonder if there's a secret s...

Jun 12, 2018

9 Lessons to Take From Businesses of the Past Owning a business today is undoubtedly different than it was years ago. Aside from obvious changes like technology, online sales/bookings, or capabilities of the brand itself, there are changes in culture. People want, need, and expect different things ...

Jun 07, 2018

Why the Franchising Sector is Slated to be the Fastest Growing Industry in 2018 (and Ways This is Already Ringing True) The results are out! And it's great news for the franchise industry – as a whole, it's slated to grow faster than any other portion of the economy for 2018. (Yes, you read th...

Jun 05, 2018

Should You Market Differently Based on Time of Year? Consider that it's full-blown summer. Heat is among us, the humidity is a constant factor, and ACs are blasting everywhere. Quick – what do you want and need? Are you hungry? What type of foods do you eat when you're ultra hot? Chances are...

May 31, 2018

Franchise Industries Entering Their Busy Season for Summer As we gear up for summer trips and outdoor activities that are made possible with warm weather, it's time to look at what those same changes might mean for your professional life. Depending on your job (or future franchise) it could mean tha...

May 24, 2018

Reasons to Follow Your Passion What is your dream in life? You have goals for your professional world, your personal life, and beyond. You might have even had these same dreams for years. Whatever they might be, they are dreams for your future. Aspects that you wish to one day hold true, but that ar...