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Investing In A Franchise Is Not Like Investing In The Stock Market

There's certainly risk in both, but investing in a franchise has it's differences... For example, when you buy an individual stock, the more shares you purchase up front, the bigger the potential payoff. Of course, the more shares you buy, the more money you can lose, too. When you buy a franchise, in every case except one, the amount you... Read more →

Kitchen Tune-Up Ranked High Again

Kitchen Tune-Up has been named one of the top 500 franchises in the United States, ranking #151 in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 . A home remodeling franchise concept offering a variety of cost-effective services to renew surfaces, add features, and improve a room's layout, also ranked #1 in the Building and Remodeling category, leading this division for the past 20... Read more →

This Could Help You Secure A Franchise Loan

"This" would be a stellar, rock-solid, strong as steel, business plan... Wouldn't it be nice to walk into your bank, full of unstoppable confidence? If you walk in with a strong business plan, there should be no stopping you! So, how do you write a strong business plan for your franchise? You have a few choices: Pay a Certified Public... Read more →

Franchise Email Marketing Awards

The Franchise Excellence in Email Awards will recognize outstanding achievements in email marketing in three categories as judged by Constant Contact’s Franchise team. If you are a franchisor, and you feel that your email marketing is really strong, here's more info on this great contest...Here Read more →

Veterans; Free Online Course On Franchising Being Offered

Are you at a crossroads? Are you thinking about becoming the owner of a franchise business, but just don't have enough facts yet? Here's a way to find out some franchise basics. Free of charge. You'll learn about things like; The definition Investment amounts Types of franchises Pro's and con's You'll also learn when the time may be right to... Read more →

McDonald's News; Inventor Of The Quarter Pounder Passes On

Al Bernardin, the inventor of the McDonald's Quarter Pounder, died Dec. 22 in Fremont, Calif., after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Mr. Bernardin went to work at McDonald's corporate headquarters in 1960 and quickly rose to be the dean of Hamburger University, McDonald's training center. Later, he was the vice president of product development, and he played a major... Read more →