The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

Getting A Small Business SBA Loan For Your Start-Up

How easy is it to get a small business SBA loan for start-up? The answer: It depends. On lots of stuff. The Role Of The SBA The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides a number of financial assistance programs for small businesses that have been specifically designed to meet key financing needs for today's small business owner. Fact: The Small Business... Read more →

Military Veterans And The Franchise Model

The military has it's own model; it consists of things like discipline, training, more training, and serious rule obeying, to name just a few. When our military men and women come back from a tour of duty--or several, they have some choices to make... One of the major choices these brave men and women face is their choice of career,... Read more →

Small Business Resources for Veterans: The Small Business Navigation Program

Military Veterans; if you're interested in starting a business, or growing your current VOB, there's a Virginia-based small business resource that you need to know about. The Cox Small Business Navigation Program features a plethora of tools and resources for entrepreneurs.... The topic areas that you'll be able to easily learn about when you visit the website include; Management Marketing... Read more →

Do You Support This Veterans Bill?

There are over 1 million unemployed military veterans in the United States. As Iraq and Afghanistan military veterans start to come home, and as Vietnam, Cold War, and Persian Gulf War veterans can’t find or lose their jobs, the economy is losing some of its best and brightest leaders and workers. The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is committed to... Read more →

Home-Based Veteran-Owned Businesses Have a New Resource

If you're a home-based franchise owner, you know that sometimes being a one-person show can be a little frustrating. Do you have days in which you'd like to learn about new things, like how to find new customers, how to manage your online presence better, or some other things that are critical to the success of your small business? How... Read more →

Tim Berry Writes About Business Mistakes

Being an active member of the small business/franchise community is fun. I have met, (and keep meeting) so many smart people. Now, in this day and age, the word "meet" is a lot different than it was 10 years ago. Sometimes when I say I met him, or we met last week, it means that we exchanged information online...via email,... Read more →

Are You an Optimistic Veteran Small Business Owner?

It seems like there's some positive business sentiment being bandied around in Washington DC, these days. The question is this; Is it real? Or, is it good, old-fashioned spin? According to Professor Scott Shane, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University in my hometown, things may be looking up. In this post he authored over at Small Business... Read more →

VOBs: Is it Time To Add an Electric Vehicle To Your Business Fleet?

(The Chevrolet Volt is a nice-looking vehicle.) The Toyota Prius. The Chevy Volt. The Nissan Leaf. Should your Veteran-Owned Business have one of these 3 vehicles? I guess it depends on the type of business you have. For example, in the franchise world, the folks at Pizza Fusion were smart enough to make sure that Toyota Prius's were their pizza... Read more →

Home Remodeling Franchise Awards Military Veteran a Franchise

National home remodeling franchise, Kitchen Tune-Up, has awarded the first free franchise under their Veteran’s Program. It's great to see small business opportunities that Veterans may be able to excel in. Solar businesses are also getting kind of HOT. And Hotter. In the case of Kitchen Tune-Up, this looks like a win-win, type of opportunity... Frank Skubel of Tallahassee, Florida... Read more →

Does Your Veteran-Owned Business Need Bookkeeping Help?

Keeping up with financial records for your small business, can be rather cumbersome, especially if you're a young, thriving small business. Here's some good news; BookKeeping Express is coming to the financial-recording rescue of one lucky company. From Boston to Tacoma and everywhere in between, small businesses entering the "Great 2010 Accounting Makeover" contest stand to win a comprehensive BookKeeping... Read more →