This company is offering new franchises throughout the US. This company is offering new franchises worldwide. Here's what you can expect to spend to start the business and what ongoing fees the ...

Even with an MBA in finance, I wasn’t ready for the messy reality of small-business money management — until I learned these hard truths. First-time entrepreneurs often underestimate startup costs, ...

A.J. Jafrey, founder and owner of Scoops N’ Scoops in Irvine, already had many of the elements needed to operate a franchise. He’d worked in a few franchises that his extended family owns, and he has ...

Expect a flurry of dealmaking activity in 2025. That’s what experts said during the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference in November. Fresh off the 2024 election—on top of a slower mergers and ...

Transparency and trust are the foundation of successful business relationships, fostering collaboration between companies, employees and customers. In my experience, trust forms the bedrock of every ...

When I first moved into franchising after years in Fortune 100 and private equity-backed companies, I had to shift my perspective. I was used to looking at big, complex organizations, but in ...

High interest rates. Costly real estate and tariffs. Wage increases. Consumer spending pullback. Economic uncertainty. It’s all taking a toll on franchising. And yet, some of the sharp minds involved ...

Subbu Viswanathan heads the Franchise Finance vertical for SMBC MANUBANK, managing a $600 million franchise portfolio. Since joining the bank, he has been instrumental in growing its Franchise Finance ...