Buying a franchise is one of the most expensive decisions you will ever make. While franchising can help you become an entrepreneur and start a business, finding the funds to make that initial ...

Discover the pros and cons of buying a franchise, including start-up costs, royalty fees, financing options, and potential earnings for franchise owners.

Kenny Rose is the founder and CEO of FranShares, an investment platform that makes it easy for anyone to invest in franchises. Conventional wisdom says that market downturns are good times to invest ...

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 ...

In the world of franchising, thousands of brands compete head-to-head for customers and franchisee prospects. Whether in the food and beverage, fitness and wellness, home and commercial services, ...

Restaurant franchise performance management has followed a predictable pattern: review financial results, identify underperforming locations, and work with operators to correct course. The challenge ...

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 ...