Buying a Franchise
Dave’s Hot Chicken Started With $900 in a Parking Lot. It Now Has 500 Restaurants.
The chain has eight openings in one day, deals across Europe and no sign of slowing down.
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Buying a Franchise
Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face.
The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.
Buying a Franchise
This Franchise Did $4.94 Billion in Revenue Last Year. Here’s What Its New CEO Wants to Change.
The franchise insider took on nearly every job within the company before becoming CEO.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
This Self-Described ‘Arrogant’ Leader Bought 6 Businesses for $3 Million and Lost Them All. Here’s What She Learned and How She Got Back on Track.
The experience fundamentally changed the way she thought about business.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
This CEO Spent 41 Years Working at the Same Chain. He Says This One Habit Is ‘Critically Important’ for Leaders.
This CEO regularly visits every restaurant and knows every franchisee and store manager.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
How He Turned His Tiny Studio Into a Fitness Powerhouse: ‘At First People Were Coming Just to Play With My Dog and I Was Okay With That’
Sam Tooley turned personal tragedy into Alpha Fit Club, a fitness franchise that's about to host its biggest competition yet.
By Dan Bova
Buying a Franchise
Gen Z Is Snatching Up Franchises — They Want to Own Rather Than Compete for Jobs That ‘Might Not Exist in 10 Years’
Franchise ownership among young people is up 163% since 2022.
Buying a Franchise
Doctors Diagnosed Her With a Rare Cancer and Gave Her Months to Live. She Survived and Opened a $500,000 Fitness Franchise.
The former PepsiCo executive was drawn to Hotworx, a 24/7 fitness studio franchise offering infrared sauna workouts.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
McDonald’s Is Giving Franchisees an $8.5 Billion Lifeline to Save Up to $100,000 a Year
McDonald's admits some of its past initiatives hurt its own restaurants. Now it's spending big to get them back on track.
Buying a Franchise
How Entrepreneurship Helps Working Moms Achieve Work-Life Balance
Join us for a free webinar to see how working moms use entrepreneurship to build flexible careers while balancing family, work, and business ownership.
Buying a Franchise
Jon Taffer Likes to Yell. But His Franchise Strategy Is a Quiet Killer.
On TV, Jon Taffer rescues bars. But in real life, he also builds franchises. And he’s seen what works better than anyone.
By Jason Feifer
Buying a Franchise
This Franchise Company Just Made It Free to Add a Second Restaurant Brand to Your Location: ‘Buy One, Get Two’
Woworks wants its franchisees to grow bigger, faster — and it's willing to waive fees to make that happen.
Buying a Franchise
He Took a Pizza Delivery Job to Pay Off Student Loans. Forty Years Later, He Owns 160 Domino’s Stores.
Brian Bailey bought his first Domino's at 27, and has since helped six of his own employees become franchisees too.
Buying a Franchise
Why So Many Franchises Are Saying ‘Cheese’ This Fall
Cheese is having a moment at drive-thrus and sit-down chains like Freddy's and Golden Chick.
Buying a Franchise
He Took a Part-Time Job at McDonald’s 50 Years Ago. Now He Owns Six of Them: ‘I Never Could Have Imagined the Journey Ahead of Me’
Terry Eagle started working the register at age 16. Now he owns the register.
Buying a Franchise
He Poured His Retirement Savings into a Business — and It Failed Spectacularly: ‘I’m Working Harder Than Ever.’
He regrets losing the entirety of his $180,000 retirement savings in a failed business venture.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
He Started As a Barista When He Was 16 — Now He’s an Owner: ‘Proof of What’s Possible’
Elliott Disner spent years helping run Beyond Juicery + Eatery from the corporate side. Now he owns one, and says the job feels completely different.
Buying a Franchise
The Top Franchise 500-Ranked Businesses You Can Launch for Less Than $25,000 in 2026
These brands prove you don't need a lot of capital to become a business owner in 2026.
By David James
Buying a Franchise
This Husband-and-Wife Duo Started a Business They Couldn’t Find in Their Hometown. 6 Months in, It Did $1 Million in Sales.
Ken and Sarah Barlow set out to open the doors to “something joyful” and “community-centered.”
By Sherin Shibu
Building a Business
Most Franchise Growth Strategies Fail. Here’s What Leaders Can Do About It.
The time has come for brands to embrace an intentional, system-driven model.
By Art Coley
Building a Business
The Leadership Habit That Could Be Costing Your Franchise New Recruits
Your daily reminder that when it comes to franchise recruiting success, leadership matters.
By Art Coley
Buying a Franchise
Taco Bell Abandoned This Market 14 Years Ago — Here’s Why It’s Going Back Now
Taco Bell walked away from the UAE without explanation in 2012. Now it's betting the market is ready for some Cheesy Gorditas.
Business News
One Franchisee Said He’d ‘Die With His Locations’ — Here’s Why Yogurtland Operators Refuse to Cash Out
The frozen yogurt chain's stores pull in close to $1 million a year each, and its franchise owners keep renewing.
Buying a Franchise
Wendy’s New CEO Has a Five-Point Plan to Get Back in the Burger Chain Fight — Here’s What’s in It
Bob Wright says Wendy's chased cost savings over quality, and lost its No. 2 spot to Burger King. Now he's rolling out a five-point fix.
Buying a Franchise
Papa Johns Sales Are Down in the U.S. — But It Just Found a New Growth Partner on the Other Side of the Border
KM Capital is taking over 44 Papa Johns locations in Mexico, with plans to grow from there.
Buying a Franchise
‘The Script Is Flipped’: This Chain Is Shrinking Its Restaurants to Grow Faster
Founder Brandon Landry spent two decades proving Walk-On's needed big restaurants. Now he's betting the opposite is true.
Buying a Franchise
A&W Is Redesigning Its Restaurants for the First Time in Years — Here’s How It’s Trying to Avoid What Happened to Cracker Barrel
The new "modern heritage" prototype goes retro, leaning into A&W's roadside root beer stand roots.