Barbara Beery had been running her home-based business for 16 years when she decided in 2007 that it could be a successful model for other entrepreneurs to follow. After extensive planning and roughly ...

A business becomes an ecosystem once everyone wins together. • Provide customers with more value the longer they stay. • Give ...

The FDD is your X-ray of a brand. Here’s what the FTC requires — and how to read the sections that matter most. The FDD is a federally mandated document that franchisors must provide at least 14 days ...

Have you ever been to a restaurant overflowing with customers and wondered how much the franchise owner makes? Maybe you've even thought about owning a location of a successful chain yourself. If so, ...

Duck Donuts has been around for 18 years, and franchisee Rebecca Johnson has been there 11 of them. She and her husband previously worked in the mortgage business, and they were looking for ways to ...