When The Empowered Franchisee team works with a franchise candidate, we always start with a self-assessment. After all, before we […]
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may have noticed that we post a lot about executive-model […]
Almost every American has done business with a franchise. On the fast-food front alone, nearly 80 percent of Americans eat […]
Franchising is a huge industry. Depending on how you count companies and their subsidiaries, the U.S. is home to around […]
Franchisees have vision. In our experience here at The Empowered Franchisee, people who purchase franchises have an eye on the […]
In the corporate world, labor is usually a company’s biggest operational expense. The same is true in the franchise industry. […]
Like any business, franchising comes with costs. Some are startup costs, while others fund the ongoing operation of the business. […]
When I first meet a new franchise candidate, some of them are surprised to learn that they won’t be able […]
Most of the candidates we work with are interested in franchising for two primary reasons: to gain more control over […]
After several years of lows, higher interest rates have arrived. In March, the Federal Reserve approved its first interest-rate increase […]