Wall Street Journal (In Charge): Like many new small-business owners, Cathy Deano knew nothing about franchising when she and a partner launched a series of bring-your-own-wine painting classes in Mandeville, La., four years ago. Yet from the moment Cork’n Canvas opened its doors, the business started getting offers from enthusiastic clients who wanted to buy […]
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Amramp is North America’s leading wheelchair ramp company, with franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada. In addition to wheelchair ramps, Amramp offers many additional mobility and aging-in-place solutions and services, all with expert installation, including stairlifts, vertical platform lifts, portable ramps and portable showers. Amramp’s model is an excellent one for starting a franchise,
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Globe and Mail: On a crisp November morning along Victoria’s Inner Harbour, Harold Aune ambles down the dock, cautiously avoiding a slick coating of frost on the wooden planks beneath his feet. Stopping next to a half-dozen gleaming white rowing skiffs, he dials up his company’s website on an iPhone and makes a one-hour reservation.
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Business Week: Jacob D’Aniello, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoodyCalls, can imagine only one scenario in which his business could fail. “If one day, everybody in the world woke up and decided they loved picking up dog poop,” he says grimly. “If it suddenly became everybody’s favorite recreational activity, that would be a terrible
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Painting With a Twist is a national chain of franchised businesses that offers instructor led painting classes. The twist is that the students can bring their own favorite bottle of wine. All of the painting supplies are provided, including paint, canvas, and brushes. The instructor, usually a local artist, leads students through an evening of
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On a European vacation inspiration struck Scott Nelowet: “In Amsterdam, I saw these places selling gourmet fries,” he said. “In America, french fries are filler food, not a side dish. I thought bringing something like this back home, a business that sold gourmet fries as a snack, made perfect sense.” Although Nelowet already had a
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Taste of America is a franchise retail chain in Spain that sells American food. From graham crackers and cranberry sauce to Betty Crocker cake mixes and Kraft macaroni and cheese the store stocks everything that a that expatriates and “American” food lovers might desire. Founded in 1994, the chain has grown from one store to
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Did you know that NFL teams are franchises? Perhaps you already knew they were called franchises. But did you understand that they were actually franchises? They are. Bill Bradley explains.
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SteerClear is a way to get you, and your car, home safely after a night out drinking. They’ve been up-and-running for just over a month in parts of New Jersey, but hope to expand nationally. Techcrunch reports: According to co-founder Craig Sher, the idea for providing a designated driver service is hardly new. “I found
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With more and more professionals looking for alternatives to traditional corporate employment, Become a Franchise Owner! informs would-be franchise owners of the joys and perils of purchasing a franchise. Authored by trusted, feisty, tell-it-how-it-is independent franchise industry insider, Joel Libava, this book offers straightforward, step-by-step tips and advice on how to properly (and carefully) research
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