The International Franchise Association recently published an article on the benefits of owning a franchise as a second career. If you’re one of the many individuals in this country today that have been downsized out of corporate America but you aren’t ready to retire yet, then owning a franchise could be your way to “be…
Baby boomers are getting serious about securing their retirement, but it may not be in the traditional ways you think. “With the grim outlook on the future of Social Security and pension plans becoming a thing of history, relying on your employer’s retirement plan to fund your golden years may just not be enough anymore,”…
Remember the scene from “The Wizard of Oz” where the Cowardly Lion opines about what he’d do if he were king of the forest? As employees, we’ve all had similar moments imagining how different things would be if we were the boss. Most things people imagine they’d do as boss ironically involve how employees would be treated. And it comes from firsthand experience. “If you take…
“Life is too short to be living someone else’s dream,” said the late Hugh Hefner, who in the early 50s was frustrated with his career as a copywriter at Esquire magazine. In 1953 he decided to launch his own magazine, and a legend was born. In short, Hefner hated his corporate-working-for-someone-else-world and started to live his own dream…
Women may currently be under-represented in franchising, but times, as they say, are a changing – especially in the world of franchising. Women currently own 37-percent of franchise locations, compared with the 24-percent they owned just 10 years ago, according to Franchise Business Review. The 2018 Women in Business Trends report by Guidant Financial, says the Top 5 women-owned business categories include: health, beauty and fitness; general retail; business services;…