Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley is founding member and CEO of America’s Best Franchises, LLC.  Bill founded three financial services firms, Ocean Shores Ventures, Denali International and William Bradley Enterprises. In addition, to launching America’s Best Franchises in 2005, Bill orchestrated approximately 20 private equity transactions in excess of $31 million, and launched five specific purpose private equity partnerships.

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Franchises That Appeal to Millennials

The Baby Boomers have been the consumers to care about for a while now. But the Millennials are nearly as large a generation as the baby Boomers, and they are becoming a purchasing force to be reckoned with.

How Franchises Use Habits

The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, reports on recent research on habits in humans. It turns out that the basal ganglia, a primitive part of the brain, controls habitual behavior.

The One Question You Must Ask a Franchisor

There are plenty of questions you should ask before you decide on a franchise business. But there’s one that would-be franchisees often fail to ask—and yet it can be one of the most informative.

Investing in an Existing Franchise

In a sense, all franchise business opportunities are existing businesses. No one is going to believe you if you say that you’re opening a Little Caesar’s or 7 Eleven start-up; the whole point of a franchise is that the business is already successful.

3 Keys to Franchise Success

Some franchises are ideal for part-time work while caring for family or keeping a day job. Others need a full-time commitment, even before you open the doors. Franchises vary in the amount of work and effort they require, but starting a business is always challenging and time-consuming.

Franchisees Gain Advantages of Self-Employment

We know that franchise businesses are important in the U.S. as employers—about one third of all the revenue in the U.S. flows through franchises and one in 16 American workers is employed at a franchise. But ownership is not the same as employment.

Why Choose a Franchise Business?

Owning your own business is part of the American Dream. For decades now, choosing a franchise business has been just as likely an option for Americans who want to work for themselves as starting an independent business.

5 Marketing Questions to Ask Before You Choose a Franchise

When you’re working to identify the ideal franchise business opportunity for your specific needs, your mind may be on costs and how you’ll prepare to become a franchisee. You may be thinking through the typical day of a franchisee in a particular industry, or…

Choosing a Franchise: Think Like a Customer

Should you choose a franchise that you love to visit or where you love to shop? Yes and no. On the one hand, one of the big mistakes businesspeople make is believing that they represent their typical customer. Hint: you’re not.

Who Has the Power in the Franchise Relationship?

So many relationships start off well. Each party in the relationship thinks about the other and tries to please. Minor differences are overlooked and the focus is on happy times and the great things about the relationship.