Franchise Turnover Rates

A franchise’s turnover rate is the percentage of franchise locations that close in any given year. We found that about half the franchises in the data we checked had turnover rates of 10% or less.
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Why Kickstarter Campaigns Fail

Plenty of entrepreneurs have found success with their crowdfunding campaigns. Failure though, is always a possibility—even when the end is in sight and it seems to be a sure thing. Crooked Bottle, an aspiring local brewbub, learned that lesson the hard way.
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What Your Business Can Learn from 3 Tech Titans

When you think about the latest gadgets, specific companies likely come to mind. It’s not solely because they manufacture all the gaming consoles, smartphones, and other tech-related toys you love, but because these companies are among the most successful tech titans in the world.
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Dealing with Failure

In business, you have to constantly try new things, because most of the things you try won’t work. It doesn’t mean they weren’t worth the attempt; it just means that the small business world is impossible to predict. Because none of us know beforehand what will work, we have to try many things that fail in order to reach success.
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Investors Seek Out Entrepreneurs with Resilience

If you haven’t had a failure, you aren’t pushing the limits. If you are really an entrepreneur, you are a risk taker and less cautious by nature, so failures should be expected. Wear you startup failure as a badge of courage. Don’t go after failure, but embrace it when it does happen and grow from it.
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