Opening Your Own Restaurant? 4 Tips to Get Started

Restaurant businesses are attractive for the plain fact that people will always need food. It’s one of humanity’s basic necessities and so demand rarely dials down throughout the year. Yet while the customer base for restaurants is stable for decades to come, there is a lot of competition in the food business and that can…

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7 Due Diligence Steps Will Validate Any New Venture

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? After all, most great breakthroughs, like a computer in every…

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5 Tips for Starting a Small Business in College

Starting a business while still enrolled in college isn’t an option for everyone. College is stressful enough, and running a business is a whole new ball game. If you’re especially ambitious and bursting at the seams with ideas, it may be worth overcoming the fear of that stress to help your future materialize. In some…

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3 Options Beyond the Standard Franchise

Did you realize that there are other options for you as a franchise owner beyond owning a single franchise? This post will explore area development, master franchises, and multi-unit ownership to present you with additional considerations for your business endeavors. Area Developers: Big Potential in Your Geographic Area Rather than signing a franchise agreement for a single…

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Getting Back into Business After Your Previous Company Closes Down

The Small Business Administration reports that 34 percent of small businesses will fail in their first two years. Furthermore, according to the same source, as much as 50 percent of businesses fail during their first year. There’s no hiding the fact that the business landscape is cutthroat and unforgiving. Nevertheless, starting and running a business…

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The Best Franchises to Launch for 2016

Can’t decide what franchise to launch, simply because there are so many options out there? Here’s a list of the best franchises right now. They’ve proven to franchisees to be valuable investments, easy to work with, and highly profitable. #1. Expedia CruiseShip Centers If the idea of helping people plan exciting vacations thrills you, consider…

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Buying a Mobile Food Business: 10 Things to Consider

Food trucks and carts have come a long way since the days of greasy ‘roach coaches’. People generally have more refined tastes and higher expectations nowadays. The trendy reinvention of fast-food culture seen in recent years has triggered a boom in a market that you can enter without huge investment or extensive catering experience. In…

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