If you’re thinking about going into business for yourself, you’ve probably heard a million reasons why you shouldn’t do it. You’ll lose money, you’ll become a workhorse, your social life will cease to exist, and so on. But, even with these possibilities, people are still magnetically drawn to entrepreneurship. There […]
So you’ve made the leap to business ownership – very exciting! By now you’ve realized it’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind and lose sight of the big picture. Sometimes you even forget the reasons you started your own business. Here are 5 New Years resolution suggestions […]
The tight labor market is pushing restaurants to reevaluate employee conditions. Companies are getting creative when it comes to keeping their workers. In the “old days” of recruiting everyone worked 6 days a week, 60 – 70 hours and often didn’t have benefits. I’ve seen the trends change to attract […]
Record Year for Patrice & Associates We had a great year and had a record number of franchisees join our organization. We are starting our final class of the year. It’s amazing how many people want to start 2019 with a new business and control of their lives that they are […]
Buying a franchise will help to achieve your dream of business ownership success. However, purchasing a franchise is not always easy. Also remember you are not “buying” a franchise, you must be approved and awarded the franchise license by the franchisor. It’s all about making good matches for both franchisor […]
Restaurants feel the pain of a tight labor market GREAT NEWS FOR RECRUITING COMPANIES! With low unemployment rates and a continuously expanding industry, restaurants have been feeling the pressure in hiring employees and keeping locations properly staffed. Higher wages have strained labor budgets and workers have been gaining leverage on […]
Women In Franchising : The Rise Of Female Franchisees In the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of women business owners generally – in the USA more than 11.6 million firms are owned by women, and female-owned businesses now account for 39% of all privately held […]
Franchising can take a lot of the guesswork out of entrepreneurship, and it can offer proven systems and support that will help you start, run, and sustain your own piece of an empire. However, because franchising has become so popular, it’s harder and harder for prospective franchisees to shop all […]
As franchising grows, with growth around the world, so does the range of brands. Many people still associate franchising only with ‘fast food’ and ‘auto supplies/repairs’. Those days, however, are gone and will not be returning. It is true that fast food helped build the foundation to the franchise industry, […]