Franchising is hard to avoid as a career path, as the successes are now well documented. And most of them go beyond fast food. These insights, data points and ideas will inspire you to consider becoming a franchisee as the best career option you could make.

Pizza franchises have certainly gotten more than their slice of the pandemic pie, and we should all tip our chef hats to their example. They’ve leveraged challenging economic and social conditions to be of greater service to customers, franchisees and communities.

Considering how challenging it can be to franchise a business, going the route of a franchise development firm can help an emerging brand without taking as big of a financial risk.

What lessons can aspiring entrepreneurs take from implementing technology into franchisor and franchisee funnels? What problems is technology specifically solving in the franchise industry? Let's explore the challenges still exist, and how tech can be used to address them.

Value gives you options. Once you’ve decided that you want to franchise, then every decision a franchisor makes is to maximize the value of the franchisor. And to do so in a way that won’t wipe you out of the game.

In all of our years working with, educating and learning from franchisors, these are the trends that send brands in the wrong direction. Avoid them if you can!