In It Together: Five Lessons from Being in Business With Family

If you want to succeed while working side-by-side with your extended family, you’ll need patience, collaboration and clear boundaries.

From Bullpen to Franchise CEO: Lessons from Professional Sports

Being persistent and prepared, repetitively perfecting one’s craft, working as a team, learning from failures and possessing confident leadership skills are all characteristics of a successful professional athlete.

Why Veterans Make Great Franchise Candidates

Veterans wholeheartedly understand the culture of teamwork. Camaraderie is an essential element to a successful organization.

Go Mobile: Streamlining Administration and Consumer-facing Processes

Once IT and technology gets out of the way, and focuses on empowering productivity and driving the business, there’s no going back.

Supreme Court Nomination: A Legal Quagmire

It goes without saying that the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia represents a major loss of a legal titan and champion of the Constitution. It will impact this country on many levels for decades to come.

Making Lemonade: 2016 Legal Strategy Seeks to Overcome 2015 Legislative Lemons

Last year’s legal developments must be confronted. As in the past, franchisors can find a way to use turn those developments into opportunities moving forward.

What Revised Federal Civil Procedure Rules Mean for Litigation Between Franchisors and Franchisees

Recent changes in federal rules may affect franchise dispute resolution and push some systems to revise their agreements.

The Role of Franchise Relations in Mergers and Acquisitions

Solid franchise relations is a key element to a strong and viable franchise system, particularly when combining two franchise systems.

Franchisee Friday, Tracy Panase, Just Between Friends

One of the many benefits of franchising is the ability to pursue one’s personal interests while growing a successful business. This week’s Franchisee Friday, Tracy Panase, a Just Between Friends franchisee told IFA why she joined the franchise model

IFA Applauds Legislation to Halt Proposed Overtime Regulations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matthew Haller, 202-460-8356 Jenna Weisbord, 310-995-0839 mhaller@franchise.org jweisbord@franchise.org @franchising411 IFA Applauds Legislation to Halt Proposed Overtime Regulations WASHINGTON, March 17—International Franchise Association, the world’s largest organization representing franchise owners, applauded the introduction of legislation today aimed at halting the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) anticipated […]

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