May 24th 2026|Washington, DC WHEN GREG FLYNN graduated from Stanford Business School in 1994, with the dotcom boom in full swing, his friends chose the obvious career path. But while they “were all making PowerPoint presentations…becoming paper millionaires,” he went off to help a friend open a second restaurant. A few years later, spotting generous financing […]

In a lively Growth Workshop at the 2026 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference, Susan Black-Beth, Alec Fogarty, and Blake Lantero unpack the realities of outside capital, growth partnerships, and what investors are really looking for. For multi-unit franchisees, private equity can represent opportunity, optionality, and growth capital—but it can also raise big questions about control, culture, timing, […]