While becoming a truly global franchisor involves a significant investment of time and resources, it can be an exciting development that can catapult your organization to the top of its industry.

Meet Stefan Pickerel — franchisee, chef, spice blender and now the corporate chef for the Spice & Tea Exchange. Stefan’s journey holds some important lessons for franchisees and franchisors across the industry.

New small-business health reimbursement rules provide a great opportunity to employers with fewer than 50 employees, who do not or are unable to offer group health insurance, to assist employees with rising medical costs.

Women are forces to be reckoned with, and every March their outstanding achievements are recognized during Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month was created as a way to revise a written and social American history that has largely ignored the contributions of women.

Delivering your brand story to the world via content marketing will give you a leg up in the race to win the hearts and minds of franchise candidates.

By focusing on four key elements, franchisors can have peace of mind that they’ve taken the right steps to build a system with franchisees equipped to be successful partners.

When you’re running your own business, there will always be obstacles to navigate in order to succeed, but when you run a business with your family, a new set of challenges is layered on to typical trials and tribulations.

Offering lengthy royalty free periods to franchisees can show faith in current franchise partners, celebrate the brand’s success and give new franchisees a break when they are getting up and running.

Create and maintain positive publicity for your franchise brand.

Social sector franchising is at a formative stage for using franchise business know how to solve serious social problems for millions while creating entrepreneurial opportunities in the developing world.