Starting a business from scratch is difficult. You have to figure everything out on your own and in the process you inevitability make mistakes. Some of them costly. Some of them just frustrating. Hopefully, none results in the loss of your business, but there is an inherent level of risk involved. Buying a franchise minimizes […]
Because Congress and the President have had a legislative death grip on one another for as long as most people are able to remember, one might think that little is being done in Washington D.C. One would be wrong. Even though the passage of significant legislation seems like a pipe dream to folks on both […]
Winning business ideas aren’t easy to come by and that’s a major reason that purchasing a franchise can be so tempting. If a company has been selling franchises for many years, it must have a successful business idea and model, right? There is indeed some truth in this, but within any franchise concept there will […]
“I am a small business attorney, and am helping a local entrepreneur buy into a franchise. I have reviewed the franchise documents he has been asked to sign, and I admit I’m a bit troubled. The franchise was formed only weeks ago, and its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) was approved by the Federal Trade Commission […]