In a franchise system, a parent company, the franchisor, creates a method for operating a business and sells licenses to franchisees allowing them to start their own location of that business.

Learn more about how to successfully write a business plan, secure financing, market your business, and manage employees and day-to-day operations. What’s a good profit margin for a new business?

Richard has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry as an advisor, managing director, and director of training and marketing, specializing in Finra exams, investing ...

That’s why we have put together a guide on how to start your own business – from assessing your strengths and weaknesses to getting your brand out there. By following these seven steps ...

Tom Meyer of Centrust Bank, and college student Ian McClenathan are here to give some insightful advice on how you can start to think about owning your own business.

Starting a business helps address both of these concerns ... ending up with a business that’s too time-consuming. When you own your own company, there can be many tasks to handle.

You can deduct certain startup costs associated with your business but some limits apply. New businesses can deduct up to $5,000 in start-up costs and another $5,000 in organizational costs as ...