by Aakash Sundar | Mar 31, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Franchise Investing, Research
Note: This article was authored by two interns in our market research department as an opportunity for them to highlight some of their findings; Ben Greeley and Shane Oommen The recent Covid-19 pandemic was disastrous to small businesses, causing 43% of...
by Aakash Sundar | Jan 12, 2021 | Franchise Investing
For the past century, the stock market and public equities have taken over the world of investing and wealth building. People have come to rely on and built their 401(k) and brokerage accounts their entire lives to build wealth. When average people want “above...
by Pedro Moore | Dec 14, 2020 | Franchise Investing
In business seminars, a question that gets asked often is “how do I buy an existing franchise?” The franchise industry is a crucial component of the US economy. According to Statista, there were 773,603 franchise establishments in the USA in 2019, which...
by Pedro Moore | Oct 26, 2020 | Franchise Investing
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every industry in some way. One of the hardest-hit, however, has been the food industry. Over 100,000 restaurants have closed in the U.S. over the last six months, and there is no telling how many more will follow as this...
by Aakash Sundar | Oct 12, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Franchise Investing, Investing 101, Research
Part 2: Tending the Farm While franchise ownership is definitely not usually a walk in the park and has its fair share of challenges, for those entrepreneurs who are capable of handling the challenge the benefits can be more than worth it – I learned this...
by Aakash Sundar | Aug 30, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Franchise Investing
Part 1: Not Exactly a Golden Ticket Growing up as a young man in the Atlanta area, my first jobs included making biscuit batter, flipping burgers, and brewing coffee for all types of different people. My parents were multi-unit operators for brands such as...
