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Looking for a franchise opportunity in California? Whether you're a first-time business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, California offers exciting potential for franchise success. With thriving markets in key cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, there's a perfect environment to launch and grow a franchise. From food and beverage to retail and services, the diverse economic landscape in California is ripe for franchise opportunities. Explore the best franchise options today and take the next step toward business ownership in California.

Informative articles to support business buyers, franchisees, and franchisors in California.

We live in a world where law firms commonly have billable hourly quotas that their attorneys must meet, and substantial hourly rates as well.
  • Carl Khalil and Sada Sheldon
  • 8,274 Reads
You've probably heard of emotional eating, but financial advisor Matthew T. Shafer says emotional investing is a problem that needs to be recognized society-wide, especially since the economy has been in such sharp focus this past half decade.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,238 Reads 16 Shares
Franchising is a diverse world comprised of all kinds of brands, products, services, and opportunities.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 13,790 Reads 1,023 Shares
After 34 years of negotiating leases for 150 hair salons in California and the New York Metro area, Gary Grace appreciates the advantages of being part of a franchise system with a well-known name.
  • Helen Bond
  • 14,442 Reads 2 Shares
There's a sign on the wall in Charles Haney's Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed. One, he says, defines who he is: "B-different."
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,887 Reads 3 Shares
Ever wish you knew everything there was to know about lead generation in the age of social media marketing?
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,734 Reads
One of Charles Haney's favorite things about his new Burger 21 restaurant in Voorhees, N.J., is a wall sign that he believes lists all the best ways to succeed.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,681 Reads 1,014 Shares
Talk about starting a business during the worst of times. Jason Duffy knows just what that's like.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 18,732 Reads 229 Shares
These days we hear plenty about employee engagement. We know disengaged employees are bad for business.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,911 Reads 1 Shares
Wan Kim is a quick study. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in international management, he began his MBA studies at the University of California-Irvine at the crest of the investment-heavy dot-com boom of the late '90s/early 2000s.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 16,845 Reads 2 Shares
Multi-unit franchisee Jason Duffy may only be 38 years old, but he could write a book about being successful in business during tough economic times.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 8,407 Reads
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Domination is the battle plan. In this issue we once again take a look at franchisees intent on being the big boy, leading the pack, or simply, market domination - and where they do it.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 10,429 Reads 2 Shares
Danny Sonenshine clearly remembers his father encouraging him to look into franchising back in the early 2000's.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 17,597 Reads 6 Shares
When we first got to know William Bruce late last year (MUF 2012, 4th Quarter issue) it was clearly apparent that he values people.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 9,839 Reads 1,023 Shares
Franchising is a tough business, and succeeding even tougher. But with a keen eye on the bottom line, customer service, and community involvement, there are a handful of multi-unit franchisees who rise to the top.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 7,825 Reads 1 Shares
When Cold Stone Creamery first showed up on his radar, Lloyd Sugarman knew it had great franchise potential years before the couple who started it were ready to grow.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 16,287 Reads 4 Shares
Who are your customers? Do you know what they want? Do you know what they think about you and your products and services?
  • John Tschohl
  • 5,253 Reads 50 Shares
Lloyd Sugarman--Sugie, to his friends--is something of a "franchise whisperer." He sniffed out Coldstone Creamery as a concept with great franchise potential years before the couple who started it were ready to grow.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 10,361 Reads 1 Shares
For most of her 40-year career, Linda Read says she has had to work harder, be smarter, and produce better results than the men in her field
  • Helen Bond
  • 7,510 Reads 239 Shares
When Tony Lutfi was asked back in 2009 where he'd like to be in five years, he said 100 units.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 5,454 Reads 1,020 Shares
Kelly Saxton remembers his very first job flipping burgers at his grandfather's diner in South Hutchinson, Kansas.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 16,861 Reads 1,022 Shares
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Just a couple of years ago Tom McDonald was a Burger King franchisee worried about the brand's need to keep up with the times. But he felt like no one was listening to his concerns.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,909 Reads 140 Shares
In 2009 we profiled Tony Lutfi and asked him our routine question about where he'd like to be in five years. At the time he had 52 units and told us he would like to be at 100.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 11,182 Reads
As founder and executive chairman of The Saxton Group in Dallas, Kelly Saxton has taken a family approach to building a business that has opened and operated more than 100 restaurants in his 30-year career.
  • Helen Bond
  • 9,590 Reads 252 Shares
When Burger King set out to revamp its menu, it made sense that Tom McDonald would have some input.
  • Helen Bond
  • 12,984 Reads 2 Shares
What make a franchise All-STAR? A passion for excellence. That's the premise behind the STAR Awards (Speaking To and Responding), presented annually at Franchise Update's Leadership & Development Conference, held October 3-5 in Atlanta.
  • Michele Chandler
  • 8,350 Reads
It was a late night of channel surfing that gave this former surfer-turned-franchisee a life-changing idea to feed the hungry.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 8,209 Reads 50 Shares
For William Bruce, chief operating officer at Abundant Brands in American Fork, Utah, a late night of channel surfing turned into a life-altering idea to feed the hungry.
  • Helen Bond
  • 7,927 Reads 97 Shares
Edwin Sarkissian escaped the oppression of his native Iran with his family in 1996.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 111,927 Reads 834 Shares
Aziz Hashim, who was an engineer before deciding he liked restaurants and franchising better, has a detailed, systematic process for evaluating potential new brands.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,043 Reads 74 Shares

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