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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.

Twenty years ago I first witnessed the magic of great PR. Dan Dorfman, a renowned investment advisor, wrote an article praising our small business-to-business franchise, which had 100-plus owners at the time.
  • Steve Olson
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Franchising is bursting (not busting!) out all over these days, with a flurry of activity in financing, mergers and acquisitions, and incentives.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 3,580 Reads 25 Shares
Many entrepreneurs and business owners embrace the idea of franchising their business and leap into the franchise model with great hopes and expectations.
  • Beata Krakus
  • 15,606 Reads 3 Shares
"Sometimes interesting things happen in a bad economy," says Dawn Lafreeda, CEO and president of Den-Tex Central Inc. in San Antonio.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 9,097 Reads
Welcome to the final installment of "Anatomy of a Franchise Start-Up."
  • Keith Gerson
  • 4,649 Reads 1 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,940 Reads 1,023 Shares
"Sometimes interesting things happen in a bad economy," says Dawn Lafreeda, CEO and president of Den-Tex Central Inc. in San Antonio.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 14,689 Reads 1 Shares
We are always on the lookout for big franchisees, the kind who don't run a half dozen units but dozens of units.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 7,374 Reads 1,023 Shares
Each year we work with FRANdata to compile a list of the country’s largest multi-unit franchisee organizations.
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 3,437 Reads 1,021 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,602 Reads 189 Shares
As we end one year and begin another, this is a good time to take stock of your marketing and branding strategies and execution
  • Maria Pergolino
  • 11,987 Reads 1,292 Shares
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When Greg Thomas decides whether to fix or ditch a financially troubled store, he typically thinks big
  • Helen Bond
  • 15,239 Reads 1 Shares
Recently, Groupon and LivingSocial, two leaders in daily deal website offerings, have been hit with multiple lawsuits.
  • Maureen E. Mulvihill
  • 45,159 Reads 31 Shares
When Sunita Sagar was a teenager working as a part-time cashier at a Jack in the Box in California, she dreamed of the day she would become a doctor.
  • John Carroll
  • 6,517 Reads 82 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 6,572 Reads 429 Shares
Most people receive their monthly natural gas bill from their local utility, open it up, look at the total cost, get mad about it, and then write a check for the total amount. Since most of you have always relied upon your local utility to supply the natural gas for your business, you do not believe that you have a choice. WRONG! In most locations around the United States you do have a choice.
  • By: Jim Isenhour
  • 17,259 Reads 2 Shares
Pollo Campero will open three Houston locations by year-end featuring its new design and menu.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,245 Reads 1 Shares
For Dev and Sunita Sagar, branching out from their Denny's restaurant into Baja Fresh and Jack in the Box allowed them to cover different segments of the restaurant business in Northern California
  • Multi-Unit Franchisee
  • 5,548 Reads
Consumer survey results indicate that 97 percent of consumers investigate products and services over the Internet before buying.
  • Kerry Pipes
  • 4,419 Reads 57 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a changing economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,713 Reads 179 Shares
One common thread linking this year's group of multi-unit dominators is how none planned a career in franchising.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,392 Reads
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As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a volatile economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 4,187 Reads 224 Shares
A lawyer or doctor who acts negligently can be sued for malpractice. Many franchisees rely on the franchisor's purported expertise in running their business.
  • Glenn Plattner and Shelly Gopaul
  • 6,326 Reads
Having survived five decades, including eight recessions, a bankruptcy, the closing of nearly half its restaurants, a reputation-killing E. coli outbreak, and multiple ownership changes, Sizzler, the original "American Family Steakhouse," was on the mend as it celebrated its 50th anniversary in January 2008.
  • Michael Branigan
  • 4,107 Reads 1 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a changing economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 5,833 Reads 195 Shares
Americans' love affair with big, chewy cookies was just taking off in the late 1970s when Lawrence "Doc" Cohen exited the retail pharmaceutical industry after 15 years to open his first Great American Cookies store in Lafayette, La.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 7,856 Reads 8 Shares
The inspiration for Randy Elias's expansion into a new franchise concept came from a restaurant he'd been frequenting for years.
  • Tracy Staton
  • 6,776 Reads 84 Shares
Online marketing, social media, and social commerce have created an environment that places an increased burden on franchise marketing departments.
  • Keith Klein
  • 11,125 Reads 1 Shares
As savvy franchise companies continue to flourish in a changing economy, FUSR continues to bring you good news each month, highlighting brands that are adding units, increasing comp store sales, striking deals with investors, innovating, and continuing to grow, whether domestically or overseas.
  • Eddy Goldberg
  • 7,144 Reads 1 Shares
As multi-unit franchisees with 24 Sizzler restaurants, Gary and Sally Myers spend a lot of time together at work, where he is president and CEO of their Temecula, Calif.-based company, and she is vice president of marketing.
  • Debbie Selinsky
  • 15,067 Reads 2 Shares

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