Archive for the 'Franchises' Category

Here’s a great article about some of the realistic options that work at home moms are using to get to spend more time with their children.  The corporate world we’ve created not to mention the tax structure and inflation of the last generation have taken their toll on the family. More women are seeking to [...]

It started as a home based business move to a storefront and is becoming a franchise! Here’s Tracy Ahern’s story. From Stuff.co.nz Tracy Ahern’s decision to close her home-based beauty therapy salon and open a store at Westfield Riccarton is proving worth the risk. The Christchurch woman is now franchising her All About You business, [...]

A Designer’s Eye is a home based franchise. Here’s how they describe what they do: A few years ago, we got the idea to offer a new kind of home and garden design service – one that’s affordable, flexible and fun – without the hang ups that sometimes come with hiring a high-end designer. Now, [...]

I’ve been wondering how many franchise operations are now targeting people who want to work from home as a franchise owner. So when I run across them I’ll post about them. Here’s one Coverall Cleaning Concepts. The information is from their press release. As always do your own due diligence. I’m just mentioning these for [...]

Pet Butler is a franchise operation that’s grown to have 80 franchises believe it or not. It may be just what you’re looking for if you want a home based franchise to operate until the business grows.  While some wonder if a franchise is needed for this operation, evidently 80 others have paid up because [...]

You can even run a franchise without quitting your day job and while working from home according to Start Up Journal. The days where the franchise operator was required to be on site are over and owners are now allowed and equipped to manage the business remotely. One owner interviewed monitors his Arlington, VA business [...]

SOHO Hero  shows how the work at home phenomenon is changing the business landscape. This franchise which was once focused on being a general shipping facility or private mail delivery site has evolved and zeroed in on serving the Small Office Home Office professional. For instance, now in addition to their former services, they provide [...]

National Property Inspectors is celebrating 20 Years in Business! The company offers a home based franchise for the Home and Commercial Property inspection business. From the company’s web page: Founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1987, NPI is proud to be among the oldest and most widely respected names in the residential and commercial property inspection business, [...]

Pathetic Medic is HOME BASED but you will obviously have to leave home to visit your customers!From Lancaster Online via Franchise Business Opportunities Entrepreneur and Lancaster County Jim Hess took a risk when he named his business Pathetic Medic, which USA Today recently highlighted in its Franchising Today section as one of the nation’s “latest [...]

Is there money handling equipment leases for other businesses? This franchise hopes so. Whether it profits or not, it’s existence shows that the small business, home business, microenterprise field is growing prominently as people seek leasing options for boostrapping their businesses. From St. Paul Pioneer Press Equipment leasing franchises are an unproven concept. Wirth is [...]