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Wendy's Has a New Restaurant Design That Lets Them Take 400 Times More Digital Orders

The burger franchise has a new leadership team, and they're ready to deliver way more burgers.

14.01.2025 4

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

Hampton by Hilton Now Has Over 3,000 Hotels Worldwide. What's the Brand Doing to Stay On Top?

From collaborating with Paris Hilton on limited time waffles to sponsoring football and rolling out cost-effective renovations, Hampton by Hilton...

14.01.2025 4

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

Kumon Is Killing It With Two New Initiatives That Meet Students Where They Are Today

Whether they're rolling out more interactive digital programs or catering to Spanish speakers, Kumon has a finger on the pulse of learning needs.

14.01.2025 5

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

From Dog Grooming to Acai Bowls — What's Making These Brands Grow So Fast?

These five brands rocketed up the rankings of our Franchise 500 this year. Here's why.

14.01.2025 3

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

She Saw the AI Revolution Coming — and Created a Company to Help People Use It Easily. Now It's Worth Half a Billion Dollars.

More than once, Lin Qiao has seen up-close how, every few years, new technology drives massive transformation. She graduated in 2005 with a Ph.D....

12.11.2024 3

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

What Would You Tell a Therapist If You Were Anonymous? A Lot, This Founder Realized, and It Helped Her Raise $52 Million.

Ariela Safira was studying at Stanford University when a friend attempted to take her own life. It was 2013, and visiting her friend at a facility...

12.11.2024 4

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

She Wanted to Make Hand Sanitizer Sexy, Long Before the Pandemic. Here's How She Made It Into Sephora, and Sold 20 Million Bottles.

Andrea Lisbona grew up in Barcelona, Spain, in a family of entrepreneurs. She knew she wanted to follow in the family tradition and start her own...

12.11.2024 4

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

How an Idaho State Senator Saved a Beloved Franchise By Hitting the Road In His Camper Van

Peter Riggs saved Pita Pit once. But can he do it twice? Two decades ago, Riggs was a student at the University of Idaho and loved his local Pita...

25.09.2024 1

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

Why This Mother Daughter Duo Are Making a Killing on Consignment Handbags In New Jersey

If someone found a $7,000 Dior handbag being sold for $1,700, they might be suspicious. That's why, for mother-daughter duo Dianne and Gabrielle...

25.09.2024 4

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

When He Immigrated, Math Was the Only Language He Understood. Now He's Built That Knowledge Into a Franchise Making $30 Million a Year.

Mo Khalil worked in sales, but he had the entrepreneurial bug. In 2003, he moved to Florida and opened a Verizon Wireless franchise, which he grew...

18.07.2024 1

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

How to Know If a Local Business Has Franchise Potential, From a Guy Who Built One Into 80 Locations

In 2004, Wade Brannon was coaching his son's T-ball team when another player's mother asked, "You're the ham guy, right?" Well, he was the ham guy:...

18.07.2024 20

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin

Her Son Struggled In School. After Helping Him Become an 'A' Student, She Started a Business to Replicate Their Success.

Early on in elementary school, Maria Washington's son was struggling to sit still and pay attention. "His teachers wrote him off," she says. "They...

17.07.2024 8

Entrepreneur

Kim Kavin