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Leading Signage & Visual Graphics Franchisor Extends Partnership with Benetrends; FASTSIGNS Now has $21 Million in Funds Available for New and Existing Franchisees Due to continued high growth and increased demand in franchise opportunities, FASTSIGNS...
Small business optimism for the future is at its highest point since 2007-2008, according to both the National Federation of Independent Business and the recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. This optimism, along with other key factors including better...
The International Franchise Association (IFA) Annual Convention has always been an exciting event for us. This year's show in the glitz and glow of Las Vegas certainly did not disappoint. We had a jam-packed schedule, met tons of interesting people from all corners of...
Interested in opening a small business or franchise? How much do you know about your funding options? Take our quiz and find out! 1. What is typically not a funding option available to you to start a business? SBA loan Investing your retirement funds Traditional...
When it comes to starting a business, entrepreneurs have a lot of questions that need an expert's advice. They may know a lot about their product or service, but the legal and funding side of a business can get complicated - very quickly. In the current economic...
New Agreement Provides World of Beer Franchisees with Better Access to Capital through Benetrends Proprietary Financing Program North Wales, Pa.(January 20, 2015)– Benetrends Financial, the trusted leader in small business and franchise funding, announced today...
When starting a new business, new owners are faced with so many decisions to make that they sometimes suffer from what I like to call decision fatigue. Whether it's funding options, location selection and build out, merchant services, payroll processing, the...
In a recent article by Julie Halpert, Special to CNBC.com, she highlights the boom in senior franchise owners. Older Americans are becoming a fast-growing segment of those buying franchises. The percentage of people 55 and over who are franchise owners has risen...
Do existing businesses have more financing alternatives than start-ups? The lenders are very conscious of just how difficult the past few years have been for businesses. A business that has a good track record through difficult years makes a good impression on the...
This article, authored by Eric Schechterman, Director of Sales at Benetrends, examines and dispels the current myths in franchise funding. As the economic effects of the recession begin to fade, there has been a recent resurgence in interest for Small Business...