FRANCHISE SOLUTIONS AND BUSINESSWEEK.COM SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP WITH ONLINE FRANCHISE CENTER

This year, BusinessWeek, celebrates its 75th anniversary. In keeping with its charter to inform the nation of business trends and their significance to investors, BusinessWeek has evolved to keep pace with how the nation likes to receive information; bringing its news, analysis, and resources online to BusinessWeek.com. In so doing, BusinessWeek.com provides a valuable, highly-interactive platform for small business research. BusinessWeek recently partnered with Franchise Solutions to keep aspiring small business owners apprised of their options to purchase and grow a successful business or franchise. The BusinessWeek Franchise Center is located at www.franchisesolutions.com/businessweek

Visitors to the BusinessWeek Franchise Center have access to hundreds of the world’s leading franchises and business opportunities that can be searched by industry, investment range, and various categories that are important to individuals seeking self-employment, such as opportunities to work from a home office. Other resources that help visitors get started in business ownership include case studies, financing options, and access to franchise brokers.

Many factors have contributed to a new appreciation for franchise ownership in both the US and abroad. Industry downturns, repeated lay-offs, and the challenge of balancing family and career for both men and women have all played a role in today’s popularity of small business ownership. Many of the success stories told in the BusinessWeek Franchise Center describe how individuals, often with no prior experience as business owners, are using the proven business models, name-brands, and education that franchises offer their franchisees to succeed as small business owners. Franchises are providing new opportunities for qualified individuals to re-invent themselves in a new industry, and to help them take control of their incomes and their personal lifestyles.