
The founder of Emergent Growth Advisors, shares how private equity is reshaping the franchise landscape by driving unprecedented success and innovation. With rising competition and heightened expectations, PE-backed franchises are unlocking new levels of profitability and expansion. Listen in on how this investment surge is not only transforming brands but also creating exciting opportunities for franchisees and vendors alike.

According to Franchise Insights, 43% of seekers are currently employed full-time (down from a record 62% in June) and another 14% are existing business owners looking for another business to buy. Read that sentence again. More than HALF of people looking to buy a business today don't "need" to do so. Review your franchise website and unit level economics. Does your franchise opportunity description speak to people who are already gainfully employed or own another business? Why should they investigate YOUR franchise?

New FTC franchise guidance will primarily impact systems with broken or non-existent change management processes. But the entire franchise "neighborhood" can be tainted by association when a few systems don't handle change well. Their mess reflects poorly on the franchise model & attracts regulator attention.

The influx of Private Equity capital in franchising has accelerated the growth of many franchisors and multi-unit franchisees. This wide-ranging interview with Dr. Gosser covers multi-unit operators, PE history in franchising, the PE power dynamic, and how PE transforms brands - including pros and cons of PE investment in franchising.

This in-depth interview focuses on private equity's impact especially on emerging brands and how brands can set themselves up for growth, success, ....and potentially a PE transaction down the road.

Alicia Miller, founder and managing director of Emergent Growth Advisors, shares how smart franchise entrepreneurs can find the right capital partners to reach their goals and how franchisees can factor private equity into their own growth plans.

This blog update provides an overview of M&A activity and implications for franchising. Bottom line - next year is shaping up to be extremely busy for M&A. Prospective sellers need to act now to maximize their value tomorrow.

This discussion focuses on how founders and franchisees can navigate to reach their own objectives when private equity owns the franchise or when trying to attract PE to fund growth.

New state-level guidance about franchise sales is getting attention right now. But if we really want to embrace responsible franchising, we must also confront weaknesses in how new concepts are launched in the first place.
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