Julie B. Davis

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Part-time and secondary businesses that turn slow seasons into boom times

It's time to check out these opportunities in sports-related franchising.

And improving the home is where today's franchises are headed.

Once considered the second-rate alternative to a "real" storefront, today's kiosks offer benefits their full-sized counterparts can't.

Funding from the Small Business Innovation Research program

Buying an existing business? Smart idea. But before you sign on the dotted line, make sure the business is all it's cracked up to be.

You can afford a retail business! Successful kiosk and cart entrepreneurs reveal how.

What you really need to know.

Use these resources to gather the capital to get started.

Nine mobile businesses that will steer you toward success.

Finding the franchise that fits you to a tee

Streamline your business tasks by using these bestselling programs.