Entrepreneur's top home-based franchises

Entrepreneur's top home-based franchises


Franchising
Unlike other business phenomena we've seen come and go over the past decade, one seems certain to stick: home-based businesses.

Why are more than 20 million U.S. businesses run from home? Because, thanks to cutting-edge technology, entrepreneurs have realized they don't have to sacrifice family, productivity or profits in the process.
The stigma of home-based businesses in the 1980s, even the 1990s, is long gone. A home-based business is now considered legitimate, respectable — even enviable. But perhaps the most revolutionary change in home-based businesses over the past few years is not their accessibility or reputation, but their scope. Your location doesn't limit your choices. All kinds of businesses, from all types of industries, can be run successfully from home.
Franchising shifts to the home
Franchisors aren't oblivious to this major shift in the world of entrepreneurship. Whereas franchises have traditiona...