Nick Maldonado: Open for Opportunity
With more than 200 offices across 23 states, Toro Taxes is the largest Latino tax franchise in America. Co-founder Nick Maldonado has successfully led the company from its founding days…
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Just as each business is unique, so is franchising. Franchising can break down roadblocks and navigate barriers to ownership while providing equitable opportunities to uplift our families and neighbors—regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. Diversity, equity and inclusion makes our franchising community stronger by elevating owners, providing essential jobs and infusing additional support in our local community programs. A successful entrepreneur in franchising can be anyone from anywhere with the right system and support. No matter a person’s background, franchising represents what is the same in all of us— the desire to earn a stable living, provide for our families by building generational wealth, and to contribute to something bigger than ourselves. Together, we are Open for Opportunity.
Black-owned franchises earn 2.2 times more than Black-owned independent businesses on average
Companies with stronger ethnic and cultural diversity were 22% more likely to out-perform companies lacking ethnic and cultural diversity
Franchising offers a unique entrepreneurial avenue for under-resourced people of color across the country, with nearly a 26% minority ownership rate as compared to just 17% of non-franchised small businesses
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Patricia Navarro-Issel: Open for Opportunity
Patricia Navarro-Issel was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and shortly after made her way to the United States with her family. Growing up with two parents who didn’t speak English, she…
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Franchising: Bigger in Texas
Open for Opportunity made its way down to the Lonestar state to celebrate Texas’ ranking as the number one state for franchise growth in IFA’s 2023 Franchising Economic Outlook. With…
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The Garden State Grows in Opportunity with Franchising
In early February, Open for Opportunity made its way to the Garden State for a groundbreaking roadshow focused on hospitality and tourism – and the essential role that franchises play…
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Roadshow Talks Capital and Diversity in Maryland
In August, the Open for Opportunity Roadshow headed to Maryland to visit local business owners and have in-depth conversations on access to capital and today’s workfoce. Starting in Capitol Heights,…
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Sanna Shere, Burger King – California
Sanna Shere’s father immigrated to the U.S. in 1978 with the dream of owning his own business. She says he came here with only $5 in his pocket hoping…
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Barbara Elliot, Decorating Den – Georgia
Barbara Elliott was working for one of the largest accounting firms in the U.S. but wanted to try something different. She always had a passion for interior design, so she…
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Open for Opportunity Takes on Atlanta
Following a successful trip to South Florida, the Open for Opportunity roadshow headed to metro Atlanta, the franchising capital of the U.S., where more brands are headquartered than any other…
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Delia Fernandez: OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITY llega al sur de la Florida.
This article originally appeared in Latina Noticias on March 12, 2022. Read the full piece. La Asociación Internacional de Franquicias (IFA), por sus siglas en ingles lanzó el programa itinerante…
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Azim Saju, HDG Hotels – Ocala, FL
Being a part of the franchise community is deeply personal for Azim Saju. His family came to the United States from Kenya in 1972. While his parents worked hard to…
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