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Black-owned franchises earn 2.2 times more than Black-owned independent businesses on average

22%

Companies with stronger ethnic and cultural diversity were 22% more likely to out-perform companies lacking ethnic and cultural diversity

26%

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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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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Jyoti Sarolia, Ellis Hospitality – Temecula, CA

To Jyoti Sarolia, the American dream was always to own a home. When her family immigrated to America, her parents worked for many years to make this dream a reality.…

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Ruth Agbaji, Code Wiz – Westford, MA

Ruth Agbaji taught herself to code in Nigeria in the early 1990’s. She wanted an opportunity to escape the violence in her country and coding provided her with this chance.…

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