By Peter Saunders
Tint World, an automotive styling and accessories business, offers a wider variety of services than its brand may seem to suggest at a glance. By way of example, the first Canadian franchise—which opened in July 2014 in Kingston, Ont., under the ownership of husband-and-wife team Trevor and...
Steve Gill, a computer programming graduate from the University of Toronto (U of T), was working as a software consultant in the U.S. when he fell in love with Mexican food. Although he had no food-service training, he returned to Toronto in 2004 and opened his first Quesada Mexican Grill restaurant, to great success. Later, his brother Greg joined as partner and they opened two more locations.
By Ken Jacobsen
As a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) with more than 25 years’ experience in financial and corporate roles, I had many of the necessary skills when I became a franchisee with Ledgers, an accounting service provider to small businesses, in 2014.
By Jacquie De Almeida
Ray Russell is a big fan of zeros. Although that’s not far off from what he had in his pockets when he immigrated to Canada from his native Iran, the number zero is at the heart of Freshslice Pizza, the franchise he founded in Vancouver in...
By Yossi Suissa
I’ve dedicated most of my professional life to teaching, whether in the classroom or working with school administrators to find ways to integrate technology into the learning environment. And while I have great respect for the education system where I live and work, I came to a...
By Peter and Silvana Sidonio
We’ve both dedicated our careers to the retail sector, which helped prepare us to become successful franchisees for Buck or Two Plus! here in Burnaby, B.C. That said, the dollar store business was a lot more challenging at first than we had ever suspected. We’ve...
By Shane Vine
When I bought my Meineke Car Care franchise in Oshawa, Ont., it specialized in quick oil changes. I brought my years of experience in the automotive industry—and my love of hockey—to the table and began a process of change, finding new and creative ways to reach out...