Allegra Blog Archive for the ‘Starting a Business’ Category

Given the popularity of mobile phones, website searches, social media, emails and other digital media, it would only be natural to wonder about the future…Read more

How one center became a dual-branded, Allegra Marketing · Print · Mail and Image360 operation Trained as a chemical engineer, Steve Kapuscinski spent 20 years…Read more

Every fall, Entrepreneur magazine examines the franchising industry — predicting which categories are most likely to boom in the year to come. While including some…Read more

A graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in accounting, Matt Minnerick spent 20 years in the corporate world before deciding to pursue…Read more

Matt Kinser earned a computer science degree from DePauw University and spent 18 years working for a leading U.S. multinational financial services company. “Corporate America…Read more

So, you’re preparing to take the plunge of going into business for yourself, and the more you look the more that purchasing a franchise becomes…Read more

If you’re searching to purchase a business—let’s say a franchise—here’s a shocking revelation: your future customers will make their buying decisions on emotion, not logic….Read more

“I’m now enjoying work more than I have for a long, long time.” After more than 20 years as an executive at a nationwide bank,…Read more

Experts agree that growth prospects are good for the printing industry What are your prospects for growth if entering the printing industry? Pretty good, according…Read more

If considering the purchase of a franchise (or any other business for that matter), you’ll soon encounter the term “due diligence.” It’s defined as, “a…Read more