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Yum Brands seeks diverse franchisees with new University of Louisville undergraduate program The Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence will scout women and people of color for the new graduate and undergraduate programs for franchising Yum Brands has announced the opening of the Yum Center for Global Franchise Excellence at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, which will specifically target women and people of color to learn how to be a franchisee. The education center will offer online programs for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a six-week online bootcamp non-credit offering. “We’re developing sustainable education with a global reach,” Wanda Williams, head of Yum Brands’ global franchising said. “It’s helping us to level the playing field, and to create pathways to ownership for underrepresented people of color and women. That’s something really powerful as we see that there are a lot of barriers to enter franchise sys ....
This story appears in the March 2021 issue of Ryan Combe sat at his desk, staring through the window at a gloomy winter in Ogden, Utah. The year had started with such promise. After investing some $60,000 in business acquisition, his consulting company, Better Way Franchise Group, hit a hot streak with a slate of new clients and proposal requests. It was tracking toward its best year ever, a million dollars in revenue. Then the bottom fell out. COVID-19 dashed hopes of profit for millions of entrepreneurs, and the consulting industry was hit particularly hard. Combe had to divert rent money to make payroll for his staff of three. He filed for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan and applied for government relief through the Paycheck Protection Program. But the money didn’t show up as quickly as promised. With his next payday approaching, he had just $340 in his account. ....