My friend’s mother died. Can she stop Medicaid from taking the family home?

Key Takeaways Michael Browning Jr. is the founder and CEO of Unleashed Brands, the $1 billion youth enrichment platform company that includes Urban Air, The Little Gym and Sylvan Learning. Unleashed Brands has more than 1,600 locations nationwide and serves more than 25 million people. In 2025, Unleashed Brands opened 133 new franchise locations with…

Digital Transactions News staff September 24, 2026 Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Digital Currency, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce, Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing Scooter’s Coffee, a drive-through chain with more than 900 locations in 32 states, is using restaurant-payments specialist Olo to run its digital-ordering service, Olo announced. SumUp has launched U.S. POS Plus, a subscription-based…

“As a country, we have grown dangerously comfortable.”

When you first launch a business, you feel invincible and almost superhuman. The energy is high, and if you’re like most new business owners, you start out absolutely certain you can do everything in-house. From advertising and accounting to copywriting and SEO, if you can’t do it yourself, you can find competent employees who are…

Many of us have attended meetings where the leader lays out expectations and, at the close, asks, “Is everyone good?” People typically look around to see how everyone wants to answer, and nod in response to the leader’s question. But is everything really OK? The leader may feel like they have two choices. They can…

Homebuilders once loved the Sun Belt. The warm, welcoming states in the lower half of the US offered ideal conditions for those in the business of selling new homes: good jobs, low taxes, vast suburbs, and a steady stream of movers. When housing demand took off in 2020, builders saw bigger dollar signs and began…