How some Black business owners are finding financial success on the road less traveled

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A local entrepreneur is among the Black business owners across the country finding success through franchise opportunities. “We don’t count calories in here,” Robert Chandler says of the Yonutz franchise location he owns. Chandler opened the dessert shop specializing in donut ice cream sandwiches late last year on Durango Drive and Sunset Road. He’s a first-time franchise owner and the first Black franchisee of the company. Chandler seized this entrepreneurial opportunity at a time of uncertainty for his family, he says. “I have two boys, and it was right after quarantine. There was a lot of fear about what could happen next,” he told Channel 13. “I knew that I had to find something for them or something that I could teach them about business and life and how to be prepared and teach them about financial literacy.” Starting a new business doesn’t come easy for anyone. But Chandler says it would’ve been even harder to start a brand new business from scratch. “Being able to step into a franchise where, for the most part, they’ve done all the work for you, it’s just a matter of you now just doing the business of it,” Chandler...