Years ago, while a new workout similar to ballet was just beginning to trend across the country, Shannon Higgins was feeling the absence of dance in her life. Today, many of us know and love #barre—but back then, it was just getting started. When Higgins found it, she was hooked—and in 2012 Studio Barre was formed. She was hesitant to build a franchise model, but she couldn’t manage it all herself. In the end, she decided to create what she called a “famchise,” a franchise structure that kept ow