Can I Qualify For a Franchise?

Can I Qualify For a Franchise?

Although it may not be immediately evident, a franchise company is under no obligation to award a franchise to just anyone who can afford the franchise fee. Like any good business, a franchise company will want to populate their system with great people. Since...
Financing Your Franchise

Financing Your Franchise

You have completed all the due diligence, attended Discovery Day and met with the franchise company’s founders and management team. You are excited to take the next step and move forward to start your own franchise business. But how do you finance this investment?...
Franchise Return on Investment

Franchise Return on Investment

Question: I’ve been investigating a number of franchises and they don’t seem to be very consistent in terms of rate of return on investment. In fact it sometimes appears that there is very little correlation between the total investment and the amount of money I can...
Seven Steps to Choosing a Franchise

Seven Steps to Choosing a Franchise

Franchising is a wonderful way to go into business for yourself. So many things have already been established for your benefit: branding, marketing, processes, products, systems, etc. Building a business through franchising has been so successful that franchised...
So What Exactly is a Franchise?

So What Exactly is a Franchise?

So what is a franchise and what is unique about franchising? It seems very mysterious to most people unfamiliar with it, including me when I first engaged with it. I meet many people who are both curious about and fascinated by franchising. I am too. And there is way...