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In the first part of this story , I showed you how one particular business coaching franchisor went about finding new franchisees. I ended it by telling you that I have known about low-cost opportunities like business coaching for a long time. And that I really know about them. It's time to share what I do in fact, know... When I first started in franchise consulting-brokering, a local woman contacted me, and invited me to lunch. She was the Northeast Ohio Master Franchise owner of Action International, a business coaching franchise that I'd never heard of. (Here is what a Master Franchise owner is) ... Read Full Story
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In the first part of this story , I showed you how one particular business coaching franchisor went about finding new franchisees. I ended it by telling you that I have known about low-cost opportunities like business coaching for a long time. And that I really know about them. It's time to share what I do in fact, know... When I first started in franchise consulting-brokering, a local woman contacted me, and invited me to lunch. She was the Northeast Ohio Master Franchise owner of Action International, a business coaching franchise that I'd never heard of. (Here is what a Master Franchise owner is) ... Read Full Story
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Let's get right to it: "Our business model is consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing and most successful opportunities in the world for the following reasons: Low Cost Start Up, Recurring Royalty Revenues, Unlimited Growth Potential, Industry Size of $128 Billion and Growing, Recession Resistant and YOU have the benefit of proven business practices from the Franchisor." Pretty strong claims. Could this opportunity in franchise ownership be for you? Instead of investing in a single unit franchise, an opportunity exists for you to own an entire area. There are not too many opportunities like this available in franchising today-an opportunity to invest ... Read Full Story
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In the Franchise Industry the most common questions we get asked by people looking for a franchise opportunity are covered in this list. Question: What is franchising? Answer: Franchising is where you buy the rights to a business concept, trademarks & know how. In return you pay a franchise fee and a percentage of your profits. Question: What is a franchise? Answer: A franchise is, in its simplest terms, an agreement between the franchisor and the franchisee, whereby the franchisee has the rights to use the logos and trademarks of the franchisor and the ability to market the franchisors products. Both parties commit to ... Read Full Story
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I keep hearing over and over, from many different people, that no one is getting business loans. As opposed to hearsay , I felt that it was time to ask an expert- one that actually obtains funding for prospective franchise owners. I know one. Don Johnson over at Diamond Financial, has interviewed me as part of his radio program , Franchise Interviews. Here is the interview. Some of Don's answers may surprise you. {And energize you, too} The Franchise King: I keep hearing that lenders are just not lending. What are the facts? Are their any specific types of lenders that just not parting ... Read Full Story
Potbelly Sandwich Works LLC is recruiting franchisees for the first time as the Chicago-based sandwich chain aims to expand into more than 40 cities — marking the company's first major strategy shift since hiring a new CEO last year. Adding franchisees is a significant move for the closely ...  
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AlphaGraphics Inc., a print, graphics and marketing communications provider, experienced significant business growth in 2008 and continues to show positive results for this year. It reports that acquisition assistance programs have increased revenues and its business centers have provided attractive marketing services to help local businesses boost their results.  
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We could define the Franchise Direct website as an online resource that makes it easy for anybody to discover franchise opportunities from all around the globe. The basic idea is to make the process of owning a business not only something easy but also something more fulfilling than ever before. This is accomplished by letting budding entrepreneurs connect with renowned franchise opportunities.Read moreLearn more about FranchiseDirect.com in...  
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NexCen Brands, Inc., (PINK SHEETS: NEXC.PK) owner of multiple QSR and retail franchise concepts, has been recognized as one of the top five friendliest franchises for minorities by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI). This is the second year in a row that NexCen has been included in NMFI’s “50 Top Franchises for Minorities”. As part of this ranking, NexCen was included in a special “Franchising Today...  
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CHICAGO, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer has preliminarily approved a settlement of four franchisee class action lawsuits filed against the Quiznos Franchise Company and others. The cases in Colorado, Wisconsin and Illinois, the earliest of which has been pending since 2006, allege violations of various state and federal laws in connection with the sale and operation of Quiznos franchises. Quiznos denied all...  
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(Prudent Press Agency)--- Franchise businesses have enjoyed strong worldwide growth over the last 50 years. One of the few industry sectors that is recession-proof their business model allows them to respond nimbly to changing markets and consumer demand.The ‘Top 100 Global Franchises’ for 2009 is a report produced exclusively by Franchise Direct. It lists the best franchises that have excelled at international expansion. This report is a...  
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Sony has said that its motion control technology is enabling first-party development to create great moments to its existing PlayStation franchises. That Sony is working hard to incorporate motion control into fan-favourites should please the core gaming audience, and help calm fears that the motion technology is dumbing down home console gaming to pander to a casual audience...  
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by: Nathan MurrayNEWS - Every year it is the same story again and again. The next installment of a big sports franchise is coming to stores. The new game features only slight improvements over past installments but still feels like the same old same old. Production values suffer from the lack of time spent on development. Time is not a luxury sports games can afford. Athletes are injured or traded, old teams fade into oblivion or new teams...  
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Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Julia Stewart, chief executive officer of DineEquity Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the company's franchising strategy. Stewart also discusses the U.S. economy and IHOP Restaurants. DineEquity is the holding company for IHOP and Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. (Source: Bloomberg)  
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McDonalds will shutter its business in Iceland because it is too expensive for the franchise to operate after the country's financial crisis.The world's largest fast-food company said on Monday that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would stop operating at midnight on October 31.Ogmundsson has run the McDonald's restaurants since 2004. He told Reuters that the decision to close the restaurants was...  
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