The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

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My friends over at Franchise Direct just reminded me that Memorial Day is right around the corner. And that means that it's going to be time to honor the men and women who allow all of us here in America to enjoy our freedom. One way to do that is to open the floodgates. I'm talking about providing a plethora... Read more →

Military Veterans, VetFran, And Opportunities

Franchise Business Ownership Can Work With its top-end training opportunities, solid structure, and a constant need for team leadership and operational excellence, franchising can provide proven paths for veterans to become owners of their own small businesses. There are over 60,000 veteran-owned franchise businesses that employ 815,000 team members, according to the U.S. Census. IFA’s VetFran program, founded in 1991,... Read more →

Military Veterans And The Franchise Model

The military has it's own model; it consists of things like discipline, training, more training, and serious rule obeying, to name just a few. When our military men and women come back from a tour of duty--or several, they have some choices to make... One of the major choices these brave men and women face is their choice of career,... Read more →

Military Veterans: Do These Things Before You Even Think of Buying a Franchise

If you're being pulled in the, "Be your own boss" direction, it's important that; A. You actually want to be the boss. B. You have come up with a checklist to make sure that you won't miss anything in your search for a business that you can someday call your own. If a franchise business is in your sights, there... Read more →

Getting Franchise Business Loans

It's certainly been a challenge this year. (Getting a franchise business financed.) According to Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management, (in their State of Small Business report) 35% of the report's respondents who tried to raise capital in the past 12 months applied for bank-type loans; with only half succeeding in getting their financing approved. That's weak. So,... Read more →

Franchise Business Relationships

Relationships. They're tricky, sometimes. The franchisor-franchisee relationship is an interesting one, for sure. The franchise business model is based on the franchisee following the franchisor's blueprint. if the relationship "works out," both parties win. And, believe or not, the franchisor and the franchisee need to remain very selfish for great things to happen. Read my guest post about the "Positively... Read more →

A Franchise Business Advisory Service For Military Veterans

In case you missed it, I posted some important information for you on my main blog, The Franchise King Blog. It has to do with a new way for you to select and research franchise business opportunities. From The Franchise King Blog; "The last two years have been pretty tough in franchising. Now, some franchise concepts are doing really, really... Read more →

Is The US Military Leadership Creating New Franchise Business Leaders?

Leadership. It can be a funny term. It can mean so many things, but then again, it really means one thing; (From the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary) In a franchise business, the franchisee is the leader, on the local level. He or she must have the capacity to lead. The marrying of Military leadership and Franchise leadership was recently discussed over... Read more →

Does Your Veteran-Owned Business Need Bookkeeping Help?

Keeping up with financial records for your small business, can be rather cumbersome, especially if you're a young, thriving small business. Here's some good news; BookKeeping Express is coming to the financial-recording rescue of one lucky company. From Boston to Tacoma and everywhere in between, small businesses entering the "Great 2010 Accounting Makeover" contest stand to win a comprehensive BookKeeping... Read more →

It's Easy To Buy a Franchise

It really is. That is, if you know what to do. I highly recommend starting at the beginning. (Brilliant, huh?) I'm suggesting this because lots of franchise owners (who may be struggling right now) didn't start at the beginning. They just went out and bought the latest, and greatest "hot" thing. The "hot" thing they now own may still be... Read more →