Libava Become a Franchise Owner!

The Start-Up Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money, and Owning What you Do
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-17837-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

The definitive A-to-Z guide to researching, selecting, andstarting a viable franchise business
With more and more professionals looking for alternatives totraditional corporate employment, Become a Franchise Owner!informs would-be franchise owners of the joys and perils ofpurchasing a franchise. Authored by a trusted, feisty,tell-it-how-it-is independent franchise industry insider, this bookoffers straightforward, step-by-step tips and advice on how toproperly (and carefully) research and select a franchisebusiness.
Get tips on how to locate information about franchises, currentindustry trends, interviews with franchisors, and hot franchiseopportunities.
* Offers a self-evaluation to discover if you are "franchisematerial"
* Describes how to choose the right franchise for your specificsituation
* Lists the 40 crucial questions to ask current franchiseowners
Owning a franchise isn't for everyone; in fact, as Joel Libavasays, "it's really not for most people." But if it is foryou, this book can guide you in starting your own successfulfranchise business.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Libava, Joel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Rieva Lesonsky xi
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
1 About James 7
2 A Brief History of Franchising, Briefly 29
3 Take the Franchise Quiz! 39
4 Explained: The Franchise Business Model with Benefits 51
5 Are You Right or Wrong for Franchise Ownership? Reviewing theQuiz's Results 71
6 Search for a Franchise without Searching for a Franchise81
7 Do We Have a Match? 97
8 Show Me Your Money 117
9 Should You Have One of Those Free FranchiseConsultations? 141
10 It All Comes Down to Your Franchise Research 157
11 Loans, Legalities, and Luggage 197
12 Decision Day 227
Final Thoughts 241
A Royal Collection of Resources for Franchise Buyers andFranchise Owners 245
Attention Franchise Buyers! 251
Index 253

Über Autor(innen)

Joel Libava, widely known as The Franchise King®, helps unlock entrepreneurs from the shackles of a typical 9-to-5 routine to become successful franchise owners, through his advisory services, media appearances, blog, and self-produced videos.His Franchise King blog was named one of the 75 Best Business Blogs of 2010 by Business Pundit. He is a member of Jim Blasingame's Brain Trust®, the largest collection of small business experts in the world, and was named "The Franchise Expert in Residence" for the award-winning Small Business Trends website. He assisted the team at Guy Kawasaki's Alltop.com in assembling a franchising webpage, featuring top franchise industry blogs/resources, and he contributes articles about franchising to the award-winning Open Forum by American Express website, as well as for the Community section of the U.S. Small Business Administration's website, SBA.gov.