Archive for the ‘Business Ownership’ Category

We recently profiled four families who started businesses with FranNet’s help and are now creating their own financial successes: A father-son team that runs a child education franchise in Nashville; a son whose parents helped him open a custom T-shirt franchise in Marietta, Ga.; a husband-wife team that owns a T-shirt franchise in Snellville, Ga.; and a corporate retiree who now owns a leather and upholstery repair shop with his son in Milledgeville, Ga.

FranNet’s Gary Prenevost offers advice on franchising a business model successfully.

Possible assistance for veterans who are seeking to start their own business.

Michael Sipe, an investment banker, entrepreneur and business consultant, worked with FranNet consultants on small business development projects in California and the Pacific Northwest for 20 years. In July, he decided to become a FranNet consultant himself, purchasing the FranNet territory covering Idaho, central and eastern Oregon and eastern Washington state

Franchise matchmakers are consultants who link clients seeking franchise opportunities with the right franchises. Often, clients are former corporate employees or executives who lost their jobs in downsizing; others are retirees who want a more dependable source of retirement income; still others are recent college graduates who are having trouble finding traditional work in the recession.

In a down economy, starting your own business is a smart way to go and most of the time franchising is the answer. That’s why the Moores purchased ten locations of the Five Guys burger franchise as soon as it became available. Interviewed by the Knoxville News Sentinel, the father-son duo talked about why they jumped on board.

FranNet’s job is to take stock of clients’ interests, life goals, desires and skills and find franchise companies that match them.

A man with a entrepreneurial spirit, Gene Rogero was looking for something outside the banking world where he had spent 25 years.

FranNet, a North American network of franchise consultants, maintains a strong presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media outlets, encouraging its team of more than 75 franchise owners in the United States and Canada to maximize their impact via social media as well.

FranNet helps former corporate employees make the transition to business ownership through franchising. Many of our clients were forced out of their corporate jobs and turned to franchising because it was their best option.