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Most of the franchise candidates we work with at The Empowered Franchisee have never owned a business, and many don’t […]
For most of my clients, life is in transition. Some are closing in on retirement. Some have topped out in […]
The year-end holiday season is a special time. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali: they all have their own unique traditions […]
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Candidates sometimes come to me with a plan to buy an existing franchise. Regardless of how they found out about […]
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Some of the franchise candidates who contact me are trapped in an illusion: they think there’s a perfect time to […]
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Many people don’t realize that franchise success starts before you ever get your business off the ground. Just like building […]
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I’ve always had a deep respect for servicemembers and veterans, partly because my father served in the Marine Corps. Over […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I posted about options for transitioning from corporate employment to franchise ownership. To recap: while […]
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Last week, I explained that many of my clients want to understand the difference between being a franchise owner-operator and […]
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Lately, a lot of my candidates have been asking about executive franchise ownership. That’s why I recently posted about what […]
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