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If you want your franchise to be a success, you need to build a service-oriented business. Research backs this up. […]
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In my opinion, executive franchise ownership is a pretty sweet deal. Executive franchisees get all the excitement and freedom of […]
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I often work with corporate executives who want to make the leap to entrepreneurship. Sometimes, however, I get calls from […]
Last week, I shared the first and most important step in the franchising process: figuring out why you want to […]
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In 2021, I posted about having a vision for your franchise business: what it is and why you need one. […]
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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 us are trapped in an illusion: they think there’s a perfect time to […]
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