Franchisee Discovery Day: What to Expect Transcription: Amanda: All right. So, we have talked to a lot of people in this process, including existing franchisees. And up to this point, you know, the folks at the corporate team or the home office or whatever that particular industry or company calls it, I’ve really talked to […]
Franchisee Validation: What to Ask Transcription: Amanda: Good morning, good afternoon, whenever time of day you’re listening. We are here with an old favorite of the “Franchising With Purpose” show, Mike Magid, the Chief Operating Officer of Griswold Home Care. An old favorite. just to reference the podcast. Mike: And age as well. Amanda: That […]
Franchisee Structure: What Type of Business Entity is a Franchise? (featuring Elle Gerhards of Fox Rothschild) Transcription: Amanda: Let’s kind of move into all the different structures of the business. And we kicked the conversation off with, you know, the personal guarantee and what does that look like. You know, I’ve formed an LLC or a […]
Understanding the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): Items 9-23 (featuring Elle Gerhards of Fox Rothschild) Transcription: Amanda: So, moving into we talked about, you know, we kind of mentioned it when we talked about litigation, you know, and all the other pieces. What am I responsible for as a franchisee? What is the franchisor responsible for? […]
Understanding the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): Items 1-8 (featuring Elle Gerhards of Fox Rothschild) Transcription: Amanda: All right, let’s dive into the…and when I say dive, I literally mean it because it’s how many pages, typically? And there’s so much information. But so before we dive into, kind of, all the different items, overall, what […]
Franchise Legal Issues (featuring Elle Gerhards of Fox Rothschild) Transcription: Amanda: All right. Good afternoon, good morning, wherever you’re listening from today. We’re here with a brand new series. I’m joined by Elle Gerhards, an attorney at Fox Rothschild. Elle, thanks so much for being here. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Elle: Oh, great. […]
Questions to Ask When Buying a Franchise (featuring Steve Stovall of BeneTrends) Transcription: Amanda: Let’s talk a little bit more about the different fees. So you mentioned, you know, the franchise fee, which I think most people are familiar with. The construction fee or you know, fee to retrofit some kind of a brick and […]
Questions to Ask When Buying a Franchise (featuring Steve Stovall of BeneTrends) Transcription: Amanda: All right. Steve, welcome back to Franchising With Purpose. How have you been since we talked last? Steve: I have been fine, thank you. How about you? Amanda: Doing well, doing well. I’m glad to have you back on the podcast today. […]
Sources of Finance for a Franchise (featuring Steve Stovall of BeneTrends) Transcription: Amanda: Let’s talk a little bit about kind of the different options, and I know you had mentioned that an ideal approach is to have a little bit from all the different options, rather than all from one and kind of putting all your […]
Franchise Financing Options (featuring Steve Stovall of BeneTrends) Transcription: Amanda: Good morning, afternoon, whatever time of day it is you’re listening. We have a special series of “Franchising with Purpose” coming up this month in June. I’m actually joined by Steve Stovall, the Vice President of Business Development at Benetrends for over 10 years. He is […]