SCORE Workshop: Secrets To Buying A Franchise

Description

At this no-charge workshop you will learn how to:

• Evaluate starting a franchise vs. an independent business vs. buying an existing business;
• The best types of franchises to open in today's economy;
• The myths about franchising;
• The costs to start a franchise;
• How to research a franchise to make sure it's the right choice;
• How to decide which franchises are best for you;
• What mistakes to avoid when choosing and researching a franchise;
• Negotiation issues;
• California laws & common issues; and
• Legal documents, e.g. disclosure documents and franchise agreements.

Lauren Grant of FranNet & Richard Usher of Furman Usher, Inc present this workshop.
 
Grant has been a business owner since 1996 and franchised her business in 2007.  She understands the work and effort it takes to build up a successful business model. She shares that having the opportunity to take advantage of another's hard work and utilize their secret formula to success is the best of both worlds. You skip the painstaking steps it takes to figure out the business and move straight forward into action with the guidance and direction from someone who has worked out all the details. As a franchise consultant for FranNet of Orange County, the nation's oldest franchise consulting business, she helps clients enter into the exciting and rewarding path of business ownership, giving client the opportunity to be in business for themselves but not by themselves.
 
Usher is an attorney and business adviser with over 30 years of varied experience. He focuses his practice on business transactions for entrepreneurs and franchisees. His work includes mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, structuring business entities, advising franchisees, counseling on employment issues, and negotiating and preparing contracts, leases and licenses. He is known for providing pragmatic and understandable advice on complex issues and realistic solutions with a bottom-line orientation. He also acts as outside General Counsel to several businesses.
 
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