This comprehensively researched and deftly written franchise guide brings together experience and fact to give you the tools you need to understand which franchise is right for you. With insights from respected franchise leaders and a thorough understand of franchising, this book will help you understand and master the 4 Critical Steps to finding the Ideal Franchise: 1. The Introspective Self 2. The Franchisor 3. The Franchisees 4. The Legal and Financial

Michael E. Gerber, author of the #1 most successful business book ever, The E-Myth, calls Take the Fear Out of Franchising a “great book” that is “a must for any prospective franchisee or franchisor.” Written by one of the world’s foremost authorities on franchising, Dr. John P. Hayes, Take the Fear Out of Franchising gets right to the nub of what’s really important about buying, owning and operating a franchise. Many people who consider buying a franchise never do because they get stuck in the process. That’s fear! Sadly, people often get stuck over points of little or no consequence, says Dr. Hayes, and that’s because they fall into the trap of investigating franchising as an industry. He says that process forces people to concentrate on the wrong points of information and it is mostly a waste of time. It creates more fear and ultimately immobilizes people. Dr. Hayes introduces readers to five franchise tenets that explain why franchising works. He points out that while franchising is a fabulous methodology that has created countless millionaires, it's not foolproof, and it will not work for everyone. He then shows readers how to know if franchising will work for them, and he teaches readers how to investigate franchise opportunities by looking at the only data that really matters! Franchise executive Joe Caruso says Take the Fear Out of Franchising is a “serious guide” to selecting a franchise. Tony Foley, vice president of Global Sales for United Franchise Group, says the book is a “step-by-step realistic guide on how to make one of the most important decisions of your life.” And Joe Mancuso, founder of CEO Clubs International, says, “Rather than fear franchising, just read the book.” Dr. Hayes is the Titus Chair for Franchise Leadership at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida. He directs the Titus Center for Franchise Studies and teaches the franchise curriculum in the Rinker School of Business.

There is nothing more expensive than ignorance -- let The Educated Franchisee serve as your guide for selecting a franchise that meets your needs!The Educated Franchisee will teach you:- How to find a franchise that is right for you.- How owning a franchise can create wealth.- Where to find quality franchisors.- What qualities franchisors look for in a franchisee.- How to gather information from franchisees.- How to make sure the franchise makes money.- How to confidently select the best franchise advisors.- The five keys to long-term success as a franchise.

Two franchise best-sellers in one collection! If you’re thinking about buying a franchise, you’ll be better prepared to make wise decisions by reading 101 Questions To Ask Before You Invest In A Franchise and 7 Dirty Little Secrets of Franchising. Both books are included in How To Buy A Franchise Collection Volume I. As you prepare to investigate franchise opportunities, you’ll appreciate knowing that How To Buy A Franchise provides information that you can trust from one of America’s best-known names in franchise education. Reading this book will help you know which questions to ask and, more importantly, who to ask. You’ll find questions for franchisors, franchisees, professional advisors, and others. The book helps you think about your responsibilities as a franchisee, leading you to even more questions that will ultimately help you gain the confidence that you need to buy a franchise. Franchising is fabulously successful for many people worldwide. It can be for you, too, especially if you buy the right business. What Amazon.com Reviewers say:J. Barry Watts: Five Stars. “John Hayes has forgotten more about franchising than most people will ever know. He's an undisputed expert in the field, and in this book he spills all the beans so you can make an informed decision about whether a particular franchise is right for you. Before you spend thousands on a franchise, spend a few bucks on this book. It'll make you an informed buyer, and might just save you a fortune!”Daniel Burke: Five Stars. “This is an excellent book. The author's knowledge is clearly at the expert level, and he is candid, honest, and complete about everything associated with opening a franchise.”

Franchise Your GrowthExpert franchise consultant Mark Siebert delivers the ultimate how-to guide to employing the greatest growth strategy ever—franchising. Siebert tells you what to expect, how to move forward, and avoid costly mistakes as he imparts decades of experience, insights, and practical advice to help grow your business exponentially through franchising.Learn how to:Evaluate your existing businesses for franchisability Identify the advantages and disadvantages of franchising Develop a business plan for growth on steroids Evaluate legal risk, obtain necessary documents, and protect intellectual property Create marketing plans, build lead generation, and branding for a new franchise Cultivate the franchisee-franchisor relationship

Whether you are an owner/operator franchisee, a large franchise operation with multiple locations, or you're just managing a single location, Ron Pagliarulo shares information in this book that will make you a top performer in your field. Each franchise system has many complexities and challenges. Although It's not an easy business, it can be simple once you know the keys and the secrets that make a great franchise operations manager. This is the book every franchise operations manager needs as their guide.

Learn twelve key lessons from Dunkin’ Donuts former CEO Robert Rosenberg that offer critical insights and a unique, 360-degree perspective to business leaders and managers on building one of the world’s most recognized brands.For entrepreneurs fighting for survival and leaders in growing businesses facing critical strategic decisions, competition is always fierce and the future is never certain. Throughout all the chaos, you need a mentor that has seen a business through the ins and outs and can offer guidance that will exponentially tip the odds in your favor to succeed.Robert Rosenberg took over as CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts in 1963, 13 years after the first restaurant was founded by his father William. In his remarkable 35-year run, he grew the company from $10 million in sales to over $2 billion with more than 3,000 outlets. Through his tenure, Robert learned important lessons on running and scaling a family business.Rosenberg shares his insider perspective on all the dramatic highs and lows that are part of the Dunkin’ Donuts story to guide you to your own success story.In Around the Corner to Around the World, Rosenberg helps you as he: Distills the characteristics of a successful company through all phases of growth. Provides a new perspective on the dramatic story behind the rise of one of the world’s most iconic brands. Tells the first-hand account and essential lessons learned from the tenure of one of the most successful CEO runs in modern business history. Reveals some of the dramatic and surprising plot turns in the story of Dunkin’s rise to global prominence.Around the Corner to Around the World tells a compelling story of lessons gleaned over a 35-year career building a small business into the iconic Dunkin' brand it has become.The harrowing twists and turns and sometimes existential threats to the business will enlighten anyone starting or running a business.

WINNER • 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYWinner • 2022 James Beard Foundation Book Award [Writing]The “stunning” (David W. Blight) untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Just as The Color of Law provided a vital understanding of redlining and racial segregation, Marcia Chatelain’s Franchise investigates the complex interrelationship between black communities and America’s largest, most popular fast food chain. Taking us from the first McDonald’s drive-in in San Bernardino to the franchise on Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri, in the summer of 2014, Chatelain shows how fast food is a source of both power―economic and political―and despair for African Americans. As she contends, fast food is, more than ever before, a key battlefield in the fight for racial justice. 8 chapter openers

Take Your Business from Average to ExtraordinaryThe Wealthy Franchisee Scott Greenberg’s firsthand experience as an award-winning franchisee teaches entrepreneurs how to maximize not only profits but customer and employee relationships. You too can replicate the mental habits, science-based tactics, and financial results of high-performing franchisees. As a franchising consultant, Scott Greenberg has helped franchise owners and franchisees improve their performance in a variety of service industries. Readers will learn how to:Explore their own mental responses and become more self-aware Bring out the best in employees and build superstar teams Dazzle customers and increase sales with emotionally satisfying experiences Optimize the human elements of their operation so they can grow into a next-level enterprise and become wealthy

Now in its second edition, it has been updated with current statistics and a more global scope! Whether you are considering getting into a franchise, or have made the commitment, Franchising Demystified provides you with a deep understanding of the franchisee-franchisor relationship. This definitive franchise handbook provides you with the tools to effectively assess the right franchise opportunity for you and then maximize your return on investment.Loaded with practical tips, Franchising Demystified helps you:- Identify the best franchise opportunities- Determine if franchising is right for you- Fully understand your rights under the license model- Improve and build upon the franchisee-franchisor relationship- Succeed and grow a successful, profitable businessReal-life examples let you learn from other people's mistakes and experiences. Franchising Demystified is a must read for anyone considering buying a franchise or currently a franchisee

ARE YOU READY TO HIRE YOURSELF?WHO hasn’t had the inkling―or even the outright conviction―that we could be more successful, more fulfilled, and more satisfied if we could invest in ourselves?HOW MANY of us have given our time, our knowledge, our energy, and our loyalty to corporate careers, only to discover that our contributions don’t guarantee gratitude, upward mobility, or even job security?WHY consider franchising? Franchise investors reap all the rewards of entrepreneurship―self-determination, personal and professional freedom, unlimited potential for profitability―without all the risks of going it alone.WHAT’S the difference? In franchising, someone has already dreamed the big dream, figured out how to make it work, marketed it well, and sold it to create a well-defined niche. And now, that person is looking for an investor and partner to help build on that success.HIRE YOURSELF WILL HELP YOU: • Leverage your expertise and resources to build a bridge out of the corporate world and into entrepreneurship • Learn how to choose a franchise concept that’s the right franchise for you • Understand how to capitalize your investment and minimize your risks • Recognize and avoid common mistakes and traps • Know that franchising is all about working for yourself, but not by yourself

As an experienced corporate and transaction lawyer, author Andrew Sherman offers insider insights into unique opportunities for business growth--specifically, leveraging your intellectual capital through franchising and licensing. By helping you understand what intellectual capital is, what revenue your company is entitled to, and how to manage these intangible assets, he provides the knowledge and tools necessary to keep your business not only operating, but growing in any economy. Filled with illuminating examples, stories from the field, and dozens of forms for drafting franchising agreements and licensing programs, Franchising & Licensing simplifies the strategic, legal, financial, and operational aspects of these complex but highly profitable business strategies. Readers will learn how to: raise capital, structure agreements, and protect intellectual property; create market-responsive sales, marketing, and globalization strategies; establish quality control and compliance measures; and assess opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other alternatives to franchising--among many other essential insights. Plus, the fourth edition incorporates up-to-the-minute information on regulations, best practices, web strategies, branding techniques and global trademark laws, the new FDD disclosure format, and the latest franchising trends. Comprehensive and applicable to domestic and international franchising initiatives alike, this go-to guide remains the industry standard for insights on expanding your business.

Written in the style of a business ‘tell-all’, Adventures in Franchise Ownership lays out what successful franchisees do that you won’t find in most owner’s manuals and includes franchisee Christy Wilson Delk’s good, bad, and really tough days before her successful exit 15 years later. Franchisees, like most small business owners, experience times of extreme frustration, lapses in motivation, and often exit before reaching their potential and their goals. Based on Christy’s real-life franchise ownership adventures, this guide explains how her 4 Pillar to Pillars Approach helps all franchise owners get to the top tier of their franchise system and includes advice from 16 top performers representing over a dozen market segments. With humor, candor, and relatability, Christy fills in the gaps of the franchise Owner’s Manual by providing a constructive framework for finding professional satisfaction and attaining the financial success franchise owners everywhere want and deserve.

Is Franchising Right For You?Why start a business from scratch when you can have a piece of the greatest expansion strategy ever conceived? Franchising is BIG and getting bigger in every sector―from restaurants and coffee chains to pet care and insurance. There is a franchise for everything and everyone.As a potential franchise owner, you can be in charge of your own success while being supported by a known brand. Franchising gives you that ability, along with the satisfaction that comes only with building something that can last a lifetime and beyond. And, if you are successful, you eventually stop sweating the details and have the freedom to enjoy your life in a way that most around you cannot.In The Franchisee Handbook, franchise expert Mark Siebert walks you through the process of vetting and buying a franchise, helps you ask the right questions of franchisors and yourself, and gives you the resources you need to decide if franchising is right for you. Siebert shows you how to do your homework before making what could be the greatest financial decision of your life. You will learn how to: Accurately assess the risks of buying a franchise Determine if a franchise is a good fit for your personal goals Research and vet potential franchise opportunities Create a startup plan that meets your business goals Prepare your franchise for successWhy dream about owning a franchise when you can take concrete steps to make it happen today? With The Franchisee Handbook as your guide, you have the power in your hands to start your own franchise journey right now.

The Franchise Fix helps franchisees set up their food franchise business for success. Investing on a proven food franchise does not guarantee success for the franchisee. To be a successful franchisee, franchisees must set up the right management systems to support their business as well as take advantage of everything the franchisor has to offer. The Franchise Fix is a step-by-step guide that shows franchisees how to do exactly that! Covering the winning systems and processes that food industry veteran Aicha Bascaro discovered from working with hundreds of successful franchisees across the US and around the world, The Franchise Fix helps franchisees take control of their food franchise and increase their profits.