Choosing and Evaluating Franchise Options

What kind of franchise fits your needs, goals and expectations? Learn how to analyze and assess a franchise opportunity, evaluate start-up costs and other important criteria before you sign on the dotted line.

About the presenter: Jeff Levy, Business Coach, The Entrepreneur's Source. Jeff is a National Consultant and Coach to individuals interested in exploring self employment with an emphasis in franchising. Maintains a client based focus while working with 250 different franchise businesses. www.TheESource.com/JLevy. He has coached over 80 individuals who have become franchisees. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest in 1984 Jeff has spent his time in entrepreneurial pursuits. He was founding member of Windswept Capital which was formed to purchase Spider Staging Corporation. Jeff was President and COO of Spider prior to the acquisition of the enterprise by Flow International in 1992. While at Flow Jeff served as an officer of that public company for five years until he and a partner developed a management buy out of several Flow divisions. He then became the Executive VP and a principle of SafeWorks LLC. He founded the local office of The Entrepreneur Source in 2002.
(Half day workshop 12:00PM-4:00PM)

Topics covered:

• “Uniform Franchising Offering Circular”
• Barriers to entry
• Financial considerations
• How to value
• Future value of business