Everything you need to know to get started… Franchising forFree If you’ve been considering buying a franchise business,but you’re not sure where to begin, this book will get youstarted. Franchising For Free shows you how to secure the vitalstart-up financing you’ll need to launch your franchisebusiness and guides you through all the business, financial, andmarketing aspects of establishing a successful franchise. Dennis L.Foster, a franchising expert and consultant, shows you how to getfinancing using six proven methods, and offers a model plan forfinancing a franchise operation with little or no cash investment.Foster also shows you how to identify the right opportunity basedon your own personal credentials, the nature of the business, themarket, and the financial outlook. You also get– * Tips on packaging, presenting, and circulating the finishedproposal * Lists of names and addresses of financial sources * Evaluations of the comparative advantages and drawbacks ofgetting funding from venture capitalists, SBA, SBIC, MESBIC, orindependent investors * A list of over 250 franchisors (with mailing addresses) whooffer financial assistance * Work sheets, charts, and numerous examples and casehistories.
Book Details:
- Author: Dennis L. Foster
- ISBN: 9780471625551
- Year Published: 1988
- Pages: 229
- BISAC: BUS105000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Franchises
About the Book and Topic:
Everything you need to know to get started… Franchising forFree If you’ve been considering buying a franchise business,but you’re not sure where to begin, this book will get youstarted. Franchising For Free shows you how to secure the vitalstart-up financing you’ll need to launch your franchisebusiness and guides you through all the business, financial, andmarketing aspects of establishing a successful franchise. Dennis L.Foster, a franchising expert and consultant, shows you how to getfinancing using six proven methods, and offers a model plan forfinancing a franchise operation with little or no cash investment.Foster also shows you how to identify the right opportunity basedon your own personal credentials, the nature of the business, themarket, and the financial outlook. You also get– * Tips on packaging, presenting, and circulating the finishedproposal * Lists of names and addresses of financial sources * Evaluations of the comparative advantages and drawbacks ofgetting funding from venture capitalists, SBA, SBIC, MESBIC, orindependent investors * A list of over 250 franchisors (with mailing addresses) whooffer financial assistance * Work sheets, charts, and numerous examples and casehistories.
About the Author
Born on a Lakota Sioux reservation, Dennis Lee Foster is the author of over 60 books, including three bestsellers, nine book-club selections, and more than 200 magazine features.