The Franchise Blog 4 Vets

Are Retiring Veterans Launching Businesses?

As more and more baby boomers retire, more and more of them will be looking at starting a small business. War Veterans are retiring at a pretty good clip, too. Here is a great article that discusses this trend, and provides some nice resources for you, if you are interested in exploring opportunities..

Read The Cape Cod Times Article.

Some Franchise Finance Options

I have worked with the fine folks at Guidant Financial for a few years now, and always have found them to be ethical, efficient, and energetic to say the least. It is said that things tend to start at the top in a great organization, and Guidant's CEO really seems to understand that concept. He wrote an article for the IFA website, recently:

"Nearly every franchisor or broker has a “one-that-got-away” tale about a would-be buyer whose financing landed just a few thousand dollars short of the capital necessary to close the deal.

Thanks to the current credit crisis, franchisors may soon have even more of these stories to tell."

Guidant CEO David Nilssen shares some finance options for you-the would be franchise owner, who may have a more challenging time than normal, during these turblent financial times...

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New Franchise Marketing Ideas For Your Franchise Concept

                                              

                                 

Ready for a new approach in your franchise marketing efforts? Would you like to read pages and pages of boring details on how my firm can help?

Or, would you like to spend about 5 uninterrupted minutes on my franchise marketing website, and see if my ideas make sense, and make you want more???

Just Click Here

New Pennsylvania Franchise Owners

                              

A York, Pa. couple found an interesting franchise concept with the help of a franchise adviser. They ended up choosing, and investing in a franchise of their own, called 1-800 Dry-Clean. 1-800-Dry-Clean is part of Service Brands International.

Click Here To read their story

Another person helped by a franchise adviser   {A Veteran}

And another  {A Veteran}

Franchises That Give Back

                                  

                               

As a Military person, you certainly are the ultimate model for giving back. You give back to your country every waking moment. The franchise industry is one that has some real stars, too. In my weekly article on AllBusiness.com, I discuss a couple of stellar franchise companies that epitomize this "giving" thing.

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Start Off Your Day With A Bagel {Franchise}

                            

 

Hungry for a nice chubby bagel? Sean Kelly, an entertaining franchise marketing expert and blogger, recently interviewed Chris Cheek of Brueggers Bagels. Is a bagel franchise in your future?

A Terrific Subway Franchise Success Story

When you are one of the franchise industry's biggest players, like Subway, you are under the microscope a lot. Positive and negative stuff gets thrown about. Here is a great story concerning a very successful and hard working franchise owner in the Washington DC area....

Here is a Green franchise story concerning Subway...

More Veterans Joining The Franchise World

More and more war Veterans are becoming franchise owners, according to a Press Release just released by The International Franchise Association. According to the IFA, 1,155 Veterans have become franchise owners directly as the result of the VetFran program, with about 200 Vets getting close to decision day.

Read the Press Release

More about VetFran

A Radio Interview-Veteran's

Low Investment Franchise Opportunity

                                              

                  

Do you want to own a business that provides a service that returns CASH to your customers, is paid well for providing this service and has a full-time income for part-time work?

Sounds rather nice, huh? There are not too many "part time" franchise business opportunities to choose from, nowadays. {Making internet $millions does not count!} Would you like to learn more?

Ok. Learn more, here....

Are You A Veteran Blogger?

Are a blogger? Are you a Veteran? Do you blog to Veterans? Have you submitted your blog to Milblogging.com, or Military.com. Is your Veteran's blog listed at Blog Catalog? {It needs to be there!}

If your blog falls into any of these categories, there is somewhere you need to be in September........