Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Example – Working with a large Coffee and Bake Shop franchise headquarters wanting the district managers to use Coaching & Feedback as opposed to authority and demands with the franchise owners. For years the team emailed and bugged people, sharing data on who was NOT getting the budget reports to finance.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 23, 2021

Some open up subsidiaries of businesses like a Starbucks or a Waffle House franchise. Below are four effective ways to get the financing you need to become a business owner. Gage the risk and rewards of this method before committing to it so you don’t lose all your finances. Take Out Personal Loans. Crowdsource.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2019

Owning a franchise is an easy and affordable way of starting a new business. As a franchise owner, a lot of the heavy lifting involved in starting a business is already done for you. Franchisees can take on an already established brand and don’t have to worry about marketing themselves, as this is done by the franchise centrally.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 16, 2018

This is where franchises come in. The main advantage of a franchise is that you don’t need to establish your business in a competitive marketplace. With a franchise, you have that brand awareness in place already, and the marketing burden is largely taken off your shoulders. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Campbell’s happens to be profitable but they’ve been trying to fix their weakening soup franchise for the past 15 years. While they have NFP status, they are a large organization so the finance picture is significant. Opposite of the Apple way is an “old economy” player, the Campbell Soup Company. John Bell.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Listening, engaging, reciprocating – have earned us 2 billionaire backers, 4000+ franchising inquiries & 300+ stores now in development (launched franchise company in Fall '09). link] Robbie Vitrano Hey Mike, thanks for including NakedPizza in the validation. Humbled, validated and taking nothing for granted.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 24, 2021

If you’re hesitant to start a business, you can consider opening a franchise. How will I finance my business? Focus on Your Finances. So, invest in research, craft a detailed business plan, keep a track of your finances and create a marketing strategy to take your business to new heights! Brainstorm your company name.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 30, 2023

This end goal could be selling the business , it might be retiring but still earning dividends, it might be handing the business down to a family member, franchising a certain number of times, or expanding globally, for example.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2021

Alternatively, you can think about investing in a franchise. There are various different franchises available to invest in. It does make sense to join a franchise like this because there is always going to be demand for a company like this. It’s just one example of a franchise business.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2016

By any comparison, my brands were under-financed. Some people think that’s enough to build brand franchises. Frankly, I had no choice, because I’d worked for small to medium-sized companies competing against giants the likes of Nestle, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. But, they sure as hell weren’t neglected. .

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Term loans , SBA loans , lines of credit and invoice financing are just a few of the options available to small business owners. As a startup, your finances will likely be very thin as is. If you go the non-medical route, you need to decide if you want to be part of a home care franchise or go independent.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2021

There are many different funding and fleet management options that you could consider, and fleet finance can often be a great choice to consider. Maybe it is franchising your business or selling the business plan and potential that your business has. This might be for yourself or your staff members.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 23, 2019

It’s not even enough just to know everything about cars and their features; you also need to have a sound understanding of business finances, licensing and legal requirements in terms of permits and taxes. Franchises often require a larger investment upfront to purchase the franchise rights and will be a bigger operation in general.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2021

From here, then you will need to contemplate whether or not you would prefer to start a business from scratch or own a franchise. This is particularly important if you are planning on running a franchise, as your responsibilities will be mainly management and administration-based instead of dealing with the public.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 5, 2015

The HR and finance groups within a university installed a new software system to automate tasks and have better information for decisions. To push decision-making authority closer to the customer, a restaurant chain modified its franchise management structure, redefining roles and responsibilities across its many locations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This is fairly common, and will often take the form of a franchise fee. The franchise fee is an annual fee submitted whenever the LLC submits its annual report. Do LLC’s Pay State Income Tax? Some states require that LLC’s pay income tax at the state level.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 27, 2021

You can consider opening a franchise for any established company where you will only require to find a proper location and arrange funds for your operations. Accurately Evaluating Your Finances and Funding Your Business. What kind of needs will you satisfy? Will it be a personal need or a market need?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Following in the formulaic footsteps of its big-budget predecessors, like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Disney surmised that the action-packed, special-effects-bedazzled Carter would kill at the box office. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Following in the formulaic footsteps of its big-budget predecessors, like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , Disney surmised that the action-packed, special-effects-bedazzled Carter would kill at the box office. The resulting spike in both supply and demand for movies has created fierce competition for financing.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That sort of money should allow you to open 10 new centers next year, not through franchising as you'd planned, but under your direct ownership and control. The director wasn't expecting her, but Gloria liked popping into the franchises unannounced to get an unvarnished view. Three million euros.". Hours were flexible.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If you were offered the opportunity to finance a high risk , low return investment, how eager would you be to write a check? It's time to bring a proven business model to the social enterprise space: the franchise. Franchising has a special place in our economic system. Support the franchises.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

Aflatoun has scaled its impact by making it easy for others to copy what it does, providing access to the curriculum materials it has developed for teaching children financial skills to franchise partners all over the world. Stimulating Market Forces.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

On the other end of the growth spectrum, analysis of a dataset from 350 micro finance institutions across 70 countries indicated lending to more women was associated with lower write-offs and lower portfolio-at-risk. Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2011

Hence lots of the analytical, linear thinking at GM drove him to distraction; Product Planning analysts in particular: "a department composed of recycled finance types" as he calls them in the book. Bob tells it like it is and has a more holistic sense of cause-and-effect relationships than most. market: small and mid-car.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These concerns get polite nods here and there but, mostly, serious Africans ignore them and firmly redirect the conversation back to private equity, or franchise deals, or something along those lines. Bottom line: Are you game or are you out? And have you heard that we have more mobile phones than any other continent besides Asia?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

By doing this, they got a benefit equivalent to a multi-million dollar marketing budget by enabling a franchise of passionate users to do their thing. Flexibility sounds good as a consumer, but is terrifying to the brand (and the finance team that creates the budget).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Transformational CEOs Tend to be “Insider Outsiders” The list is topped by companies headed by visionary founders with no prior experience in their industries; Jeff Bezos came from the world of finance, and Reed Hastings from software. Apple serves as the classic model of such “dual transformation.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

For-profit companies in the same situation can turn to a robust venture capital community that is focused on providing the management, financing and strategy that innovative companies need to scale up quickly. LEYF's initial plan for growth was to franchise its successful model nationwide.

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Finance Franchising Business Model Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A number of years ago, my family company won the Greek franchise of a leading US confectionary manufacturer. After the video I explained the tangible and intangible gains our company would derive were we to be able to keep this franchise as well as our loss of prestige in the market were we to lose it to one of our competitors.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Cultural capital is analogous to physical capital, like equipment, buildings, and property, or to human capital, like the accumulated knowledge and skills of workers, or reputational capital, like franchise value or brand recognition. Does a firm’s toxic culture create an externality?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

The company’s executives said that to help finance the plan, McDonald’s would increase refranchising (turning company-owned restaurants into franchises), take on more debt (even at the risk of lowering its bond rating ), and find $300 million to cut in general and administrative expenses.

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Price Franchising Short-term Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. Through our partnership with Allianz we were able to access £150,000 of funding to carry on with our social franchise model. However, the core skills they need are different.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Early last year, we were able to close a Series A round of financing from Khosla Impact Fund and Capricorn Investment Group, giving us a launchpad by which to try this new structure. The Social Franchise Model Works in Times of Uncertainty. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and the Bridgespan Group.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Their business school education and their initial experience within narrower company functions ( e.g., marketing, manufacturing, finance) may leave them unprepared. A needed a pproach.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When my organization, Education For Employment , began operations in 2006 as a demand-driven answer to Arab youth unemployment, I felt that creating a social franchise model was the best way to meaningfully address an issue of this scale. The franchise model empowers local board and staff members to take appropriate action.

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