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		<title>Facts About Franchising You May Find Helpful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some terrific lessons that all business owners can learn from the franchising industry: More people are optimistic. As a whole, franchising expanded in 2011, following a contraction in 2010. And franchising is seeing even stronger growth in 2012. Economics aside, in the franchising industry, the success of a whole franchise system relies on the success [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does a Business Needs To Be In Operation Before Franchising</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[True or False? Legally speaking, a business does not need to be in operation in order to franchise, so believe it or not, this myth is FALSE. You CAN franchise a business that is not up and running and there have been several franchise systems that have been started in this manner. However, the reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorneys&#8230;It&#8217;s Hard For Them To Admit, They Can&#8217;t Do It All!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Typical Attorney Experience  Chances are you&#8217;ve engaged the services of an attorney at some point for your business. Admittedly, attorneys have to get a lot of education and pass a very difficult and strenuous test to become accredited. And for some, this is a license to practice law&#8230;. for others, it&#8217;s a license to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do I Get Out of Franchising?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You Work Hard Growing Your Business Each day you pour your heart and soul into your business. You work hard to be the best, providing superior service and great products resulting in happy, loyal customers and/or clients. If you are like most business owners, the payoff for all your sweat equity is not just simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Make the Best Franchisors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition of a Leader Leadership is certainly a virtue that is valuable and even critical across many facets of life,especially in franchising. Colin Powell, a former secretary of state, national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is no stranger to leadership. Powell has spoken and written on the subject of leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Difference Between The Franchise Maker and a Franchise Attorney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Help! I&#8217;m Confused!&#8221; When researching how to franchise your business, you may come across so many ways it quickly gets confusing. Not to mention, you have franchise sales brokers calling themselves &#8220;consultants&#8221; now, trying to offer franchise development services&#8230;Beware! (Check out this ARTICLE to read more on that.) After the smoke clears, there are really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myth &#8211; A Business Needs to Show Financials to Franchise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The topic of financials is an area of misconception that surround franchising and continues to confuse people. Let&#8217;s cover some background information and understand what financials are needed when franchising a business. To start, remember that franchising is a completely different business and is treated as such. When you start the process to franchise, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open More Locations or Franchise? What to do.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dilemma: You have said to yourself that you are ready to take your business to the next level. Your clients and/or customers ask you all the time if you have other locations. It is time for expansion but you&#8217;re not quite sure how to do it.  So what is the best growth strategy for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying The Perfect Franchisee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding the perfect franchisee is no different than finding the &#8220;perfect&#8221; employee. However, as a franchisor, you will be looking for someone &#8220;just like me&#8221; who will embrace your business, dedicating themselves to make it a huge success in their market. Either way, you are taking a calculated risk; the difference is how well you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Built the Business Myself&#8230;Why Can&#8217;t I Franchise It Myself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing It Yourself You&#8217;ve decided to Franchise your business. You&#8217;ve invested some time researching what needs to be done and you&#8217;ve decided to “Do It Yourself”. You may be able to find or buy a template for the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD). Seems simple, right? Perhaps it is a fill-in-the-blank style. Unfortunately, such templates do [...]]]></description>
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