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Author: Harold Kestenbaum
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Category: Book

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ISBN: 1599181894
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“This book is great. Definitively a best seller. It should be the number one consultation reference book for anyone related to the franchise business. Congratulations Harold!”
Tomas, Chairman of The Taco Maker in San Juan, PR

Turn Your Business Into A Franchise

Harold Kestenbaum has worked with more than 100 businesses in their franchising efforts including such household names as Sbarro and Nathan's. A 30-year veteran of franchise law and a board member of four major franchise companies, he and Adina Genn, an award-winning journalist, have joined forces to teach you the secrets to turning your business into a successful franchise.

If you're interested in using this profitable strategy to expand your business, you'll get an in-depth look at how to evaluate your business concept, determine if your business is a candidate for franchising, implement the franchise process, and build a thriving franchise.

Well-known entrepreneurs who successfully franchised their business, including Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca and CEO of the Dwyer Group Dina Dwyer-Owens, offer detailed, in-the-trenches guidance and information. These experts speak frankly about the tactics you can use to market, sell, and build your franchise while offering insider advice to help you avoid the pitfalls of business growth.

  • Step-By-Step Guide To The Franchising Process
  • Low-Cost Ways To Grow A Franchise In The Startup Phase
  • Franchise A Concept For Less Than $100,000
  • Best Practices From Top Franchisors And Franchisees



Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Anyone Even Thinking About Franchising !   October 2, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

In more than thirty years of franchising I have read a lot of books. Harold is not writing in theory. His street-smart views and valuable insights are clearly the real deal, from genuine experience. Written in crisp, practical and more importantly, believable, style. I highly recommend it. Joe Sanfellipo, Entrepreneur, Laguna Beach,Ca.


5 out of 5 stars R U an entrepreneur who wants to move her biz to a new level & make informed decisions as to how best to achieve growth? Read on   September 24, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful


I loved this book. I found it to be well written, well outlined, and informative. What more can one ask from a book? It has 15 chapters divided into the following 4 parts:

I. Why franchise? (1-3)
II. Moving forward (4-6)
III. Rolling it out (7-9)
IV. Keeping it going (10-15)

And it has the following 3 appendices:

A. Franchise Disclosure Document
B. Guidelines for an operations manual
C. Franchise resources

Each chapter ended with a wonderful summary of what was covered in the chapter. So the book was incredibly easy to breeze through. I read the summaries before I tackled the book. The book's target audience no doubt is comprised of entrepreneurs and small business owners who might want to consider franchising as an option for expanding their businesses. And after reading this book you will understand that given the right business coupled with the right leadership team, franchising can be a very lucrative win-win option to pursue and provide.

This book is clearly a marketing piece for the author's boutique law practice regarding franchising that also provides some non-law firm offerings too:

>>Feasibility studies
>>Determination of franchise format
>>Business plan development
>>Capital resources
>>Manual preparation

After reading this book you should be an educated consumer when contacting the author to help you turn your small business into a franchise. Of course, depending on how entrepreneurial you are will determine how much you need the author to help you through the franchising process. You can do much of what is covered in this book yourself. Or you can use professionals to help you. But this is a wonderful book for any entrepreneur to read if they want to move their business to a new level and make an informed decision as to how best to achieve growth. 5 stars!



5 out of 5 stars So you want to Franchise Your Business   September 17, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Leela,I am already on page 133. I got to tell you, the book is an easy read for a nervous soon to be franchisor I am going to be.I deeply appreciate the advice it gives. I usually underline whats important in a book . In this book I have everything underlined. This book has taken alot of stress away from me. I now know going in alot more than I did yesterday. And believe me being just a simple businessman in an exploding organic mattress business that I am in , and having made the decision to capatalize on what we have, this book is the greatest thing I have read so far bar none. It was better than e myths, and easier to read.And i got it before the book signing as well. And signed by the author himself .



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