By Peter Saunders
You don’t need a business degree to become a franchisee. Franchising has become the world’s most successful business model because it takes people from all walks of life and gives them the tools they need to become their own boss, often in an entirely new field. Considering your talents, skills and life experience, you’ve probably already got a lot to be confident about as you prepare for your franchise journey.
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By Peter Saunders
You don’t need a business degree to become a franchisee. Franchising is the world’s most successful business model because it takes people from all walks of life and gives them the tools they need to be entrepreneurs.
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By Peter Saunders
What he does: Calgary-based Greg Brown recently became a franchisee for Granite Transformations, which services homes and businesses by remodelling their kitchen and bathroom countertops.
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By Peter Saunders
After a 25-year career with the Royal Canadian Navy, Chris Audet became a franchisee for Wild Bird Centers, a U.S.-based retail system specializing in birdseed blends, feeders, nest boxes, bird baths, field guides, binoculars and other products for the backyard birding enthusiast. His territory is Langford, B.C., where he was already living with his wife and children when his military service ended.
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By Jeff Lorenz
Q I am setting up a new home-based franchise business. What are my options for a phone system? Jeff says: As a new home-based franchisee, the ability to communicate effectively with clients and partners whenever and wherever business takes you is critical to your success.
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Russell Arthurs admits he is an unlikely candidate to operate retail stores that specialize in beauty products and salon services. Raised on a farm near Ottawa and schooled in agriculture, his original career focused on health and nutrition products for animals.
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By Peter Saunders
Based in Richmond Hill, Ont., Paul Eden has been a franchisee since July 2009 for The Gardener, a year-round landscape maintenance business whose services include weekly lawn cutting, shrub and hedge trimming, organic fertilizing and weed control, spring and fall yard cleanup, planting, soil and mulch installations, sodding and other landscape improvements, as well as snowplowing and ice control in the winter.
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