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Doing Your Homework: How To Get The Facts On A Small Business Franchise
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| The old adage of "look before you leap" is never more true than when it comes to starting your own small business franchise. Knowing all the facts before starting your own home based business is a must and will set your business up for success. Here's some good information on what to expect and what it takes to start your own small business franchise. |
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The Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC)
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| Franchising has a set of rules, and these rules are manifested in a document called the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC). Each prospective franchisee of every franchise company in the U.S. will receive this document as a requirement of the Federal Trade Commission. Effective since 1979, the stated purpose of the FTC rule is:
"The Rule is designed to enable potential franchisees to protect themselves before investing by providing them with information essential to an assessment of the potential risks and benefits, to make meaningful comparisons with other investments, and to further investigation of the franchise opportunity."
In other words, the UFOC should provide you with enough information to be able to make an informed decision about purchasing the franchise. |
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Investigating Franchise Offerings
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| Before investing in any franchise system, be sure to get a copy of the franchiser's disclosure document. Sometimes this document is called a Franchise Offering Circular. Under the FTC's Franchise Rule, you must receive the document at least 10 business days before you are asked to sign any contract or pay any money to the franchiser. You should read the entire disclosure document; make sure you understand all of the provisions. The following outline will help you to understand key provisions of typical disclosure document as well as ask questions about the disclosures. Get a clarification or answer to your concerns before you invest. |
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Obedience to the Unenforceable
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| There is the rule of law and the rule of free choice. In between is the rule of self. If we are not careful to manage the rule of self in the interest of customers, employees, and others, we may find that someone somewhere will legislate the rule for us. |
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Government Regulation of Franchises
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| In the United States, all franchisors must abide by the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Franchise Rule, which requires franchisors to prepare a disclosure document called the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC ) / Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) and give a copy of that document to prospective franchisees prior to their purchase of a franchise. |
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Challenging the 80:20 rule
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| It’s probably the best-known and most-repeated rule in sales: 80% of your sales come from 20% of your customers. The implication is that you should focus the majority of your sales efforts on those 20% to maximise your returns.
But it’s also the most misunderstood and misused rule in sales. Slavishly following the 80:20 rule could cause you big, big problems. |
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Entrepreneurs Want To Write A Small Proposal or Quotation?
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| A proposal is a document written to outline work that will be done at a set price in response to receiving a request for proposal, or more formally a RFP (Request For Proposal), ITT (Invitation To Tender) or RFP (Request For Tender). A quotation is a less formal document that is a document that outlines the work to be done and a reasonably accurate price for its completion. |
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Follow Rule of Connectivity Not Competition
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| Entire universe follow the rule of connectivity. Now, business leaders start following the rule of connectivity in the business houses. Recently, Yahoo and Microsoft have followed the rule. Tata and Kores have also followed this rule. Internal competition breaks down the team spirit. Internal competition affects on the morale of the team. Home Management is the base on the rule of connectivity not on the rule of competition.
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A Favorable Determination From The EDD
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| Even if you "document, document, document", you still need to be aware of "how" to present those documents. This article will present a case in point. |
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E-Mailing the Franchise Disclosure Document to Prospective Franchisees
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| Under the FTC Franchise Rule,a franchisor can deliver the Franchise Disclosure Document (“FDD”) electronically by e-mailing the FDD in a pdf form or mailing a FDD copied on to a CD-ROM to a prospective franchisee. The first personal meeting requirement has been eliminated. The prospective franchisee must have the FDD and Exhibits at least 14 calendar days before the franchisee signs any agreement with the franchisor or gives the franchisor any money. Electronic delivery of the FDD disclosure will save the franchisor substantial time and money as the cost of copying and mailing a Franchise Disclosure Document and Exhibits, let alone personnel cost, really adds up. The FTC estimates that the cost to copy and mail a disclosure document is about $35.00 each. The states having franchise registr |
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How To Investigate Franchise Offerings
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| Before investing in any franchise system, be sure to get a copy of the franchiser's disclosure document. Sometimes this document is called a Franchise Offering Circular. Under the FTC's Franchise Rule, you must receive the document at least 10 business days before you are asked to sign any contract or pay any money to the franchiser. You should read the entire disclosure document; make sure you understand all of the provisions. The following outline will help you to understand key provisions of typical disclosure document as well as ask questions about the disclosures. Get a clarification or answer to your concerns before you invest. |
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