The Franchise Kit

by Kirk Shivell

Book Overview

You carefully selected your franchise. You negotiated and bought it. You made the dream of owning your own business a reality.

Now what? This is the book that goes beyond the franchisor's cut-and-dried instructions to answer that question. It tells you how to bring your dream to life-- or if you're still dreaming, helps you preview the real, day-to-day world of successful franchise operations.

Written by authorities who have studied and consulted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070571252
• ISBN13: 9780070571259
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Highly readable "one-stop shop" for the franchisee.

Excellent source. If you don't know much about franchises and want to gain a good depth of knowledge, this is the book for you. Written for the prospective or new franchisee and examines the entire range of issues concerning buying and running a franchise. The author covers just the right amount of detail: not enough to bog you down but enough to give you an indepth understanding of the issues confronting franchisees. Covers such topics as the franchise concept, franchise selection, due dilligence, financing, hiring, family-run franchises, budgeting, legal and accounting advice, and much more. The next best thing to having a franchisee in the family!