Franchise Bible : How to Buy a Franchise or Franchise Your Own

Franchise Bible is equally useful for the prospective franchisee or franchisor. This complete and practical guide, including sample documents and checklists, explains in detail what the franchise system entails and the precise benefits it offers. The book will familiarize you with the terms and conditions of a franchise agreement which both franchisees and franchisors should be aware of, and what information you must provide if you are to be a franchisor.
Franchise Bible helps you:
* Determine whether you would make a suitable franchisor or franchisee.
* Decide if your best course of action is to buy a franchise or start your own (unfranchised) business.
* Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the franchise marketing system.
* Familiarize yourself with the offering circular and what items it should contain.
* Consider expanding your current business by franchising.

This book will save you from making costly errors by explaining in detail what a franchisee should expect from a franchisor in the way of services and support, and what the franchisor's contractual obligations are to the franchisee. The book will familiarize you with the franchise process, saving you money on attorney and consulting fees, since you will be able to do much of the preliminary research yourself. In addition, the book provides checklists and forms to help the prospective franchisee rate a potential franchisor. Franchise Bible encourages the potential franchisor or franchisee to carefully consider whether he or she is personally suited to this unique and challenging way of doing business.
Effective January 1, 1995, the Federal Trade Commission implemented the new Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC), effective in all 50 states. All franchisors will need to update their offering circulars as they come up for renewal. Franchise Bible deciphers this new document for you, and gives you guidelines, checklists, and a comprehensive questionnaire to save every franchisor money in updating or rewriting his or her offering circular.

Octopus is currently the world's 11th largest superyacht, owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, to whom she was delivered in 2003. Octopus is the third largest superyacht that is not owned by a head of state, measuring 414 feet (126 m), and at the time it was built, was believed to be the biggest such yacht. Octopus sports two helicopters on the top deck, and a 63-foot (19 m) tender docked in the transom (one of seven aboard). The yacht also has a pool on board, located aft on one of her upper decks, and two submarines (one of them operated by remote control for studying the bottom of the ocean). Side hatches at the water line form a dock for jet skis. The exterior was designed by Espen Oino Naval Architects and built by the German shipbuilders Lurssen in Bremen and HDW in Kiel. Her hull is made of steel. The interior was designed by American designer Jonathan Quinn Barnett of Seattle. Octopus has a permanent berth at the International Yacht Club in Antibes, where Allen acquired the largest dock by buying the 55.5m yacht Hanse (now called Insignia) together with its berth and then selling the yacht. Some people really know how to get what they want...

this is an 'actual' much hoole postcard bought from the village shop today. a version will be included in the package when the pigster moves on :) don't let the picture fool you too much!! it's not quite this choccy box :o still, it's pretty bloody nice!! :) i think he's having a reasonable time. he did get somewhat messy whilst writing this, he was trying to eat a jam teacake and dip the quill in the ink pot at the same time!! mess was inevitable!! :O more hogwild japes on the morrow :))

"The most readable, practical and complete book that I have seen on the subject of
purchasing a franchise. I strongly recommend it as must reading for anyone interested in buying a franchise for the first time."
-Stephen R. Buchenroth, former Chairman of
the Franchise Committee of the Small Business
Section of the American Bar Association

"...a first-rate guide to evaluating and selecting a franchise....
A great read for any would-
be franchise investor."
-Matthew R. Shay,
Vice President and Chief Counsel,
International Franchise Association

Every day, more and more people want to take control of their destiny and become their own boss. However, most people have no idea how to take the first step. How to Buy a Franchise is that first step.

Finding information on selecting and buying a franchise has never been easier. This book explains everything you need to know about how to research a franchise company, analyze its financial and sales information and investigate the earnings claims of the franchisor. It tells you what to look for in disclosure documents and details the contents of Offering Circulars and Franchise Agreements.

Your initial decisions become the contract that guides your relationship with a franchisor for years to come. The crucial factors that are explored in these agreements include:
--training programs
--registration
--equipment purchasing
--earnings claims
--termination
--renewal

The opportunities available for someone to start a proven business are countless. How to Buy a Franchise will help anyone turn these opportunities into realities.