We’re not here to sell you a franchise.
We’re here to help you find the franchise opportunity
that fits your goals, lifestyle, and future.
Our Services
We guide you through every stage of the franchise discovery process:
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Franchisee Consulting (Helping People Buy a Franchise)
- Franchise Matchmaking – Helping individuals searching for a business to buy to identify franchise opportunities that align with their skills, interests, lifestyle, and budget. There are thousands of franchises in the US to choose from- we help you narrow it down to just a few that fit what you’re looking for.
- Franchise Education – We provide valuable insight into how franchising works, including legal, financial, and operational expectations, so that you understand what to expect and can make informed decisions.
- Due Diligence Support – We assist you with analyzing Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs), ensure you understand the fees and expenses initially and ongoing, how royalties work, and your territory rights, such as size and protections, if any.
- Financing Guidance – Many people don’t know that there are different funding options for purchasing your new franchise business. Options like SBA loans, 401(k) rollovers, or alternative lenders, can help you with the initial franchise fees and other expenses.
- Introduction to Franchisors – After we’ve narrowed down your options, we’ll handle facilitating meetings with potential franchisors, schedule your discovery days, and set up interviews with franchisors.
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Franchisor Consulting (Helping Businesses Become a Franchise)
- Franchise Development – We assist business owners with becoming a franchise. From creating your franchising model and operations manual, to writing your franchise agreement, we’ll guide you through the required steps to becoming a franchise.
- Legal Coordination – Becoming a franchise involves a lot of legal preparation. We assist you with partnering with franchise attorneys in your area to ensure your businesses compliance with federal and state regulations, including drafting your FDD.
- Franchise Marketing Strategy – Once the legal portion of the process is underway, our team works closely with you to develop your branding, sales, and recruitment plans to attract franchisees. We’ll create a customized strategy that aligns with your ideas, goals and objectives.
- Territory Planning – Strategically defining your franchise territories aids in ensuring scalability and long-term success of both your franchise and your future franchisees.
- Operations System Setup – Establishing the training programs, support systems, and the technology needed to support your franchisees can really set you apart from your competitors. We’ll advise you on what works best, recommended vendors, software, and strategies that will be both beneficial and attractive to prospective franchisees.
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Growth and Expansion Support (For Existing Franchisors)
- Franchise Sales and Lead Generation – Growing and expanding your franchise can be challenging for even the most seasoned business owner. Our services are designed to help you find and qualify new franchisees to help you achieve your goals for growth.
- International Expansion – Expanding your franchise outside of the US is a big step. We help guide you through this process and make sure you are aware of laws and regulations for the countries you wish to expand to. From creating a master franchise to area development strategies, we’ll work closely with you to make your international expansion as smooth as possible.
- Franchisee Performance Coaching – There are many reasons why certain locations underperform. Underperforming franchisees may feel angry, frustrated, or desperate. Start to Finish can step in and help with Improving operations and profitability through training and consulting, so your franchisee has the tools needed to get back on track.
- Brand Positioning & Rebranding – We assist older and mature brands to refresh their messaging and stay competitive, both on the franchise development side and the consumer side of things. Whether you’re planning a networkwide software launch or are thinking about a new look and feel, we will assist you with planning, implementation, and execution.
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Additional Services
- Broker Network Access – Start to Finish is part of a large broker network giving us access to a large pool of franchise candidates. Whether you want to grow slow and steady, or want a more aggressive approach, our large pool of candidates means we’ll find the ones that perfectly match your initiatives.
- Franchise Trade Show Representation – Trade shows are great places to build brand awareness, showcase your franchise, and attract potential franchisees. However, the work that must go into finding the best trade shows to attend, booth setup, staffing, and lead follow-up can become overwhelming quickly. We’ll shoulder most of the responsibilities, allowing you to focus on being the face of your brand.
- Exit Strategy Consulting – Our services include helping franchisees sell their franchise or transition out gracefully.
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