About Us

The Franchising Guru draws on over 25 years of franchise experience. Franchises are continually reviewed and made available to the affiliates. This is a great benefit to you, the client, because it aids The Franchising Guru in identifying the best franchise opportunity for you. 

Franchise opportunities are:
- Part-time, full-time or part-time growing into full-time.
- Home-based or brick-and-mortar.
- Retail, service, business-to-business, sales, consulting and more.
- Owner-operator or investor.

Our Mission Statement is to:

Provide the American consumer with quality franchise and business opportunities. Provide for referral only franchise companies that have the highest standards of integrity and excellence in the industry.

Who are Our Customers

Our Customers fall into two main categories: individuals and companies.
Individuals - Many of our clients may fit one of the following categories:

• Middle age individuals looking for active or passive investment opportunities.
• Executives in transition looking for a career alternatives that allows them to have more control of their lives.
• Retirees looking for a way to complement their retirement income.
• Business people looking for a way to invest either equity or money to build long-term equity.
• Women returning to the workforce after taking some time off to raise a family or just simply looking for a simpler life style.
• Hispanic business people looking to build a business in the U.S.A.

Our goal is to help individuals discover business opportunities that will allow them to reach their personal goals and financial objectives. 

Let us begin to help you by filling in the request info section of our website. We will be able to provide you a free consultation that will help you maximize your time and efforts in opening "the" right business for you and not on uncovering the franchise world.

Franchise Companies - We will only work with companies that have high standards of integrity and excellence in the industry. These companies include:

• Businesses with proven business models and that are able to support and meet the needs of our individual clients.
• Companies with emerging creative models in aggressive expansion modes, that can provide adequate infrastructure and training; and high revenue potential for our clients.
• Small business owners that have a proven and successful business concept that will like to understand the requirements to become a franchisor.

Our goal is to help selective franchise companies locate qualified individuals who will make ideal business partners and improve the speed to market expansion through our pre-qualified referral process.

Contact us with detailed information about your opportunity. We will try to help you in any way we can.

FAQ

Why use The Franchising Guru Consultants and not go directly to the franchisers?

Quite simply to save time, money and potential aggravation! Our service is free. Your franchise fees or business purchase price will not be greater if you choose to use our service. We provide all the information a potential business owner needs to find the opportunity that fits their goals, plus we already know many of the safest, strongest and most lucrative opportunities in business today, a task that can take months for someone outside the industry.

How much does it cost to use the services of The Franchising Guru?

The consumer doesn't pay for the services that The Franchising Guru offers. You will pay the published price for any franchise just as if you had gone directly to the franchiser. The franchiser absorbs our marketing costs. The franchisers respect the processes we follow and recognize the quality and fit of clients we refer to them after our consultations are complete. The Franchising Guru is uniquely able to provide a win-win scenario for the investor and the franchiser.

How will The Franchising Guru find the best franchise for me?

Our goal is to find an opportunity that will meet the specific needs of each individual we work with. To do this effectively, we first have to learn what those needs are. We will ask you a series of detailed questions. Some sample questions you will be asked are:

• - What are your reasons for wanting a business of your own?
• - Have you ever owned a business of your own?
• - What hours do you like to work?
• - Where do you want you business to be located?
• - How do you feel about managing people?
• - How much capital do you have to start a business with?
• - Will you have partners? - Do you want to build multiple units?
• - How soon do you want your business to open?
• - Will you be involved on a full-time or part-time basis?

These are just a few of the many issues we will discuss with you over the course of our consultation process. With this information we can create a personalized profile and model for you to use in evaluating opportunities. We can also usually match our clients with a few opportunities that have characteristics consistent with the ones they're looking for in order to save time and effort in the process. Sorting through the over 5,000 franchise opportunities can be a long, confusing process.

Many people spend months sorting through companies without ever finding an opportunity that has what they really want in a business. We can help!

We've done a lot of the homework for you. We have pre-screened hundreds of companies from all areas of business. They must meet the exacting standards we have set to be included in our inventory. We do all of this so we can offer the franchise opportunity that will be the "perfect fit" for you.

Is financial assistance available?

Financing can be a major hurdle for any potential franchisee. Start-up costs can reach a high level and it is essential that the franchisee have adequate working capital. It is important to address any financing issues during the investigation of franchise opportunities. The best source of information about financing options for any franchise is the franchiser. Once again, we are dealing with an issue that the franchiser has addressed numerous times with other franchisees and they will have a good deal of information about the practical options that are available.

How soon can I get my business started?

This depends almost completely on you. The franchise consultation process can be completed easily within a few days if you are responsive and motivated. After you begin investigating opportunities, most clients can find a great match for them within one to three months. After you select the right business for you, it will typically take anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months for your actual business to open for operation.

Do I need specific industry experience to successfully own a franchise?

No, in fact most companies are looking for people with no experience in their industry. This is because they want their business operator to focus on running the business and not performing the labor their concepts require. Franchisers need people who can be effective in areas such as motivating employees, generating sales, and running the day-to-day operations as efficiently as possible. The franchisee role is typically one of management rather than labor.