Lawn Care Franchise Ownership Tips - Spring-Green

Former Quality Control Manager Chooses A Franchise That....

Has a really close-knit feel to it, at the corporate level.

(Don McLuckie)

Sometimes, one has to go with his or her "gut" when making a major life decision, like becoming a franchise business owner. In Don McLuckie's case, that's part of what happened....

Will You Be Funding Your Franchise Business With Your 401(K)?

It is one option. The recent credit crunch has reduced the availability of franchise financing, for sure.

Will you risk a portion of your retirement funds to start your franchise business?

I guess it depends on just how bad you want to get into a business of your own. (Or, just how bad you don't want to "work for the man," anymore)

Franchise Start-Ups; Should You Get a Partner?

The answer is this; it depends. It depends on a lot of things.

Here are a few things to think about;

• Does your potential partner have different skills than you? In other words, if you're good at sales and marketing, is this potential partner good at operations and finance? if so, it could work.

Is Your Business Plan Ready?

With most major banks still not very enthusiastic about loaning money to terrific future franchise owners, (like you) is there a way to increase your chances of getting that all important small business loan?

Yes!

Are You An Out Of Work Corporate Executive?

We just launched our new "Executive Model" franchise offering, and we think that it's worth checking into...

One of the top bloggers in our industry, and a guy who I've recently come to know, The Franchise King®, just posted an announcement about our new model. (He's helping us with some of his unique content marketing strategies.) 

Here's his view of our new franchise model;

A Changing Of The Guard At Chicago's Spring-Green Lawn Care Corporation

Change. Happens.

 

(Tom Hofer)

In the case of Spring-Green, change is happening at the top, and it's good to know that Tom Hofer is keeping things all in the family.... 

Here Are Some Recent Business Start-Up Numbers To Ponder

Here's some interesting and even uplifting data, concerning small business start-ups. It's a welcome bit of news to what's been a pretty tough economic climate.

From Small Business Trends;

"Given the state of the economy, it should come as no surprise that just about everybody is interested in economic development. When you reduce it to its simplest terms, you get that “jobs, jobs, jobs” that all the politicians have been yelling about. So the release of two research reports by the SBA Office of Advocacy have been particularly timely."

Go to www.SmallBizTrends.com for the numbers...