At FranMan we have had the pleasure of working with many different suppliers from various industries. This page includes the contact information for those suppliers with whom we have worked, and whom we trust in order to offer you a recommendation of their services.
Franchise Attorneys
Drumm Law
Drumm Law is a relationship law firm. We value our clients and treat their needs and issues as our own. We provide legal advice without the stiffness. While each of our attorneys has a suit and tie, it is our goal that you never need to see them in one.
Working with franchise systems across all industries, from those considering franchising their business to established franchise systems, Drumm Law has the knowledge and experience to handle your franchise legal needs.
Mike is an attorney with Drumm Law and
our founder. He is continually recognized as a Franchise Times magazine ‘Legal Eagle’, is designated a ‘Certified Franchise Executive’ by the International Franchise Association and has received commendation from Super Lawyers. Mike attended law school at the University of Texas School of Law and the University College London. Mike obtained a BSBA in Business Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and serves on the Technology Committee. He is admitted to the state bars of Texas and Colorado.
Mike Drumm
720-257-9060
mike@drummlaw.com
www.drummlaw.com
Vinson Franchise Law
Vinson Franchise Law Firm is a small, specialized law firm that provides high-quality franchise legal services to clients all over the United States (and in many foreign countries) — at reasonable prices. Our practice is limited to franchise law only.
The firm’s principal, Rob Vinson, has ’30 years’ experience as a lawyer, in diverse areas of practice, such as franchise law, business litigation, international transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and securities. Since 1996, he has specialized in franchise law.
We represent start-up franchisors, existing franchisors, international franchisors and master franchisees, prospective franchisees, and existing franchisees in all types of franchise transactional matters and compliance matters.
Rob Vinson 775-832-5577 rob@franchiselaw.net www.franchiselaw.net
Mullin , P.C.
Cheryl Mullin is the founding partner of Mullin, P.C. Her practice focuses on assisting commercial clients achieve their growth objectives through franchising, joint ventures, acquisition, and private investment. She also provides intellectual property protection services to small and mid-size enterprises, business transition planning services for closely-held businesses, and commercial litigation support on business issues.
Cheryl earned her J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 1995, and her LL.M (Taxation) from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2013. She is recognized for her work in franchising by International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers (since 2013), Texas Super Lawyers (since 2012), and Best Lawyers in America (since 2007). Cheryl also has been recognized since 2007 by D Magazine as one of the best lawyers in Dallas, and by Franchise Times magazine since 2004 as a ‘Legal Eagle.’ Cheryl lectures frequently on corporate and franchise-related topics and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Cheryl Mullin 972-852-1703 cheryl.mullin@mrkpc.com www.mrkpc.com
Hoffer Adler LLP (Canada)
At Hoffer Adler LLP, we deeply value our close relationships with our clients. Our strength is our ability to apply our expert legal knowledge to help our clients reach their business goals in a practical and cost effective manner. We are experienced franchise, commercial, IP and litigation counsel
Joseph Adler is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer who assists clients in all matters related to their operations and transactions in Canada and a registered trade-mark agent. His particular emphasis is in franchising and distribution, intellectual property law and cross-border trade. Joseph serves as legal counsel for Canadian and US (and other foreign) franchisors doing business in Canada and Canadian franchisors doing business in the US, Europe and abroad. He also acts and has acted for various multi-unit franchisees and franchisee associations as well.
Joseph has published and has been quoted in numerous articles and has spoken on various franchising topics at venues organized by the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA), the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the International Franchise Association (IFA). His firm has had experience with over 390 franchise systems, representing franchisors and franchisees.
Joseph Adler 416-977-3444 jadler@hofferadler.com www.hofferadler.com
Insurance Compliance Tracking
Certificate Management Services
Our CTS is a “value-added” program focused on bringing your growing number of Franchisees into compliance with the insurance requirements specified in your FDD and franchise contract.
Our Service is not a policing network; however, our CTS trained staff notifies Corporate if and when a Franchise is out of compliance with the explicit insurance requirements of the FDD.
Our CTS focuses on your needs and requirements individually.
Doug Groves 979-485-9990 doug@pigbcs.com www.pigbcs.com
National Signage and Graphics Program
FASTSIGNS International, Inc.
FASTSIGNS National Accounts represents over 700 FASTSIGNS centers to provide national signage programs to enterprising clients. We deliver the power of a trusted brand with a global network to provide project management, design, brand integrity protection, installation and fulfillment along with a single point of contact. We are your source for exterior signage, interior graphics, digital, fleet graphics and much more. We can help you build a brand book for your 1st location or manage national rebrands, FASTSIGNS National Accounts has been serving nationwide corporate and franchise brands since 1992.
Chris Becraft Vice President FASTSIGNS National Accounts 214-346-5636 chris.becraft@fastsigns.com www.fastsignsnational.com
Executive Search
Careertopia Franchise Executive Search
Careertopia Franchise Executive Search was launched in 2019 by Gary Gardner, Chairman of Franchise Update Media, Tom Portesy, President & CEO of MFV Expositions and Scott Lehr, formerly Executive Vice President with the International Franchise Association.
Careertopia Franchise Executive Search was established with the mission to help franchise companies build out and grow their teams with high quality franchise executives. Careertopia is exclusively focused on working with franchise companies that cross more than 100 different industry categories that use the franchise model to grow. The three partners, Gary, Tom and Scott collectively have over ninety years of experience in franchising building relationships and connecting franchise companies with qualified franchise executives. If you are looking for quality franchise executives to drive the mission of your company, let us help you get the right people on your team!
Scott Lehr
443-414-6131
ScottLehr@FranchiseExecutiveSearch.com
www.franchiseexecutivesearch.com
Learning Solutions & Learning Management Systems
Illumina Interactive Learning
Illumina Interactive is a leading full-service eLearning production and development firm. Founded in 1997, we are a long-standing, service-oriented company that takes a fully custom, boutique approach to the creation of online learning. We create distinctive, highly effective, and consistently award-winning eLearning solutions for small businesses, franchisors, and world-recognized corporations, life science practice organizations, government agencies, academic and non-profit institutions, and have built a rich history of successful eLearning initiatives. For over two decades, we have developed bespoke, highly effective, and award-winning custom eLearning solutions. Our offerings integrate distinctive themes, compelling visual storytelling, and innovative interactions tailored to meet the genuine needs and engagement points of learners.
Illumina Interactive can help implement your franchise training program from start to finish to unlock your organization’s full potential, building franchisee courses or micro-learnings – even employee training modules – and/or stand up and maintain a Learning Management System (LMS) that your franchisees can access in real time, anytime and on any device. We believe in delivering custom eLearning solutions that drive engagement and retention.
Kermit Riewe
Managing Partner
972-313-5834
kriewe@illumina-interactive.com
www.illumina-interactive.com
Michael Getz
President and Founder
781-694-0333
mgetz@illumina-interactive.com
www.illumina-interactive.com
Franchise Consultants
Management 2000
The growth of your business is our business. Management 2000 is a growth consulting firm working with companies looking to grow or improve their existing business. There are two ways to grow. The first is new locations. The second is the growth of your loyal, frequent user, promoter customers who recommend you to their sphere of influence. Management 2000 can help you design and implement strategies and tactics to do both of these.
Management 2000 was established in 1981 and since then, we are honored to have worked with over 1,450 companies. All of these companies put their confidence in the services we provide to improve their business.
Our clients range from those who are considering franchising a business or startup to well-established companies with thousands of locations. We have also consulted extensively with businesses as they plan for the future, working together to overcome current issues and challenges.
Bob Gappa 800-847-5763 bobg@mgmt2000.com www.mgmt2000.com
Steven Inglefield
AC Inc specializes in helping franchise brands worldwide to maximize the impact of Field Support and unlock hidden profitability. While the traditional method of growing a franchise system is by selling more franchise units, AC Inc focuses on a second growth method: franchisee success and profitability.
Through coaching franchisees to be more engaged and profitable, franchise brands can improve overall royalties and have better validators for franchise development. AC Inc is the industry leader in Field Support, offering CFE-accredited courses, a team of field coaching experts, and a proven Field Support Framework.
Angela Coté, the founder of AC Inc, grew up in franchising as the daughter of the founder of the iconic Canadian franchise brand M&M Food Markets which she helped grow to almost 500 locations. With her experience working as a field coach, in the home office, and as a multi-unit franchisee herself, Angela created AC Inc to help more franchises succeed with impactful, strategic Field Support, and franchisee coaching.
AC Inc.
250-213-7277 steven@angelacote.com www.angelacote.com
redC Business Advocacy
With over 1000 collective openings, redC is your one-stop shop for any of your growth gaps. Whether it is as an extension to, or as the department itself, redC can help with Franchise Development, Brand Development, Real Estate, Design & Construction Management. Our concept to concrete experience and solutions have delivered proven results by attaining sales goals while meeting or exceeding scheduling and budgeting expectations. It is our commitment to procure strong franchise partners, provide polished brand support, deliver a well-established site selection process, while directing the construction ensuring unsurpassed quality in design through to a finished product.
Brendan has been in the franchise industry for fifteen years. He got his start wearing a myriad of hats for a small startup franchise in Denver, CO. In 2011, Brendan founded Charles Development Services specializing in real estate, design & construction management. Within nine months, Brendan attained eight franchise clients and contributed to a multitude of lease signings and subsequent openings nationwide. After three years of reinserting himself back into corporate life, while working within the health and wellness world, Brendan rebranded Charles Development Services and in 2015 redC Business Advocacy was born.
Brendan Charles 303-333-3420 brendan@redcadvocacy.com www.redcadvocacy.com
Franchise Relationship Management
Franchise Recruitment
Franchisors need to keep candidates engaged and on track. FRM’s solution to this is our Candidate Portal: where you will lay down a track for your candidates to follow and guide their self-directed discovery.
Unit Deployment
Managing all of the moving parts of the pre-opening process is what FRM helps you accomplish. Whether the location is virtual or has a physical site, FRM gives you a tool to assist with real time collaboration.
Legal Franchise Compliance
A franchisor can only truly manage the customer experience through legal and compliance. FRM helps you manage franchise documents and compliance agreements.
Stan Friedman 404-751-4240 sfriedman@frmsolutions.com www.frmsolutions.com
Custom Site Fabrication
F.C. Dadson
Founded in 1975, F.C. Dadson is a manufacturing and program management company specializing in creating, designing, constructing, fabricating, fulfilling and installing retail environments and kiosks. Headquartered in northeast Wisconsin, F.C. Dadson combines personalized service with a corporate infrastructure and supplier network to provide clients with convenient and cost-effective end-to-end project management.
Tim Matey is a National Account Executive with F.C. Dadson and a Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) through the International Franchise Association. He has over a decade of experience helping franchise brands expand nationally. He believes relationship-building and personalized services are the key to any project’s success.
Tim Matey
800-728-0338 x137
timm@fcdadson.com
www.fcdadson.com
Franchise Consultants (Brokers)
International Franchise Professionals Group (IFPG)
The International Franchise Professionals Group (also known as IFPG) is a membership based organization that has over 800 members. Our members consist of Franchisors, Franchise Brokers, Lenders, and other Franchise Professionals that help potential candidates in the process of buying a franchise.
Hundreds of nationally recognized franchise companies have chosen the IFPG and its members to represent their brand; hundreds of experienced franchise consultants and brokers have chosen the IFPG to power their business. All of these individuals understand the value of being associated with IFPG.
The IFPG is a strictly membership based organization that does not participate in any referral fees from our franchisor members or our brokers, thereby allowing all of our members to work freely together. Our long-term success is predicated on retaining our members and providing all the tools needed to help you sell more franchises, and close more deals.
Red Boswell
888-977-4374 x 112
red@ifpg.org
www.ifpg.org
Television
AtmosphereTV
Founded in 2016 originally as CHIVE TV, AtmosphereTV is now the world’s largest free streaming TV platform built for businesses. Servicing over 65,000 businesses including 100+ franchise brands, Atmosphere is the perfect solution for audio-optional entertainment and built in digital signage. For franchise brands looking to cut unnecessary cable costs or brands seeking a way to fill the long gaps between live sports, AtmosphereTV is always a crowd pleaser. With channels like CHIVE TV, Red Bull TV, Atmosphere Sports, and more, there’s sure to be a channel built for your audience. Rid your screens of subtitled TV, SportsCenter reruns, and Judge Judy and join the thousands of franchise locations using AtmosphereTV today.
Mike Kelly
Sr. Director – Strategic Partnerships
908-433-9243| atmosphere.tv
