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How Do I Know If I Am Legally a Franchise (Q&A Guide)
Join us for this excerpt from episode 27 of The Franchise Manual Podcast with Kit Vinson, owner of FranMan. This blog series is designed to give you clear, practical answers to common franchise questions. In this episode, Kit interviews Rob Vinson, an experienced franchise attorney, for an in-depth discussion on how to tell if your business legally qualifies as a franchise. Enjoy the Q&A below, listen to the full podcast, or both. You can [...]
What Is the Difference Between Licensing and Franchising (Q&A Guide)
Join us for this excerpt from episode 27 of The Franchise Manual Podcast with Kit Vinson, owner of FranMan. This blog series is designed to give you clear, practical answers to common franchise questions. In this episode, Kit interviews Rob Vinson, an experienced franchise attorney, for an in-depth discussion on the legal and practical differences between licensing and franchising. Enjoy the Q&A below, listen to the full podcast, or both. You can find episode [...]
What Is Franchising and How Does It Work? (Q&A Guide)
If you have ever wondered how businesses like 7-Eleven, Panda Express, or Häagen-Dazs grew across the country so quickly, the answer is simple: franchising. In this Q&A guide, we break down the fundamentals in plain English so aspiring business owners and emerging franchisors can understand exactly what franchising is and how it works. Q: What exactly is franchising? A: Franchising is a business expansion model where a company, called the franchisor, allows an individual [...]
Unusual Manual Topics
I started to attempt to create some "click bait" and call this, Top Ten Crazy Things We've Seen in Manuals and You Won't Believe Number Ten, but I want to temper that a bit and talk about some of the more unusual topics we've had to address and the reasoning behind them. If you've read any FDDs or looked at the sample manual outline of our site, you're familiar with the generic topics that [...]
Creating a Corporate Style Guide
When we delve into the marketing section of a manual, something that often seems to have received little attention prior to our visit is the corporate style guide. A style guide is a document that we often include in the operations manual, but that may also be a separate document, that outlines the do's and don'ts of any marketing material or document that is created for outside consumption. A few things to consider include: [...]
