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How a Franchisee Can Find Private Funding

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With bank and franchise finance drying up in this economy, a smart entrepreneur came up with a solution. A platform to link investors with potential franchisees. FranEquity provides a platform where a potential franchisee in need of money can present an opportunity and accumulate investors into a group so the franchisee can qualify for bank or traditional finance. This finance platform does also match investors with franchisors, giving franchisors different opportunities to offer funding for their franchises.

This type of arrangement really opens the doors for many entrepreneurs seeking capital to start or grow a franchise. Here are some applications of this concept which may be helpful in your capital raising efforts:

  • If you want to fund a franchise start up but lack capital and expertise, then consider putting together a local private investor group to fund 40-50% of the finances necessary and then finance the rest with the bank. Use a good law firm to set up the investment group and define the rules.
  • Already a business proprietor and want to franchise your concept? Don’t have the funds? Consider forming a private investment group so you can develop the system and do some test franchises. Leverage your investment group into larger bank finance when ready to sell your franchise concept.
  • Already own a franchise but can’t get financed for more units? If you form a private investor group, you can qualify for franchisor and bank terms.

If you brainstorm this idea, you will see there are a ton of ways to apply this, along with some great advantages. If you as a franchisee have the expertise to run a successful franchise, you shouldn’t be disqualified by the lack of finance. It is a win-win for both the franchisee and the franchisor during a period of tough business finance acquisition. Apply it to your circumstance and see what creative ways you can come up with to venture the franchise market.

Three considerations before you approach private funders:

  • Have you considered using  Business Consultants to help develop your Business Plan? A solid business plan is crucial in securing private and other types of business finance.
  • Has another successful entrepreneur critiqued your  Strategic Plan? The feedback is incredibly useful.
  • Is your  Loan Package
  • short and derive interest in 30 seconds? You don’t have much time to interest a busy investor.

Disclaimer: The blog author is not offering investment or finance, nor endorsing a particular company in this blog post. Please conduct your due diligence and utilize legal help when considering such a strategy.

This article is written by Frank Goley, Business Planner for ABC Business Consulting.

Juice Fasting or Eating Raw Vegetables, Which is Better?

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Juice fasting is very similar to eating raw vegetables that you are making the juice with anyway. So why trouble yourself with juice fasting and why is it such an important part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle?

The biggest difference between juice fasting and eating raw vegetables isn’t the nutrients. They are pretty much the same except that you are decreasing a small portion of fiber when you make the juice. As long as you are juicing and  not blending ~ making it with a juicer and not a blender} and you drink it within 15 minutes, you are getting all the digestive enzymes, vitamins and minerals that you would have gotten if you were eating.

Why juice then? The most important reason it is such an important part of the Hippocrates Health lifestyle is that you are letting your digestion take a much needed break.

The digestive process is by far the most energy intensive process performed by your body. By juice fasting once a week as I do, you give your body a break from the digestion — and this is important — while taking in the nutrients your body needs .

If you have a disease, you do not want to do a complete water fast and deprive yourself of nutrients when you need them . This way your body is getting all but a little fiber.

The fasting juice recipes I use all center around the growing sprouts I have ready to go. I use sunflower or pea green sprouts (50%) and then use other green vegetables to make it taste better. The best tasting is organic cucumbers, but I also use organic celery and spring greens and dilute with filtered water.

The primary nutrition is in the sprouts so the other part is mainly to get the green drink to taste good. I don’t add fruit (as I’ve seen many do in smoothies) because this creates poor digestion as fruit and greens do not combine well.