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>> does she want to do something she loves or have a multimillion dollar company? she may find she expands just outside of her comfort zone. >> lets move on to the next one. this is a ceo of a real estate firm with a special focus on social entrepreneurship. >> once you achieve success, say, in a local market, how do you take that business and franchise it? what are the first steps that you have to take in order to make a successful business franchisable? >> franchises are cookie cutters. so you...

>> ive been barredering with people in the community. i have people working in my website. they do work, i give them money on my vip cards. my lawyer, any time she does work, i give her money on the vip card. >> a lesson that might apply to other businesses in these troubling economic times. >> i think it stems around the community. people have to believe in you to do something like this. you have to set roots down and make people believe in you. thats what ive done. it feels good. you know yo...

The vip cards. my lawyer, any time she does work for me, i give her a vip card. >> a lesson that might apply to other small businesses in these troubling economic times. >> i think it really stems around the community because people have to believe in you to do something like this. and you really have to set roots down and make people believe in you. and thats what ive done. and it feels good. you know you want to be your own boss but youre a little hesitant to do it by yourself. so you may wa...

>> i go, again, to the people issue, which is when you start a franchise -- i run a volunteer organization in 13 cities and some of those cities thrive and some struggle, and youve got to find someone who is willing to lead, to run a business, but also someone willing to follow that step-by-step manual that norm talks about, and thats a difficult mix to follow. someone who wants to take charge, someone who also wants to go by the book. those people are tough to find and that may be your first st...

Find she expands outside her comfort zone. success is not to the point you feel overwhelmed. >> lets move on. this is a question from a ceo of a real estate firm with a special focus on social entrepreneurship. >> once you achieve success, say in a local market, how do you take that business and franchise it? what are the first steps that you have to take in order to make a successful business franchisable? >> franchises are cookie cutters. so, you have to set up the cookie cutter. im not sure o...

Stuff you can eat nowadays. >> no question. my understood is healthier food than traditional fire. thats one of the things that grew me to to it. >> i know when you first got started and you rolled the first pita, you thought what the heck is this? wheres the bread? its cool looking. its really expended and youre really popular at the pita pit locations and the franchises are springing up particularly around colleges. >> you know, the original one was in a college market and, you know, the first...

People get back to work because i make a lot of the steel products like this, but people want hope. we can fix the economy with the store idea if everybody researching, buying american and people told me thanks to you, it takes longer to shop. im looking for american. im not just about me, buy america, put people back to work. >> its crazy that nobody thought of this except you, and its been a wild success. >> yeah, absolutely. since we met last and thanks again for asking me down, this is great...

Live in atlanta at a chain restaurant. hey, jonathan. >> hey. the owner of this restaurant in a previous life was in the accounting industry. then he decided to try something new. were finding out folks lime him are in good company. restaurant franchises have a taste for expansion despite the economic down turn. the trend is especially hot in atlanta. >> i believe its a hot bed for franchising because its not a pedestrian city, because it is a commuter city, people are in their cars, theyre goin...

Expensive as your typical full-service sit-down restaurants. fran chiegs is doing well -- franchising is doing well, particularly in atlanta. people who travel long distances are attracted to familiar brands. tried and true concepts are especially appealing to those new no the restaurant industry. >> the trend im seeing, a lot of the franchises are former cpas former attorneys who worked for companies that have been downsized. >> the owners of this evo franchise where i am right now, he was in t...

The durologist. we want to take our business to the next level by franchising. who can i contact about franchising and how can i connect with other entrepreneurs who have gone through the franchising process. >> entrepreneurs are the best source of information. theyre willing to give you anything you ask for. a franchise attorney will be the best option for him. sometimes franchisees when theyre looking to start a franchise, is that they really have to consider if they can sell franchise. theyre...