Franchising offers many exciting business opportunities for individuals while ensuring economic security along with a more balanced lifestyle. Franchising is one of 3 options for business ownership; it is not only for fast food and retail. This FREE session will cover why people buy franchises and will highlight the type of people that buy franchises. Four big franchising misperceptions will be explored. Franchising works today because you’re in business for yourself not by yourself. Individual company franchises will not be discussed. Come learn about this type of business from a real expert in the field.

This Success Strategies for Business Owners Meetup event is sponsored by Manasota SCORE and BankUnited.

Our Speaker Mats Bengtson

Mats Bengtson is a former small business owner in the Caribbean and with 10 years of successful mentoring services with Score (1 client with National Award and several clients with local awards ), will clarify the many positive characteristics of the Franchising environment.   He will also compare the potential long-term success rate in this environment to traditional models for starting new small businesses.  Originally from Sweden, Mats has several years of international experience and has worked in retail, lean manufacturing implementations,  IT services, and management training.