Franchise Search: Top Eleven Questions To Ask Yourself Before Signing A Franchisee Agreement
Part 2 of a 10-Part Series on the AAFD Road Map to Buying a Franchise. Once you’ve decided to take the franchise route, you may be itching to rush through ... Read More →
Building A Franchise Success Team. The Four Team Members You Need On Your Side Before Buying A Franchise
Part 1 of a 10-Part Series on the AAFD Road Map to Buying a Franchise. Buying a franchise will be one of the largest (if not the largest) investments you ... Read More →
AAFD Fair Franchising Standards Now Available on Kindle
We are delighted to announce that the AAFD Fair Franchising Standards is now available for all in the Amazon Kindle Marketplace. The AAFD Standards is the second AAFD publication offered in the Kindle Marketplace, joining Robert Purvin’s seminal work, The Franchise Fraud: How to Protect Yourself Before or After You Invest, and is a reaffirmation to our “blueprint to fair and balanced franchise agreements and relationships.” A print edition will soon be offered at Amazon.com and other book distributors.
Celebrating 20 Years Of Giving Franchise Owners A Voice
The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) is proud to celebrate 20 years of fighting to establish and protect the rights of franchisees. Since our formal establishment on May ... Read More →
AAFD Endorses California Fair Franchising Legislation “Level Playing Field for Small Businesses Act of 2012”
As we reported earlier this month, proposed legislation has been introduced in the California State Assembly that would dramatically change the landscape of franchising in California and perhaps set a ... Read More →
California Legislator Seeks a Level Playing Field in Franchising
Proposed legislation has been introduced in the California State Assembly that would dramatically change the landscape of franchising in that state and perhaps set a strong precedent elsewhere. The legislation ... Read More →
Franchisee Success Rates: Here We Go Again!
Article reprinted from Bluemaumau.com. IFA President, Steve Caldeira, recently wrote a letter to the Wall Street Journal complaining that a recent article about the perils of franchising “ignores that more ... Read More →
What’s Wrong with Franchising in 2012?
Article reprinted from Bluemaumau.com. What’s wrong with franchising in 2012? A paradoxical question; the whole of the franchising community is neither entirely flawed nor without blemish. Perhaps I would invoke ... Read More →
Celebrating 20 Years of Service and Support for Total Quality Franchising
In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, I am pleased to announce the renaissance of the AAFD! 1. Take a peek at the AAFD’s new website launched in late November: www.AAFD.org ... Read More →
The AAFD Road Map to Total Quality Franchising
DONE RIGHT, America is entering an opportune time to embrace the franchising path to small business ownership. Clearly, these are difficult times with a sinking economy, disappearing credit markets and ... Read More →
