Franchise
Revisiting Franchisor Life Cycles for 2023
What Do We Call You? Last month we held a couple of discovery sessions with a quick service restaurant (QSR) based in California. Legally, they were a franchisor because they had a new franchise disclosure document (FDD) approved by the federal trade commission and the State of California. They also owned several of their own…
Read MoreBenchmarks, Dashboards & KPIs (Oh My!)
It all started with a combination of fax machines and Microsoft Excel back in the 90’s. Our small franchise brand of about 30 retail units began tracking our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) very simply. We just wanted these four basic data points from each retail store: Traffic: How many people came through the door today?…
Read MoreAccounting Solutions In Wilmington NC and Surrounding Areas: What You Need To Know
Accounting can seem daunting and tedious if you are trying to incorporate it. It’s why there are accounting solutions for businesses like yours that provide an easy way to calculate all your financial needs, especially if you’re operating in North Carolina. Accounting solutions can elevate your business growth that includes finding a professional accountant, use…
Read MoreThe Best Gift A Franchisor Can Give Every New Franchisee
All Franchisees Are Not Created Equal! Having met dozens of active and prospective franchisees over the years, we’ve noticed at least two different types of mindsets. Many franchisees are of the owner-operator mindset; they think of themselves as the driver of a bus that is their franchise business. They hire and personally train the people…
Read MoreTop 2 Bottom Aligns With Multi-Brand Franchisor
With more than 1,000 units and hundreds of franchisees, Premium Service Brands trusts Top 2 Bottom to provide accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and financial reporting services for their franchise.
Read MoreTop Franchise Advice: 3 Factors You Need to Know for Success
If you’re a new franchisee or looking to improve yours, it helps to learn tough lessons from others. Get the top 3 factors you need for success, here!
Read MoreTop 2 Bottom Aligns with The Entrepreneur’s Source
For nearly 40 years, The Entrepreneur’s Source (TES) has helped thousands of people discover the many benefits of franchise business ownership. With a network of nearly 150 Career Ownership Coaches across North America, each year TES helps about 500 people become franchise owners (franchisees). With such a long commitment to coaching people to become business…
Read MoreT2B Offers Training for New Franchisees
While Top 2 Bottom provides accounting services to hundreds of clients across the country, a large segment of our clientele comes from the trillion dollar franchising industry. As we’ve posted here before, we have many testimonials from individual franchisees and franchisors who genuinely appreciate their partnership with T2B. And usually, about once each month, we…
Read MoreBecoming a Franchisee? 3 Things to Remember!
Every month, when our Top 2 Bottom team works with brand new franchisees, we hear the same words almost verbatim: “I wish I had known this before I got started”. The process of becoming a new franchise business owner can take quite a bit of time and a lot of expense. So there are at…
Read MoreT2B CEO Leads Profit & Loss Roundtable for Restaurant Franchisees
While our CEO, Co-Founder and fearless leader, Christopher Mallery, may not have experience as a franchisee, he does have extensive experience within the restaurant industry. Getting his start in the hospitality industry at the ripe old age of 15, Christopher started like many others, as a dishwasher. Over the years to come, including college, he…
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