Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue I, 2015

OPPORTUNITIES ✓FRANCHISE next franchise Looking for your opportunity? Have we got the tools for you! Find articles on companies, concepts, industries, trends, and proﬁles—and search our features. Find franchisors looking for multi-unit franchisees, area reps, and area developers. Search by top opportunities, alphabetically, investment level, industry, state, and more at www. franchising.com ✓CONFERENCES Multi-Unit Franchising Conference Ahead! Franchise Update Media’s annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference took Las Vegas by storm last year, setting records for both attendees and suppliers. Total attendance was nearly 1,400. More than 550 were franchisees, representing more than 400 franchisee organizations, more than 10,000 operating units, more than $10 billion in annual system-wide revenue, and jobs for more than 200,000 people. Mark your calendar for this year’s MUFC, April 8–10 at Caesars Palace in Vegas. Need a reminder about why? Take a look back at the 2014 conference at www.multiunitfranchisingconference.com ✓ONLINE Multi-Unit Community Grows Check out our community-based website for multi-unit operators. It’s your exclusive look into the world of multiunit franchising, your one-stop shop to ﬁnd: • New brand opportunities • Exclusive interviews • Networking opportunities • Operator proﬁles • Online edition and archives • Financing resources www.franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees VIDEOS ✓NEW ONLINEExpands EmpireBuilders.tv Great entrepreneurs build great organizations. They possess a knack for making smart business decisions, building great teams, and creating successful companies. But as we’ve learned from years of interviewing successful multi-unit franchisees, they’ve also struggled, doubted, and made more than a few mistakes—yet they’ve soldiered on, persevered, and ultimately come out on top. To provide a deeper sense of their journeys, insights, and personalities, we’re selecting franchisees from our most inspiri ng print interviews and creating a new series of online videos of these franchisee leaders—who we call Empire Builders. www.franchising.com/empirebuilders 8 ✓RANKINGS Check out our annual rankings of top franchisees and their multi-unit brands and ﬁnd out “Who’s on ﬁrst.” Find the Multi-Unit 50 at www. franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees/mu50.html and the new Mega 99 rankings in this issue and any time at www. franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees/mega99.html ✓PRESS OFFICE “Don’t just survive, thrive!” Franchise Update Media’s 2015 Annual Franchise Development Report and the best-selling book Grow to Greatness by Steve Olson offer invaluable tips for franchise sales success and unit growth in today’s economy. For ordering information visit www.franchising.com/ franchisors/afdr.html and www.franchising.com/ franchisors/growtogreatness.html ✓QUICKLINK For a one-click link to articles in this magazine and to past issues of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine, visit www.franchising.com/ multiunitfranchisees UNDER THE INFLUENCE “When I started in this business I had a ton of energy, a ton of drive, and not a lot of experience and mentoring. I feel like I did everything on my own. The biggest thing I learned was working with people and through people and not stepping in their way so they can be productive—especially if you want to be larger.” —Richard Paek, CEO of Allied Lube, which operates 75 Jiffy Lubes in California and Texas MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISEE IS S UE I, 2015 muf1_d_online(8).indd 8 1/15/15 3:13 PM

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