Find your hood cpa and use what they use. We have a great CPA firm. They do our payroll, taxes and assist with compliance on employee documents. They are quickbooks online resellers. So we license QBO through them.
We use Chase business bank accounts. They have a fantastic online system that allows different levels of access. Example bookkeeper can schedule bill payments, but only I can approve them.
I used to be a 2nd tier franchisor and a franchisee.
The disclosure document is the most important thing you’ll ever read when you commit to a multi year large dollar obligation.
That document will list all of the other franchisees. Past and present. You will want to use that to go ahead and find those it failed and those have succeeded. explore that list in depth. Know what their experience is so that you can see if their experience will meet your goals.
In many franchises, owning one means, you just bought yourself a job opening to or even three will still mean the same thing. But opening for five or more could mean that you actually have succeeded in a career with flexible hours and financial success.
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We focus on large established B2B industrial businesses. I spent much of my time connecting and networking with the size of clients that can pay larger fees. We are very established (around over 20 years). We have a staff that provides support so the client knows that service is what they are paying for.
Journalist! r/neworleans (greatest city subreddit ever) is regularly monitored by local journalists. Story ideas in our mid sized market are actively introduced here. Complaints and reports of local injustice, corruption, or even colorful happenings are picked up and followed by journalists who the reach out to sources and begin their stories.
“No one thinks about you as much as you do” some folks may ask or know. Just say, “it didn’t work out, on to the next stage”…. Most will not even care.