ABOUT
US
Mission
Statement
Source Book Publications and the World Franchising Network
are committed to helping individuals in their quest for
self-employment and business ownership by providing them
with the most comprehensive and up-to-date information
on the maximum number of legitimate franchise systems
and service providers. We feel strongly that the operating
and systems advantages provided by franchising make it
the preferred avenue for 95% of those people who want
to go into business for themselves.
Our Stakeholders
Our stakeholders are today's prospective and existing
franchisees, franchisors, law firms, consulting firms,
accounting firms, service providers and entrepreneurs,
who, as a group, make the franchising industry what it
is and, more importantly, what it can become.
About Source Book Publications/World
Franchising Network
With its extensive product line of books, internet websites,
databases and consulting services, Source Book Publications/World
Franchising Network is the pre-eminent provider of reliable,
up-to-date and easy-to-use information on franchising.
Publications
include:
- Bond's Franchise Guide provides
detailed profiles on roughly 1,000 North American franchisors,
as well as information on leading franchise attorneys,
consultants and service providers. The profiles are
divided into 29 industry types, broken down into subsectors.
- Bond's Top 100 Franchises
provides a rigorous analysis of 100 top franchises in
the food-service, lodging, retail and service-based
industries. Selected from the 2,500 available franchise
systems, these companies were evaluated on the basis
of historical performance, brand identification, market
dynamics, franchisee satisfaction, level of initial
training and on-going support, financial stability and
other key factors.
- Bond's Hottest New Franchises
provides detailed profiles and write-ups of around North
American franchisors that have less than 50 operating
units and which provide great potential for entrepreneurial
franchisees.
- "How Much Can I Make?"
provides historical sales, expense and/or profit data
on actual franchise operations, as provided by the franchisors
themselves. This "insider's guide" includes
roughly 100 recent earnings claim statements for 29
major industry categories.
- The Minority Franchise Guide
provides detailed profiles on over 450 companies committed
to the inclusion of minorities in their systems. The
book also provides relevant resources for the minority
investor.
- Tips & Traps When Buying a
Franchise provides an insightful overview and road
map for prospective franchisees.
For detailed profiles on these books, as well as other
books about franchising, click here
for our Bookstore.
Internet websites include:
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www.WorldFranchising.com -
the Internet's most comprehensive and up-to-date portal
on franchising. The subsidiary sites (noted below) of
resources and sortable databases cover all major segments
of the industry.
- www.100TopFranchises.com
- lists detailed information on the top 100 franchises
with over 50 operating units; companies were evaluated
on the basis of historical performance, brand equity,
market dynamics, franchisee satisfaction, the level
of initial training and on-going support, financial
stability and other key factors.
- www.HottestNewFranchises.com
- the Franchise Directory on HottestNewFranchises.com
lists detailed profiles on more than 300 North-American
franchisors that have less than 50 operating units and
which provide great potential for entrepreneurial franchisees.
- www.MinorityFranchising.com
- a sortable database that includes a detailed listing
covering 50 fields of critical information on over 450
North American franchisors who actively seek out and
support minority franchisees, as well as related resources.
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www.PickThePerfectFranchise.com
- a powerful franchise search site that matches franchisor
desired characteristics with prospective franchisee
traits. Potential franchisee investors select from hundreds
of franchises and businesses to pick the perfect franchise
business opportunity for them.
- www.FranchisingSuppliers.com
- a sortable database that includes detailed profiles
of leading North American franchise suppliers, consultants
and service providers, as well as related resources.
- www.FranchisingAttorney.com
- a sortable database that includes detailed profiles
of leading North American attorneys who specialize in
franchising, as well as related resources.
- www.FranchisingResourceCenter.com
- lists over 80 franchise industry books and reports,
over 300 recent earnings claims statements, a detailed
database of over 2,400 North American franchisors and
over 20,000 current and archived UFOCs/FDDs that can
be purchased over the Internet. Orders are usually shipped
within 24 hours.
- www.UFOCs.com
- a database of over 20,000 current and historical
Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs) and Uniform Franchise
Offering Circular (UFOCs) documents available for sale.
Robert
E. Bond
Rob Bond is a leading national authority on the exceedingly
complex franchise industry. As the founder and president
of Source Book Publications, located in Oakland, California,
his sole focus for the past 20 years has been the dissemination
of timely and in-depth information on franchising through
books, websites and databases. Source Book Publications/World
Franchising Network currently maintains 12+ websites and
publishes five annual books on franchising, including
Bond's Franchise Guide, considered by many to
be the "industry bible."
Recognizing the need for a national forum to address the
under-representation of minorities in the U.S. franchising
community, Bond created the National Minority Franchising
Initiative. This annual program includes The Minority
Franchise Guide, the www.MinorityFranchising.com
website and 10 seminars hosted throughout the country.
His partner in the NMFI is Everett Wallace of Wallace
Enterprises International.
Since receiving his MBA from Stanford Business School,
Bond has built an extraordinary record of achievements
in several Fortune 100 companies, real estate development
and consulting. As an author, lecturer and consultant,
he is regarded as one of the franchise industry's most
knowledgeable and widely-quoted spokespersons.
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