Ron Bender, Cfe Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

By opening a French Florist shop, you’re opening more than just a business. You’re embodying a lifestyle of freedom & flexibility, and bringing joy to all sorts of clients. With our incredible technology turning this industry on it's head and ushering in a new age of sophistication, automation and simplicity, it's now time for you to stop and smell the roses, and the opportunity!Innovative cloud-based management software, superior products and artistic arrangements, tremendous customer experience, comprehensive training programs, direct grower and vendor relationships and an amazing marketing partnership have helped us 'bloom' into the leading florist in LA, and our blueprint and mentoring can help you quickly become the #1 florist in your community!Your AMAZING franchise experience starts with your first contact with a franchise Brand, continues throughout your research and the approval process, becomes even more crucial when you launch and build your franchise, and finishes with a supportive resale program to help you exit easily and profitably. This requires an enthusiastic, caring and sincere team of people helping with the franchise research, training, onboarding and launch, operations, supply chain, back-office support and much more.See how bright and beautiful your future can be, with French Florist!

FranLift and Future Focus help develop or update the entire franchise recruiting process for startups and emerging concepts as well as for established franchise brands, "systemizing" every stage of the Discovery process, to dramatically improve franchisee relations and long-term performance. CORE COMPETENCIESAnalyzing current franchisee performance to profile your optimal candidateDeveloping and promoting your compelling Brand StoryUse of LinkedIn and other social media in lead generation and candidate engagementImproving Candidate Experience and franchisee validation processesMatching candidate skills, experience and goals to recruit high-performing franchiseesContent creation for webinars, sales collateral and franchise recruitment websiteFranchise expos, trade shows, industry events and Discovery Day programmingBuilding mutually beneficial relationships with franchise brokers and lendersBuilding stronger relationships with franchiseesDeveloping or adjusting your franchise development process to recruit the best-performing new franchisees

Boston, Ma, Us

Building great relationships throughout the franchise community, including with franchise brokers/consultants, lenders, the IFA and VetFran! Threshold Brands is a growing family of award-winning service Brands dedicated to helping people pursue their dreams through franchise ownership. These terrific Brands include Men In Kilts, Granite Garage Floors, MaidPro, Sir Grout, Patio Patrol, USA Insulation, Pestmaster Services, Mold Medics, Plumbing Paramedics and Heating+Air Paramedics. Our fran-tastic team of caring professionals helps our candidates learn about these opportunities to decide whether franchise ownership is right for them and which brand(s) might be the best option.

I re-launched a B2B service franchise in the US after years of only offering distributorships in the US and franchises internationally. This entailed writing all franchise documentation - Operations Manual, Master and unit FDD's, training programs, wholesale and retail price lists - and developing vehicle lease and other vendor programs. EnviroLogik/Environmental Biotech franchises work with local restaurants, schools, hospitals, offices, pet care, day care and senior care centers and many other businesses to keep their premises and vehicles sanitized and safe for employees and guests, to keep their drain lines flowing and odor-free, and to decrease environmental impact and improve hygiene!They use proprietary eco-friendly products made in the US and custom equipment to solve FOG (fats, oils & grease), urine and odor problems and save money for restaurants and a wide variety of other businesses, facilities and municipalities. Not just the industry leader - the industry disruptor! Our EPA Safer Choice-certified blends of live vegetative bacteria act as “probiotics for your business”, providing preventive care and effective, long-term problem-solving to benefit local businesses and communities. GREEN doesn't mean ineffective or expensive anymore!We are a 30-year-old company, and we have franchisees and service providers in the US and Canada and 13 other countries around the world! Our science team and production facility is based in sunny Florida, and we provide terrific training and support for our franchise owners with a PhD science coach, sales and product trainers and finance reps.

Big Frog Custom T-Shirts is a retail franchise offering custom decorated garments to retail consumers and local schools, businesses, charities and sports teams. Franchisee owner-operators have a great lifestyle and are connected and involved in their communities, and they enjoy the benefits of owning a small business without many of the headaches found in most other retail franchise concepts or independent businesses. I had full responsibility for the entire franchise development process, including strategic planning and budgeting, lead generation, content marketing, franchisee relations, social media, franchise broker relationships, Discovery Day, FDD updates and trade shows. Grew by 46 new units, a 79% increase; awarded the first international Master Franchise Recognized with STAR Awards from Franchise Update in 2017 and 2018 Increased franchise broker referrals by 23% and franchise awards by over 21%

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

AlphaGraphics is an iconic and award-winning 44-year old Brand, and the leader in the Quick Print industry. They had recently been reinvented, setting the pace as THE emerging Visual Communications and Marketing Services franchise! I designed and implemented a conversion and acquisition program to quickly increase unit count and royalty streams, improved broker relationships and honed the entire Discovery process to attract and sell to better candidates. Designed and deployed a conversion program, resulting in 3 conversions (total $5.2M annual sales), 2 acquisitions ($1.3M sales) and the listing of 14 businesses ($19.6M sales)  Mentored and trained development and business acquisition staff, increasing franchise awards by 21% Managed broker relationships, leading to an 21% increase in referrals and 11% increase in awards

FAF provides sponsored SBA and conventional financing programs for qualified candidates of a small group of industry-leading QSR, fast casual, retail and service franchise brands to help them open and resell more franchise units in a challenging capital market!I mentored corporate franchise development teams and Area Developers to help them recruit top quality franchisees, using their website, PR, webinars, Discovery Day, social media, franchise expos and Brand conventions to improve lead generation, candidate experience, presentation of the value proposition, validation, qualification, objection-handling and closing.

Rocky Hill, Ct, Us

Wireless Zone was a regional Verizon cell phone retailer, trying to become the national Verizon franchise. They provided their franchisees with device and accessory distribution and negotiated activation commission and residual usage income streams for franchisees.I developed lead generation programs and marketing materials, developed a retail site selection and lease negotiation process, designed and hosted the Discovery Day program and managed regional Verizon relationships. I hired and mentored sales and operations personnel and exhibited at national and regional franchise expos to build candidate and industry awareness. Grew from 52 units by awarding 331 franchises personally and 446 total in 12 years Generated over $7.3M in initial franchise fees and over $89M in royalty income, leading to an increase from $4.1M gross profit in 1998 to over $47M in 2010 Attained rank of 35th Fastest Growing Franchise and recognized as #1 in category for 9 years by Entrepreneur Magazine

B.S, Marine Sciences

Cfe, Franchising

Certificate, Sales And Communication