Buying or Building a Franchise Business: All You Need to Know!

Buying or Building a Franchise Business: All You Need to Know!

With all the amazing brands, products and services in the market, one way to scale is to franchise. We can become a franchisee by buying into a license to operate a branded outlet of a retail chain or we can become a franchisor by developing a franchise system that franchisees can invest into. But what is involved exactly? This presentation brings you franchising experts who have been through the process and have assisted others in their franchising journey.

Presented by the Entrepreneurial Strategy Series and Gearhart Law on May 25, 2023.

OUR SPEAKERS:

Michael Shapiro is the Founder and CEO of @TAPintoLocal, a network of more than 90 franchised online local news and digital marketing platforms in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida with more than 20M readers during the last year. The media industry is undergoing dramatic changes resulting in a growing void in local news coverage in thousands of communities across the United States. TAPinto is helping to fill the void in local news by applying proprietary technology paired with a franchise business model to the local news space. Read more at: https://www.tapinto.net/

Brian Lincer is a Partner at The Internicola Law Firm, P.C., where he helps clients develop, launch and grow franchise systems. Intercola specializes in representing entrepreneurs, franchisors, franchisees and national brands in matters involving business transactions, franchising, licensing, intellectual property, product distribution and corporate governance. Read more at: https://www.franchiselawsolutions.com/

David Postolski, Esq. and Richard Gearhart, Esq. are our event moderators.

About the Author

Richard Gearhart, Esq. is the founder of Gearhart Law and the host of a weekly radio show for entrepreneurs called “Passage to Profit”. He has built a firm with an international presence that helps entrepreneurs from around the world with their patent, trademark and copyright needs. Richard commands a breadth of experience that comes from nearly 30 years of practice in the writing and prosecution of hundreds of patents, and in all aspects of Intellectual Property law. In 2022, Richard was recognized by ROI New Jersey as a 2022 ROI Influencer in the Law List category for being one of the best of the best in New Jersey for intellectual property law. Gearhart Law emerged from Richard’s passion for entrepreneurship and startups and his belief that entrepreneurship grows the economy and creates jobs. When we started Gearhart Law, our goal was to help and support the new business ventures of 500 entrepreneurs and inventors. After 12 years, the firm has far surpassed this goal; today, we look forward to helping even more inventors and entrepreneurs get off to a great start and reach their own goals.