Stephen Maeker, BBA ’90, recently co-authored the book “Franchising Freedom!” with 14 of his industry peers. Stephen is a nationally published Franchise Consultant with FranChoice, the premier group of Franchise Consultants in the country. He assists candidates all over the country & world who are interested in learning more about franchising by taking an education-based approach and his service is free. He represents over 150 of the approximate 3,000 domestic franchisors and provides a huge savings in time. His former corporate roles include Vice President of Franchise Sales and International Financial Manager for industry leaders Papa Murphy’s Take N Bake Pizza and TGI Fridays. He and his wife (Christy) are also proud & top performing/award-winning multi-unit franchisees of 1 of the concepts he represents.

Stephen has presented with our Career Webinar Series.  Watch his most recent webinar with us where he discuses the advantages and disadvantages of franchising and how to investigate whether or not buying a franchise is a good potential fit for you at this link!

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