FranchisEsource Brands International Franchise News

SOUTHBURY, CT--(Marketwire - Mar 20, 2012) - The Women Empowered by Business (WEBB) national organization of franchise business owners have supported many causes in the past through annual fund-raising and sponsorships. But now, they have decided to partner with a cause for the long-term. WEBB has for the past two years been supporting NFTE, or Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, participating in several annual projects designed to bring the information, empowerment and the spirit of entrepreneurship to young people. Now, working with Franchise Source Brands International, parent company to WEBB, they are making a commitment to use their network of business coaches to help spread the word.
"We want young people to get excited about entrepreneurship as a career option," says Lori Tyll, operations officer at FSBI and co-founder of WEBB...

The Entrepreneur’s Source, AdviCoach, Expense Reduction Consulting, Business Partner and Décor & You Recognized as Top Reputable Franchises.
January 03, 2012 // Franchising.com // Southbury, Conn. – The Entrepreneur’s Source®, AdviCoach®, Expense Reduction Consulting®, Business Partner® and Décor & You®—five concepts under the FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) umbrella—have been recognized among the top 500 franchises in the United States in Entrepreneur magazine’s 33rd Annual Franchise 500®.
The Entrepreneur’s Source jumped an impressive 166 spots from its 2011 ranking, securing a spot in the top third of the list at #130. Décor and You also moved up the ranks by 14 spots, coming in at #446...

Leading Multi-Brand, Professional Coaching Franchisor Teams with International Franchise Association to Increase Opportunities for Military Veterans
December 14, 2011 // Franchising.com // SOUTHBURY, Conn. – With veteran unemployment staggering steeply above the national average and the return of many service men and women, FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) is showing its gratitude by committing to hire 300 qualified military veterans by 2014.
In an effort to give back to those who have given so much, FSBI has committed to hire and recruit qualified military veterans as associate Business Development Representatives and Coaches and pair them with participating franchisees to work collaboratively in the booming professional coaching industry...

More than 590 Leading Franchise Executives and Business Coaches Assembled Together for the Industry’s Largest Private Franchise and Business Opportunity Expo; Conference Addressed the Impact of Franchising on Economic Recovery and Sustainable Job Growth
October 24, 2011 // Franchising.com // Southbury, Conn. – More than 590 of the nation’s top franchise industry executives and business coaches joined together October 3-6, 2011 at the 12th annual Franchise and Business Opportunity Expo to demonstrate the important role that franchised businesses play in economic recovery and sustainable job growth. The exclusive event, hosted by FranchisEsource Brands International® (FSBI), was the largest-ever industry gathering of franchise executives and business coaching professionals in the United States...

Multi-Brand Franchisor's Strategic Growth Plan Progresses

July 08, 2011 // Franchising.com // SOUTHBURY, Conn. - FranchisESource Brands International (FSBI), the globally acclaimed multi-brand franchisor with five high-performance brands in its portfolio such as The Entrepreneur's Source® (TES), AdviCoach® and Decor & You®, announced today that it has acquired DIGIKIDS, the onsite child ID company offering the most advanced and affordable child safety ID available today. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

The move is a key component of FSBI's strategic growth plan. According to Terry Powell, founder and CEO of FSBI, the addition of DIGIKIDS to the FSBI portfolio immerses the company in a sector where it is not currently represented...

Leading Multiple Brand, Professional Coaching Franchisor Targets Eight United Kingdom Territories for Franchise Expansion November 10, 2010 // Franchising.com // LONDON, England. – FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) announced today that it is has initiated a strategic global expansion program to significantly increase its international presence. The 300-plus unit multi-brand franchisor, specialising in professional coaching under widely recognised brand names The Entrepreneur's Source®, AdviCoach®, Expense Reduction Consulting® and Business Partner® Marketing Coach, as well as Decor & You®, is initially targeting the United Kingdom and plans to continue growth outward from there.

"We're ripe for major international expansion," said Terry Powell, founder and CEO of FSBI...

SOUTHBURY, Conn., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been a decade of dominance for FranchisEsource Brands International's (FSBI) four franchise business coaching brands as they are once again honored on the business industry's top picks list including Entrepreneur Magazine Franchise 500 and the AllBusiness AllStars 300.

The Entrepreneur's Source (TES), a market-leading Franchise Business Coaching, firm ranked in the top third of the Franchise 500 and on the AllBusiness AllStars top 300 further positions it as a world-class Franchise Business Coaching organization and a solid investment opportunity. The AdviCoach business coaching brand continues to rank on the Franchise 500 and the AllBusiness AllStar 300 list with Decor & You making the Franchise 500 and both Business Partner and Expense Reduction Consulting also being listed...

October 26, 2009 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT - FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) has been selected as one of the Top 50 Franchisors by the National Minority Franchising Initiative (NMFI) for actively seeking minority participation and ownership through sophisticated minority recruitment programs. The FSBI business coaching brands included in this honor are The Entrepreneur's Source, AdviCoach and Business Partner. FSBI's inclusion was based on its overall minority recruitment program, the percentage of minority franchisees currently within their system and the percentage of minorities in key positions within the franchisor's management.

"Owners of FSBI business coaching brands are made up of people from all backgrounds and cultures," says Terry Powell, founder and CEO of FSBI, a multi-brand Business Coaching franchisor with high-performance brands dedicated to the advancement of the entrepreneur and those who aspire to be one...

October 01, 2009 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT – Despite the economic recession and franchise industry predictions of lagging growth for 2009, FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) brands are posting phenomenal financials for the first three quarters of 2009 including 30 percent overall revenue gains and 46.2 percent growth in franchise awards.

"Our brands are attracting the business-savvy, corporate experienced individuals who now want to take control of their future and parlay their skills into a new career direction," said Terry Powell, CEO of (FSBI). "Business coaching has become a highly-sought after service in the small business market and overall a lucrative career," said Powell.

"One of the major criteria influencing someone getting into a franchise business is the confident they gain when they observe average growth of a brand," said Bob Gappa, president Management 2000, a leading consulting company helping existing and new brands who want to use franchising as a primary growth strategy...

Franchise Opportunities Available in Pennsylvania & NJSeptember 10, 2009 // Franchising.com // Philadelphia Metro Area - Business-savvy professionals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey currently unemployed or who are seeking a career change now have an opportunity to apply their enterprise skills as a business coach. Business executive, Bob Hoesly, a regional developer of FranchisEsource Brands International's, FSBI two business coaching brands, will be awarding franchises to selected individuals who have a passion for helping aspiring and established entrepreneurs, who see business coaching as a career and who are willing to invest in long-term self sufficiency.

"With national unemployment statistics reaching a high of 9.7 percent in August, there is a tremendous amount of professional talent out there that should consider business coaching as a profession," said Hoesly...

September 03, 2009 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT – FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) is proud to celebrate the first anniversary of the launch of Franchise Match, its latest online franchise virtual coaching system that, combined with The Entrepreneur's Source (TES) Coaching Network, have hosted over a quarter million unique visitors and helped redirect the careers of tens of thousands of clients. In this first year, Franchise Match, a unique virtual coaching experience along with its 200 TES Coaches, has welcomed over 70,000 inquires to its coaches sites; hosted tens of thousands of complimentary coaching sessions; and paved the way for thousands to become new, empowered business owners with some of the top franchisors in the world...

September 03, 2009 // Franchising.com // Phoenix, AZ – Representing the largest gathering of business coaches globally, over 225 business coaches across 4 FranchisEsource Brand International, FSBI, brands, along with over 100 of the franchise industry's most sought-after business concepts, will be exploring new entrepreneurial ideas at FSBI's annual conference scheduled for September 14th through September 18th at the Wigwam Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

"For four days, hundreds of FSBI business coaches will be exploring new strategies, innovative approaches and using cutting edge thinking all in support of the hard-working, dedicated entrepreneur," said Terry Powell, CEO and founder of FSBI, a multi-brand franchisor principally engaged in growing solid concepts into major international franchise brands...

Expense Reduction Consultants(R) added to Full Suite of Business Coaching Services

SOUTHBURY, Conn., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Already dominating the business coaching market, FranchisEsource Brands International, FSBI, is adding to its in-demand, Business Coaching suite of strategies yet another set of services in support of the challenges entrepreneurs face on a day-to-day basis. Expense Reduction Consultants, ERC has been acquired by FSBI bringing cost reduction expertise to the arsenal of services FSBI business coaching brands already bring to aspiring and existing business owners.

"Our brands are highly synergistic with each other and support the growth and prosperity of all business owners," said Terry Powell, CEO and founder of FSBI...

May 15, 2009 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT – While some sectors of the business services community are in decline due to the overall economy, other segments are not only surviving, but thriving. Business Coaching is one of them. FranchisEsource Brands International's (FSBI) business coaching brands, which include The Entrepreneur's Source, AdviCoach and Business Partner, have collectively experienced an overall 72 percent increase in their business coaching teams in the first four months of 2009.

Business Coaching is a booming industry even in the midst of the current recession. "The talent pool is extraordinary," said Brian Miller, Sr. Executive of AdviCoach and of sister company, The Entrepreneur's Source. "Today, the unemployed come from all industries and bring to the table an unprecedented depth and breadth of skills and experience...

Accelerating Success with a Scholarship and FAST Certification

SOUTHBURY, Conn., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- FranchisEsource Brands International, FSBI announces yet another industry first with the availability of its new Scholarship and Certification programs tailored around the world-class distance learning system called FAST(TM), or Franchise Accelerated Success Training. The programs are designed to help prospective and current franchise owners build the business of their dreams faster, and ramp-up faster and easier. Last week, FSBI announced the first Assurance Program for franchise investors ever offered by a multi-brand franchisor, a program that complements the new FAST initiatives.

"With so many people in career transition, we're designing our franchise programs to ensure those who invest in an FSBI brand will have all the tools and programs in place to ensure their success," said Brian Miller, president of The Entrepreneur's Source, TES, a franchise business coaching brand of FSBI...

March 02, 2009 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT – In an unprecedented offering designed to create 'worry-free' opportunities for aspiring franchise owners, FranchisEsource Brands International, FSBI will now provide a " peace of mind guarantee" on an investment in one or more of its 4 recognized business coaching brands – The Entrepreneur's Source, AdviCoach, Business Partner Marketing Coach and Decor & You.

"We're so confident our franchisees can meet income, lifestyle, wealth and equity goals, that we're willing to offer this unprecedented program in franchise history," says Terry Powell, CEO and founder of FSBI. "Our established track record of 25 years, the proven initial and ongoing training, as well as our proprietary business success tools provide a solid foundation for our franchisees to build a successful business," he added...

SOUTHBURY, Conn., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entrepreneur's Source (E-Source Coach), AdviCoach, Business Partner Marketing Coach and Decor&You are being honored once again by Entrepreneur Magazine listing the 4 national brands of FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) in its annual list of the Franchises 500. The Entrepreneur's Source has had the distinction of being ranked in the top Franchise 500 for nine consecutive years. FranchiseMatch.com, FSBI's virtual coaching portal launched in early 2008, is also featured on the two-page spread of the Franchise 500 special report.

"FSBI's 4 national franchise brands continued presence on Entrepreneur Magazine's prestigious list points to the domination it has on the business coaching market in North America," said FSBI CEO Terry Powell...

October 06, 2008 // Franchising.com // Miami, FL - FranchisEsource Brands International (FSBI) (www.FranchisEsource.com) hosted one of the largest gatherings of Franchise and Business Coaching professionals in the industry last week as 260 executives and representatives from 130 franchisor concepts and 220 FSBI business coaches gathered to celebrate franchising and strategize the future of business coaching and entrepreneurial success. This invitation- only event was the ninth annual gathering for FSBI and its entire network of international franchise brand partners.

'Taking Care of Business' was the theme of the FSBI Annual Conference where over 220 Business Coaches learned about the new strategic alliance with E-Myth® Worldwide and spent time with over 260 franchisor executives, learning more about their concepts...

September 29, 2008 // Franchising.com // Southbury, CT - Continuing the multi-brand investment trend in franchising, FranchisEsource Brands International, FSBI (www.FranchisEsource.com) has awarded two Tri-Brand Regional Development Franchises - one in Florida and the other in Washington State.

FSBI's three Business Coaching brands include The Entrepreneur's Source®, (www.EsourceCoach.com), AdviCoach® (www.AdviCoach.com) and Business Partner® Marketing Coach (www.BusinessPartner.com) - all brands that target franchising and the growth and success of the entrepreneur. These new multi-brand business coaching practices focus on launching new franchise businesses as well as helping existing businesses increase performance...

August 25, 2008 // Franchising.com // Miami, FL – FranchisEsource Brands International, FSBI (www.FranchisEsource.com) will play host to 450 franchise industry and Business Coaching executives from 125 franchise brands including FSBI's seven brands at their annual Conference scheduled for September 16th through September 21st at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami. Although this is the 9th Annual Conference for The Entrepreneur's Source®, TES (www.EsourceCoach.com), this invitation only event is the first annual gathering of all the major international FSBI franchise brands including The Entrepreneur's Source®, AdviCoach®, Business Partner® Marketing Coach, Decor&You, FranchiseSearch.com, FranchiseMatch®.com and WEBB, Women Empowered by Business®...