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Change to Grow, Lead to Change

By Brian Schnell
October 02, 2013

Facilitating best practices conversations among franchising's leaders has been the driving force behind the FaegreBD Franchise Summit since the first event in 2006. In August, we held our eighth annual Franchise Summit, keynoted by Steve Romaniello, chair of the International Franchise Association (IFA) and managing director at Roark Capital. Over 100 leading franchise executives from more than 50 companies, with headquarters in 20 states and Canada, attended.

Many franchise executives spend most, if not all, of their time working in their businesses and their franchise systems. They have few opportunities to get together with other franchise executives and exchange best practice ideas and solutions for their major challenges. Over the course of a day-and-a-half, the Summit enabled franchise executives to talk and listen to one another regarding common challenges and opportunities, potential solutions and what solutions have and haven't worked.

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