Posted on: 23/05/2008 

Franchising 4 Vets offers free guidance to veterans on starting a franchise business to meet their personal, lifestyle, financial and business goals. The service offers special help to soldiers and Marines returning to civilian life. The service is an affiliate of Business Alliance Inc., one of the oldest and largest companies in the franchise consulting arena. The affiliation provides access to around 300 highly rated franchise companies, which fall into three categories: brick and mortar franchises such as retail establishments, mobile franchises and work at home franchises.

Franchising 4 Vets offers free guidance to veterans on starting a franchise business to meet their personal, lifestyle, financial and business goals. The service offers special help to soldiers and Marines returning to civilian life. The service is an affiliate of Business Alliance Inc., one of the oldest and largest companies in the franchise consulting arena. The affiliation provides access to around 300 highly rated franchise companies, which fall into three categories: brick and mortar franchises such as retail establishments, mobile franchises and work at home franchises. 

Franchising 4 Vets considers the veteran's lifestyle, business, physical and financial goals and limitations and finds franchise opportunities which offer a good chance of success for the veteran.

The service helps soldiers from current wars to return to civilian life, with an emphasis is on finding business opportunities that the soldier or Marine can operate successfully and recommending funding sources to make starting the business possible.

Many franchise companies offer discounts to veterans and some actively pursue veterans, seeing military service as an excellent training ground for working within the defined business model of a franchise.

Franchising 4 Vets also helps veterans find public and non-public benefits and points veterans to financing tools such as a method for tax free and penalty free use of retirement funds.

Starting a franchise business is not a guarantee for success, but it greatly improves the odds compared to starting a new business from scratch. For people returning from the military or for veterans approaching usual retirement age, a franchise can offer an opportunity for success which would otherwise not be available in the current job market.

Gary Canant, founder of Franchising for Vets, commented: 'When I returned from Vietnam, nobody counseled me on business alternatives. My wife and the GI bill got me through college, but I had a hard time finding my first job because back then companies did not value military service. We should not let that happen again; it is time to help all veterans know and find their best business options.'