Minority & Small Business Week
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September 23, 2009
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Franchise Business Models Explored
Vancouver’s Clark
College offers
helpful insight
If you have ever seriously thought
about owning a franchise, Clark College
is offering a class to guide you in the pro
cess.
“Essentials o f Franchising” will be held
at Clark College at Colum bia Tech Cen
ter on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Saturday,
Oct. 3. Both sessions will
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take place from 9 a.m . to 2
p.m . C lark C ollege at C o
lum bia Tech C enter is lo
cated at 18700 S.E. Mill
Plain Blvd., Vancouver.
The course will be taught
by business entrepreneur
Robert M acLellan. Partici
pants will learn about the
advantages o f the franchise
business m odel versus the
Robert. MacLellan
non-franchise model.
D iscussion areas will in
clude: criteria in selecting a
franchise, the typical franchise
contract and its im portant
com ponents (fees, royalties
and geographic territory),
how to value the business,
profit margins, multi-unit ben
efits and requirem ents and
site selection criteria.
Three case studies will be
utilized covering name brand
f r a n c h is e s (T a c o B e ll,
M acD onald's and W endy's), their na
tional expansion and why they continue
to succeed after 30 years. In addition,
participants will learn why Subway sand
wich sales are increasing during this cur
rent recession. A field visit to a regional
Starbucks outlet will aid in understand
ing site selection criteria.
The fee for the tw o-day session is
$149. F or additional inform ation, call
360-992-2484. Inform ation about all
C orporate and C ontinuing Education
classes is available at clark.edu/cce.
Placing Women in Good Paying Jobs
Melissa Jackson uses
the claw o f a hammer
to tear down part of
an old wall. Before
enrolling in Oregon
Tradeswomen, Inc.
training program,
Jackson worked in
mortgage services.
photo by J ake T homas /
T he P ortland O bserver
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the m ortgage services. As
the financial industry began
to meltdown, she decided
it was a good time to jum p
ship and try her hand at
som ething else. She had
always enjoyed doing re
pairs on her own home, and
liked the idea of working in
carpentry, which prompted
her to sign up for Oregon
Tradeswomen Inc. pre-ap
prentice program.
At the works site, wear
ing a hardhat and goggles,
she uses the claw of a ham
mer to tear the drywall cov
ering the buildings frame.
"This is something I've al
ways wanted to do," she said.
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Two women trainees enrolled in a pre-apprentice program with Oregon
Tradeswomen, Inc. erect a metal frame for a wall.
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Experienced employees are carefully screened
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Contact us to sign up for the next inform ation session!
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