Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2015 | Page 10

April 27–29, 2016 Caesars Palace Las Vegas CONFERENCES Multi-Unit ✓ Franchising Conference 2016! Franchise Update Media’s annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference took Las Vegas by storm earlier this year. Total attendance topped 1,300—and included more than 550 franchisees. Big numbers? You bet! Those 550 franchisees accounted for more than 12,000 operating units, more than $8.5 billion in annual revenue, and provided jobs for more than 100,000 people. Mark your calendar for next year’s MUFC, April 27–29, 2016 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Meet your peers, explore new brands, and soak up the educational sessions. Need a further reminder? Take a peek back at the 2015 conference at www. multiunitfranchisingconference.com ✓ONLINE Multi-Unit Community Grows Check out our community-based website for multi-unit operators. It’s your exclusive look into the world of multiunit franchising, your one-stop shop to find: • New brand opportunities • Exclusive interviews • Networking opportunities • Operator profiles • Online edition and archives • Financing resources www.franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees ONLINE VIDEOS ✓NEW EmpireBuilders.tv Expands Great entrepreneurs build great organizations. They possess a knack for making smart business decisions, building great teams, and creating successful companies. But as we’ve learned from years of interviewing successful multi-unit franchisees, they’ve also struggled, doubted, and made more than a few mistakes—yet they’ve soldiered on, persevered, and ultimately come out on top. To provide a deeper sense of their journeys, insights, and personalities, we’re selecting franchisees from our most inspiring print interviews and creating a new series of online videos of these franchisee leaders. We call them Empire Builders. www.franchising.com/empirebuilders 8 MULTI-UNIT FRANCHISEE IS S UE III, 2015 OPPORTUNITIES ✓FRANCHISE Looking for your next franchise opportunity? Have we got the tools for you! Find articles on companies, concepts, industries, trends, and profiles—and search our features. Find franchisors looking for multi-unit franchisees, area reps, and area developers. Search by top opportunities, alphabetically, investment level, industry, state, and more at www. franchising.com ✓ RANKINGS Check out our annual rankings of top franchisees and their multiunit brands and find out “who’s on first.” Go to www. franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees/mu50.html for the Multi-Unit 50 rankings; and www.franchising.com/ multiunitfranchisees/mega99.html for the Mega 99 rankings. OFFICE ✓PRESS “Don’t just survive, thrive!” Franchise Update Media’s 2015 Annual Franchise Development Report and the best-selling book Grow to Greatness by Steve Olson offer invaluable tips for franchise sales success and unit growth in today’s economy. For ordering information visit www.franchising.com/ franchisors/afdr.html and www.franchising.com/ franchisors/growtogreatness.html ✓QUICKLINK For a one-click link to articles in this magazine and to past issues of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine, visit www.franchising.com/ multiunitfranchisees FAILING FORWARD “I’ve been broke two times in my life and I didn’t enjoy either one of them. But I didn’t hang out and have a pity party. I got out and went to work and tried different things to be successful. I guess you could say I actually ‘failed forward.’” —Eric Holm, CEO of Metro Corral, which operates 31 Golden Corrals, 1 Marriott Fairfield Inn, and 1 Pig Stand BBQ—and 2015 Noble Cause MVP Award winner.