165: Expert Interview: Franchising Makes Business Ownership a Reality, with Kevin Williams

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2015

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Williams has held high-level corporate positions in major companies. His global experience includes dealing with the world's largest retailers. Through his firm, Executive Advantage, Inc., he helps others achieve their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs. The workplace is changing dramatically, explains Kevin Williams. “Most jobs last under three years. Just looking for another job may not be the best answer.” Executive Advantage, Inc. works with franchisors and prospective franchisees to help secure creative financing for start-ups, as well as match prospects to the best franchisor.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 165. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.9	Every day I interview someone from around the world who has
0:21.7	discovered his talents to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and
0:27.7	freedom. Once a week, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal development,
0:33.1	education, life planning, and other areas of interest who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our
0:39.3	listeners along their journeys. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Kevin Williams.
0:44.6	Welcome, Kevin. I appreciate that. I'm glad to be here today. Thank you, sir. Kevin Williams comes from
0:50.3	corporate America holding titles such as division president and senior VP sales and
0:54.8	marketing. He now owns a master office license to a company that allows him to work directly with
1:00.3	executives finding unique opportunities outside of the standard job market. His domestic and
1:05.9	international experience plays a strong role in being a liaison to individuals looking for entrepreneurial scenarios,
1:12.6	especially as they relate to working with franchise opportunities.
1:16.9	Kevin, today's topic, as we've discussed, is franchising opportunities for the common man and
1:22.5	the common woman. So this is a fascinating topic from our previous discussions.
1:27.3	Take it away for a minute and just tell us what this space looks like and what you do in it.
1:31.8	Great. Well, thank you so much for the opportunity again. I recently went to a seminar with a Kennesaw State University professor, and he talked about 72% of the people in America want to be entrepreneurs.
1:45.0	And that's a pretty staggering number.
1:47.0	I can tell you from just experience that a lot of those people never convert to be in the
1:52.0	entrepreneur because most of them know nothing about running a business.
1:56.0	This is really where the franchisor can step in and help someone because they do fully train
2:01.6	these people and they've been through the bumps and bruises to help them get on the right path.
2:05.8	So it's a great opportunity for someone that wants to be that entrepreneur.
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