“If you’re looking for qualified prospects in the west, the best investment is a weekend spent exhibiting at the West Coast Franchise Expo. The chance to meet serious and competent entrepreneurs and develop serious leads with people who want to start their own business is invaluable to us.”
Nick Bruckner, Vice President
Sign-A-Rama
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“These visitors have the financial wherewithal, the transferable skills and the desire to be part of the franchise community. The WCFE is an excellent venue to raise brand awareness with qualified prospects.”
Charles Gilbert
Choice Hotels’
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“For a company new to franchising, MFV’s expositions are the place to exhibit. The event has exceeded our expectations. The networking opportunities have been great – you need to be here if you are a growing franchisor.”
Matt Phipps, President, CEO
Blendz
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“Exhibiting at the West Coast Franchise Expo puts us in the perfect venue to meet with prospective franchisees – and a great place to maintain our close working relationship with the franchisor community.”
Chip Baranowski, Director of Franchise Development
DataPreserve
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“The West Coast Franchise Expo is always a valuable event for CIT Small Business Lending. It’s a great place to meet with prospective franchisees and help them realize their dream of business ownership.”
Reginald Heard, National Account Manager
CIT Small Business Lending
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“We’re here because the exposure that WCFE gives us is tremendous. There are many qualified individuals at the show and the event delivers the leads you need to grow your concept. The attendees are high caliber and they are interested starting their own business.”
Al Mohd, Area Developer
Taco Time
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“We exhibit at the West Coast Franchise Expo because this event is the single greatest place to have the opportunity to meet with franchise prospects from around the country and predominantly from the west, which is a market that is very important to us”
“The type of prospects that we’ve met are people interested in being in a great business, have the financial wherewithal and the understanding of what it means to be in business for yourself.”
Charlotte Russell, VP of Franchising
123 Fit
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“We came to WCFE because they do such a great job of attracting really qualified people who are interested in opening their own business and as a new and upcoming franchise opportunity, there’s a tremendous amount of people here in the west coast area that are interested in building a business that’s going to benefit them and their community.”
“We’ve met a real diversity of people here at the West Coast Franchise Expo – but they all have one thing in common– they want to be in a successful business for themselves”
Joe Keeley, President & CEO
College Nannies & Tutors Franchising
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“We exhibit at the West Coast Franchise Expo because we want to introduce our brand to these capable prospects from the west – and there are so many popular brands here at the show – it’s a great place to be.”
“These are fairly sophisticated and informed visitors. They ask the right questions, they’ve done their homework and they have narrowed their search before they visit the show”.
“This is the place to come if you want to find a great business”
Jim Baskett, EVP Business Development
Emerald City Smoothie
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“We decided to exhibit at WCFE to explore the enormous opportunities in the west – this show is a strategic part of our expansion plans and we’ll certainly be back for the 2007 show.”
“We’ve seen a fantastic response to our concept here at the expo – we’ve spoken with so many qualified candidates exploring their opportunities with our concept and so many others hare at the show with great questions and look forward to meeting even more prospects.
Jim Reid, Director of Franchise Development
PROSHRED
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