Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue I, 2013 | Page 12

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Multi-Unit Franchising

Revs Up for Vegas!

Franchise Update Media Group’s 2013 Multi-Unit
Franchising Conference is gearing up for the 12th annual
must-attend event for multi-unit franchisees. Building on
the success of the 2012 conference, this year’s event
is expected to again generate record attendance. The
2013 keynote speakers are astronaut Capt. Mark Kelley,
commander of the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission
and husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords;
and Peter Guber, author of #1 New York Times best-seller
“Tell To Win,” and owner of the Golden State Warriors, coowner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and recently acquired
Dick Clark Productions.
“Driving Profitability” is the theme of this year’s
conference, and Friday morning features a closing session
called “Great Brands + Great Franchise Partners =
Franchise Partner Profitability,” led by Russ Umphenour,
CEO of Focus Brands and former CEO of RTM Restaurant
Group, the largest Arby’s franchisee which had 775 units
and 25,000 employees when he sold it in 2005.This
year’s event will be held March 27–29 at Caesars Palace
in Las Vegas. The conference also will honor multi-unit
franchisees with its annual MVP (Most Valuable Performer)
Award in six different categories.
To preview the agenda, register for the pre-conference
Golf Tournament, download the conference brochure, and
learn more about the speakers, panelists, and sponsors, go
to www.multiunitfranchisingconference.com/.

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Multi-Unit Franchisee Is s ue I, 2013

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—
who we call Empire Builders.www.franchising.com/
empirebuilders/ .

OPPORTUNITIES
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articles on companies, concepts, industries, trends,
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of top franchisees and their multi-unit
brands and find out “Who’s on first.” www.franchising.
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For a one-click online link to articles in this magazine and
archived issues of Multi-Unit Franchisee magazine, visit
www.franchising.com/multiunitfranchisees/.

Do As You Say

“Everybody who works for me knows that if you
say you are going to do something, you have to do
everything you can to do it. And, if you can’t do it,
you have to tell the person you made a commitment
to, ‘I can’t do this and here is why.’”
—Tom McDonald, 35 Burger Kings, 8 Panera Breads,
18 T-Mobile Premium Retail, 3 Fazoli’s