10 franchise consultants
Buyers and franchisors are the two client groups here: some of these franchise consultants guide buyers from research and validation to signing, others help franchisors with manuals, disclosure documents and franchise development; four held development or franchising titles inside brands such as Saladworks, PuroClean, Another Broken Egg Cafe and Sport Clips Haircuts. Bring them a franchise you are close to signing, or a business you are thinking of franchising.
Professionals to explore
Alan Goldberg
LinkedInExperience: Founder, Chief Connecting Officer, Franchise Consultant, CFB · Fran-LINK Franchise Advisory & Consulting Group
Funding and starting a franchised business are the topics Alan Goldberg's background points to: Founder, Chief Connecting Officer, Franchise Consultant, CFB at Fran-LINK Franchise Advisory & Consulting Group since 2012, Franchise Consultant at FranNet from 2009 to 2012 and Director of Sales And Business Development at Anchor Funding Services, LLC (2003-2008).
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Jeff Sturgis
LinkedInExperience: President · Franchise System Advisors
Restaurant franchise growth questions suit Jeff Sturgis, Chief Development Officer (CDO) at Another Broken Egg Cafe from 2020 to 2025 and its Chief Development Officer - Fractional since 2025. Sturgis has been President of Franchise System Advisors since 2025, a strategic advisory practice for emerging, post-emerging and established franchise systems, and earlier held Founder President (2018-2020) and President (2010-2013) there.
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Jerry Eulentrop, CFC
LinkedInExperience: Managing Partner · Gateway Franchise Advisors LLC
Managing Partner of Gateway Franchise Advisors LLC since 2025, Jerry Eulentrop, CFC served as Director of Franchise Development at Sport Clips Haircuts (2012-2025). As a Certified Franchise Consultant, Eulentrop helps aspiring entrepreneurs and families identify franchise opportunities that fit their goals, lifestyle and financial vision, and sees both the buyer and brand side.
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Jim Deitz
LinkedInExperience: President · The Franchise Doctor
Jim Deitz has been President of The Franchise Doctor since 1989 and was President of Andover Franchising (1987-2012). Deitz says the practice helps successful companies develop a franchise program through a turn-key development system and counsels entrepreneurs on finding the franchise system that suits their needs, so questions from either side of a franchise deal fit.
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Larry Pettit
LinkedInExperience: President · FranPros
Preparing companies for expansion by franchising is Larry Pettit's specialty as President of FranPros since 2004, including preparing operations and marketing manuals, analyzing financial and operational growth projections and assisting the franchise attorney in preparing the Franchise Disclosure Document. Pettit is the pick here for questions on what a new franchisor must document first.
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Marcia Mead
LinkedInExperience: President · M Squared Franchise Consulting
Franchise development team questions fit Marcia Mead, President of M Squared Franchise Consulting since 2019, a boutique firm offering fractional franchise development services to franchisors, including launching or renewing franchise development departments. Mead was Vice President of Franchise Recruiting at Outdoor Living Brands, Inc. (2018-2019) and Vice President of Franchise Development at PuroClean (2015-2017).
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Mark Siebert
LinkedInExperience: CEO Franchise Consultant · iFranchise Group LLC
Mark Siebert has been CEO Franchise Consultant at iFranchise Group LLC since 1998 and a Board Member at Full Spectrum Franchise Consulting, LLC since 2023. Siebert describes iFranchise Group as a franchise development and consulting firm serving start-up and established franchisors, dealer and licensor organizations converting to franchising, and companies exploring whether to franchise. A fit for feasibility questions.
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Melissa Lewis
LinkedInExperience: Franchise Consultant · FranChoice
Melissa Lewis has been a Franchise Consultant at FranChoice and Founder & CEO of Franchisologist since 2004, guiding people through the franchise industry from initial research and interviews to validation and signing. Lewis was Director of Marketing at Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies (2001-2003). The buyer's side of the process, step by step, is where Lewis fits best.
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Steve Beagelman
LinkedInExperience: Founder · SMB Franchise Advisors
In 2009 Steve Beagelman founded SMB Franchise Advisors, a franchise consulting company that has assisted over 500 companies in growing their business through franchising. Inside brands, Beagelman was CEO and Chief Franchising Officer at Hollywood Tans (2007-2008), Chief Franchising Officer at Saladworks (2005-2007) and Vice President of Franchising at Rita's Water Ice Franchise Corp (2000-2005). Good for franchisor growth questions.
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Todd Weiss, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Owner and Franchise Consultant · Todd Weiss Franchise Consulting
A former Vice President at Merrill Lynch and former fitness franchisee, Todd Weiss, CFA has been Owner and Franchise Consultant at Todd Weiss Franchise Consulting since 2008 and Senior Franchise Consultant at The Perfect Franchise since 2025. Weiss was Franchise Consultant at The Franchise Consulting Company (2016-2025) and helps executives grow through business ownership, so career-changer buyer questions fit.
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Choose the right perspective
If you are buying a franchise, Melissa Lewis, Jerry Eulentrop and Jim Deitz describe helping entrepreneurs find a system that fits, and Todd Weiss works with executives moving into business ownership. If you are building a franchise system, Mark Siebert, Larry Pettit and Jim Deitz describe franchise program development, while Steve Beagelman, Marcia Mead and Jeff Sturgis add years inside franchise brands' development teams.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What should a prospective franchisee look for in validation calls with existing owners before signing?
- 02What does a business need in place, such as operations manuals, unit economics and a Franchise Disclosure Document, before it sells its first franchise?
- 03How should an emerging franchisor staff and measure its franchise development team in the first few years?
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