The Alternative Board
Unit Franchise Opportunity
Helping Small and Medium-Size Business Owners Thrive Since 1990
FAST FACTS The Alternative Board Franchise Opportunity The Alternative Board (TAB®) is the world’s largest franchise system providing advisory peer board and coaching services for business owners. Since 1990, The Alternative Board has been providing advisory boards and coaching services for owners of small and mid-sized, privately owned businesses. The Alternative Board Board members are not in competition with other members on their board; this enables them to share their business expertise to help solve each other’s challenges and seize new opportunities. The Alternative Board franchisees utilise The Alternative Boards extensive processes, methodologies and tools to help their members become more successful and efficient in how they run their businesses. For these services, Board members pay monthly dues to their franchisees. Additionally, TAB franchisees earn substantial income consulting with and providing training for their members.
Benefits of TAB Franchise Opportunity • Outstanding ROI • Consistent, outstanding, monthly revenue stream • Exclusive territory • Shared best practices from worldwide network of The Alternative Board franchisees • Rewarding career that makes use of your expertise and wisdom • Prestige and prominence in your community • Equity-building ownership with a viable exit strategy • Proven marketing and sales system for member acquisition • Low working capital need • No employees required • No major investment in inventory or equipment • Great work/lifestyle balance • Extensive training and support
“When I discovered The Alternative Board, there was a perfect match up for that entrepreneurial feel with the corporate structure behind it. “ Rod Woodcock Franchisee Canada
Proven Systems for Success
Training and Support
The Alternative Board’s Proprietary Tools
• Highly interactive Initial Training Program
• TAB Business Vantage®
• Customized Advanced Training Program
Web-based business diagnostic and gap-analysis tool
• Strategic Business Leadership® Strategic planning process with web-based tool
• The Alternativee Board Hotline Virtual international member advisory network
• Facilitator Forum Virtual international The Alternative Board business support network “When I decided to buy into The Alternative Board franchise, I had been an independent management consultant for eleven years. While I enjoyed the freedom and independence that owning my business gave me, I was frustrated with several aspects of the business. My cash flow was erratic, I had no effective method of marketing for new clients, I had no brand and I was always alone.”
• Up to 16 days of field support training in your local area • One-on-one virtual video coaching calls • Group training webinars • Annual International Facilitator Conference • Interactive online skill and business topic training • Family Business Council facilitation and coaching process
John Womack Area Developer Canada
• Business topic webcasts
“Working as a The Alternative Board franchise owner is really great fun. I have a minimum of internal work to do, I have a lot of meetings with people I like very much, and the system helps members grow and develop and overcome problems and exploit opportunities. It’s marvelous to see people grow and develop.”
“When you boil The Alternative Board down to its very essence, it’s about having multiple heads focused on one problem at a time. That really is a concept that transcends cultural and national boundaries.”
Tom Morton Franchisee U.K.
Stephen James Master Franchisee New Zealand
THE ALTERNATIVE BOARD IN THE NEWS Financial Times
Wall Street Journal
Business owners looking for help and advice have a new option with the arrival of a U.S. company specializing in strategic planning and peer mentoring. The Alternative Board groups peers from non-competing private companies to help each other plan strategies.
More entrepreneurs are discovering the low cost source of outside expertise - fellow entrepreneurs. While huge corporations can seek boardroom advice and hire consultants, other firms often have to wing it from one crisis to the next. One member says that in his six months as a The Alternative Board member, “I’ve made membership dues back ten times over.”
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United States
Financial Post Canada
...every smart entrepreneur should belong to (a peer advisory board). These confidential forums bring business owners together to talk shop, compare notes and mentor each other...The Alternative Board which has 1,000 peer boards across North America, each dedicated to helping their members make better business decisions. ...in the sharing of stories and experiences comes insight, and wisdom, and confidence.
Entrepreneur Magazine United States
“One of the major benefits is a cross-fertilization of ideas from people who are not in your field,” says Allen Fishman, Founder and Executive Chairman of The Alternative Board, a Denver-based peer group. “Some of the best ideas will come from people who aren’t locked into your historical ways of thinking.” “Being part of the The Alternative Board family has been a great experience. The commitment of The Alternative Board Head Office and all of the other franchisees to help make all franchisees profitable is unquestionable. My income has steadily grown as I have focused on growing my business. Additionally, the professional and personal growth I have experienced working with The Alternative Board and my members has been fun and extremely rewarding.”
Blair Koch Franchisee U.S.A
The Vancouver Sun Canada
(Peer advisory boards) are confidential forums in which owners of non-competitive businesses meet regularly through a trusted facilitator to share problems, explore solutions and encourage each other to keep going. ...Peer groups are about dealing with business as it is, not just as it should be. ...(One member) admits before he joined the group, he was skeptical about the benefits of The Alternative Board...But after talking to people in the program, he realized peer coaching is the solution he was looking for. ...Knowing you’ll be held accountable for doing what you commit to isn’t always good enough to get the work done, but at least you always know what you should be doing. Of all the benefits of peer groups, this may be enough.
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