Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Entrepreneur's Source® in Minneapolis offers Virtual Coach for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

FranchiseMatch.com launched as the pinnacle of powerful portals helping people find their fortunes in franchising

Minneapolis, MN (Grassroots Newswire) August 21, 2008 -- Carolyn Herfurth, a Business Coach with The Entrepreneur's Source in Minneapolis, now has a sophisticated ‘online’ tool to help aspiring entrepreneurs determine what business would be best suited for them with the recent launch of the company's virtual business coach, FranchiseMatch.com.

A unique, powerful information portal, FranchiseMatch.com (www.FranchiseMatch.com), unparalleled in the franchise industry, has been launched as a virtual coach guiding people through an online process of creating an individual, customized profile of franchise concepts that match their goals, needs and expectations.

Designed around a unique five-step process, FranchiseMatch.com takes each visitor through a series of questions that narrow down the possible franchise concepts which will ultimately match their lifestyle requirements, location preferences and available capital.

“After people complete the five-step process will I then personally assist them with the next steps in the discovery process at no obligation," said Herfurth.

“In the franchise industry, FranchiseMatch.com is now the Gold Standard of online educational portals offering visitors an unprecedented amount of information across all industries and hundreds of franchise opportunities available today,” Herfurth said. “This very unique portal site draws on our franchise opportunity experience and allows a visitor to build a customized profile that is matched with franchise concepts that meet their long-term personal and business goals. I'm very excited to be able to offer this service to potential entrepreneurs in the Minneapolis area."

Beyond the volume of industry information, the site also contains facts and figures provided by the International Franchise Association (IFA).

FranchiseMatch.com is one of many coaching tools offered to aspiring and established entrepreneurs by FSBI, the country’s leading educational franchise and Business Coaching firm. Over 200 Business Coaches based in North America provide Business and Franchise Coaching, and through a partnership with E-Myth® Worldwide, entrepreneurs have access to the largest franchise network providing business success education and business coaching.

The Entrepreneur's Source is a leading business coaching firm specializing in helping people discover the right business for their goals, needs and expectations and assist business owners to reach a new level of performance. Herfurth provides executive coaching in areas including: opening a new business, communications and leadership, market and business planning, exiting a business, increasing profitability, expanding operations and exploring a new business.