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FranNet Helps Ex-Corporate Exec Realize Entrepreneurial Dream
Dec 21, 2011
Tom Kuthy was successful but wanted something better. He turned to FranNet.
FranNet helps former corporate employees make the transition to business ownership through franchising. Many of our clients were forced out of their corporate jobs and turned to franchising because it was their best option.
But even as a success in the corporate world, Tom Kuthy knew he wanted to work for himself.
“I never really wanted to be back in the corporate world,” Kuthy says. “I wanted to become an entrepreneur.”
Kuthy had held impressive positions: vice president of Frito-Lay in the 1990s, and until last year vice president of marketing and business development at Resolution Media, a Chicago-based digital marketing agency. But in 2010, the Colorado Springs, Colo., resident reached out to Stacy Swift, the owner of Denver-based FranNet Colorado.
Based on Swift’s recommendation, Kuthy bought a franchise license from WSI, an Internet marketing franchisor that specializes in web-based marketing and other services for small and mid-sized businesses. WSI is based in Toronto, and its three-country empire — the United States, Canada and United Kingdom — is expanding, having added 149 franchises last year and a projected 210 more in 2011.
It was just what Kuthy was looking for.
“WSI allowed me to capitalize on my skills in marketing but be independent,” he said. “For a sales and marketing executive, a franchise like WSI is the perfect fit.”
Kuthy’s story was recently featured in USA Today’s “Franchising Today” section, which highlights franchising success stories. He’s quick to credit Swift and FranNet for helping him realize his dream of business ownership: “Without Stacy and FranNet, I might never have made the best career decision of my life.”
Swift returns the praise. “Tom is exactly the kind of dynamic, skilled professional we at FranNet love to take on as a client,” she says. “He’s like so many clients of ours who have more than enough energy, skill and passion to win at their corporate jobs but want to take control of their professional and financial futures in uncertain times for corporate America. FranNet specializes in assessing the skills and passions of people like Tom and finding the right fit for them in franchising.”
FranNet, based in Louisville, Ky., is a privately held franchised business consulting company that for nearly 25 years has excelled at helping professionals move from the corporate world to new and fulfilling careers through business ownership. FranNet consultants work one-on-one with clients and use a specific profiling and consultative process to determine a business model unique to each person. For more information, see http://www.frannet.com.
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