Jenny Childs has dedicated her career to working with business owners and has helped hundreds of people recognize their dream of business ownership. She has worked in all facets of franchising including: franchise development, franchise operations and franchise funding. She started her career with Fidelity Investments working directly with small business owners to establish a retirement plan strategy for their company. Jenny enjoyed working with entrepreneurs and realized she wanted to help others take the leap into business ownership. She joined Snelling and Snelling, the second oldest franchised company in the United States. In her role at Snelling, she handled the recruitment of franchisees and assisted in helping new Snelling franchisees open their franchise. With Snelling’s fifty year history in franchising she learned about the history of franchising and what it takes to take get an aspiring entrepreneur into business and successful. After a few years at Snelling, she was recruited by Express Employment Professionals as the Sr. Director of Franchise Development. Express Employment Professionals is the largest Staffing Franchise in the world with over 650 locations through the U.S., Canada and Africa. Jenny was responsible for expanding the Express franchisee base with the recruitment of new franchisees. Also, she created a program to allow existing staffing businesses to ‘convert’ their staffing business to an Express franchise. After a ve…Read More
I take each client through a process to understand their skill sets, talents, goals, lifestyle needs and budget. By understanding the individual client, we can drill down to specific industries and areas of interest that could align. I then do the ‘heavy-lifting’ to research brands in those industries and come back with a qualified list of franchise opportunities.
I worked in franchise financing for many years so am very well- versed in evaluating the client’s financial situation and investment goals to determine a comfortable investment budget. Also, I bring to the table referrals for banks and funding companies to assist my clients with financing their business.
Validating with their current franchise owners the systems, support and financial aspect. The franchisees will be able to relay the ‘real world’ of running the business day to day. I provide several tools to assist my clients in asking the right questions of franchise owners to ensure they are able to properly validate and determine if the franchise is right for them.