Start-Up Costs and Fees |
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| Childrens Lighthouse | Growing Room | |
| Investment | 440600 - 630000 | 700000 - 3000000 |
| Franchise Fee | 0 | |
| Royalty Fee | 7% | 7% |
| Advertising Fee | ||
| Year Founded | 1997 | 0 |
| Year Franchised | 1999 | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Term Of Agreement | ||
| Renewal Fee | ||
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Childrens Lighthouse | Growing Room | |
| Experience | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills (qualifications important but not required) | |
Financing Options |
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| Childrens Lighthouse | Growing Room | |
| Franchise Fees | No | |
| Start-up Costs | No | |
| Equipment | No | |
| Inventory | No | |
| Receivables | No | |
| Payroll | No | |
Training & Support |
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| Childrens Lighthouse | Growing Room | |
| Training | 4 weeks: 2 weeks of training at the Children's Lighthouse home office, one week of in-school training with seasoned Children's Lighthouse franchise owners and one week of post-opening training in your school. | Franchisees and their Center Director are provided with 3-4 weeks of initial training. The cost of this initial training is included in your franchise fee. The Franchisee pays their own costs and those of their designated managers for transportation, meal and hotel accommodations. |
| Support | Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives | |
| Marketing | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising | |
| Operations | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 25 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) | |
Expansion Plans |
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| Childrens Lighthouse | Growing Room | |
| US Expansion | ||
| Canada Expansion | ||
| International Expansion | Canada, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Western Europe, |
Start-Up Costs and Fees Mobile |
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| Investment | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Franchise Fee | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Royalty Fee | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | 7% |
| Growing Room | 7% |
| Advertising Fee | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Year Founded | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | 1997 |
| Growing Room | 0 |
| Year Franchised | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | 1999 |
| Growing Room | 0 |
| Term Of Agreement | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | 15 years |
| Growing Room | |
| Renewal Fee | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
Business Experience Requirements |
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| Experience | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | Industry experience General business experience Marketing skills (qualifications important but not required) |
| Growing Room | |
Financing Options |
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| Franchise Fees | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | No |
| Growing Room | No |
| Start-up Costs | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Equipment | |
| Childrens Lighthouse} | |
| Growing Room | |
| Inventory | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Receivables | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Payroll | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
Training & Support |
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| Training | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | 4 weeks: 2 weeks of training at the Children's Lighthouse home office, one week of in-school training with seasoned Children's Lighthouse franchise owners and one week of post-opening training in your school. |
| Growing Room | Franchisees and their Center Director are provided with 3-4 weeks of initial training. The cost of this initial training is included in your franchise fee. The Franchisee pays their own costs and those of their designated managers for transportation, meal and hotel accommodations. |
| Support | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | Meetings, Toll-free phone line, Grand opening, Internet, Security/safety procedures, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperatives |
| Growing Room | |
| Marketing | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, Regional advertising |
| Growing Room | |
| Operations | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | Franchisees required to buy multiple units/master licenses; 0% of all franchisees own more than one unit Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 25 Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators) |
| Growing Room | |
Expansion Plans |
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| US Expansion | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| Canada Expansion | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | |
| Growing Room | |
| International Expansion | |
| Childrens Lighthouse | Canada, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Western Europe, |
| Growing Room | |