Franchise Finance - From Unit-economics to FDD's & FPR's

This week on Franchise Today the series on Franchise Finance continues as host, Paul Segreto welcomes as his guest, Sandy Shoemaker, Partner at EKS&H. Paul and Sandy discuss various items of importance to get the "franchise house" in order for successful franchise financing and ultimately, successful franchise development. Items to be discussed include unit-economics, Item 19 preparation, FDD audits and necessary preparations to secure franchise financing.

About Our Guest

Sandy Shoemaker is a partner in the audit service
area of EKS&H and has been involved in public
accounting since 1990, serving publicly traded and
privately-held companies. She has extensive
knowledge of financial statement audits and has
provided services to companies in the franchising,
distribution, manufacturing, medical- device,
restaurants and real estate industries. Sandy has a
depth of experience working with employee-owned
companies and advising on the proper use of
employee stock ownership plans. She also has
extensive experience in audits of employee benefit
plans.