ApplePie Capital is an innovative financial solutions provider dedicated to franchising. ApplePie provides a wealth of financial choices for franchise entrepreneurs at every stage of their development, with a diverse network of capital providers and financing solutions, including flexible, fixed-rate growth capital, SBA, and equipment/remodel financing. ApplePie’s franchise finance experts are focused on matching clients with the right capital solutions to fit their needs, maximizing growth, and reducing the headaches of working separately across individual lenders.

VoiceNation is an industry-leading live answering service catering to thousands of clients around the world. At VoiceNation, we employ only top-quality, professionally trained operators based in the USA using our award-winning proprietary software. VoiceNation began in 2002 as a virtual PBX company, then grew into the live answering industry in 2009. Since then, our 24-hour live answering service has not closed its doors for a single day, answering customer queries on weekends, holidays, and every day of the week. VoiceNation is proud to offer business continuity as companies make the necessary shift to remote work, and has reduced its prices to help keep small businesses afloat during this time of uncertainty. To learn more about VoiceNation, please visit http://www.voicenation.com.

For 20 years National Event Management has been producing Regional Franchise Expos across the United States and Canada. Each year over 1500 of the industry's best known brands participate in our events for the opportunity to meet face-to-face with quality franchisee candidates. Annually, we produce 26 events across North America providing franchise companies a platform to meet face-to-face with the best business ownership candidates from coast-to-coast. Join us and find your next franchisee!

NFP, an Aon company, is an integrated
organization of consultative advisors and
problem solvers. We provide expertise to
help companies and individuals address
their most significant risk, workforce, wealth
management and retirement challenges.

We understand that small business owners have a lot of obstacles standing in their way. Band of Hands handles your essential business services so you can focus on what matters most. Hand over what you don't love to us, so you can focus on what you do love. All for one flat, affordable rate. What we do: Payroll & Tax Services; HR Services; Talent Acquisition, Job Boards & Recruiting; Onboarding & Compliance; Time & Attendance; and Employer of Record.

We provide custom design and fabrication for all types of metal and wood applications. We specialize in the interior dress outs for franchise store fronts.

Early-stage venture through late-stage growth. Biotech, Life Science, FinTech, PropTech, consumer products, B2B SaaS and more. North America, India, and Israel. Wherever you are, whatever you do, Norwest is always looking for smart investments, and we have the resources to help solve your unique challenges and reach your ultimate vision. The one thing all our portfolio companies have in common is massive potential.

Mitsch Design was founded in 1990 with a focus on commercial interior design. Our offerings have since expanded to fulfill our clients’ needs for full-service, turnkey solutions. Today, we are one of the nation's leading firms offering design, architecture, furniture procurement, and engineering, all under one roof.

Together with our construction partners, we offer an integrated design+build solution to accelerate franchise growth by helping franchisors find a faster way through the building and permitting process. And most importantly, we'll work in close partnership with you to ensure your exacting brand standards are reflected in every build.

Visit mitschdesign.com/franchise-services for more information.

Offices in Carmel, Indiana and Marietta, Georgia; projects nationwide

Hotels and resorts.

Design Pickle is a subscription creative services company powered by custom technology and a global subscription workforce across the globe. Design Pickle’s all-in-one creative services include graphic design, custom illustrations, presentation design, and motion graphics.

Founded in Scottsdale, Arizona Design Pickle was created to deliver reliable, affordable, and scalable creative content to any business. Since its 2015 inception, Design Pickle has completed over 1 million creative requests. Visit designpickle.com to learn more.

Trabon Group is a centralized commercial printing, kitting, fulfillment, and warehouse facility with a national footprint that specializes in solutions for multi-unit and or multi-brand complex organizations. Trabon Group has a 50 year track record for providing top quality print products and hands on service. The key to our approach is combining best in class technology for franchisee self-service in conjunction with white glove account management.

Gordon & Rees is a full service law firm with a premier national and international franchise law practice. We assist franchisors in the numerous complexities of national and international franchising, providing guidance of all aspects from evaluating a franchise program, expanding the network, and protecting the brand.