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1851: Who is buying franchises right now and what type of activity are you seeing?

Larry France, Director of Franchise Development at <a href="https://www.firstlightfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchise-forecast-larry-france-of-firstlight-home-care-2710422" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">FirstLight* Home Care</a>: The buyers we&rsquo;re seeing are a lot of corporate refugees who have perhaps lost their jobs, and they&rsquo;re now, say, in their 50s and trying to decide what the next chapter of their career is going to be. They&#39;re considering going into business for themselves and franchising is an avenue where they don&#39;t have to reinvent the wheel or start from scratch. We&rsquo;re also seeing people who now want to work for themselves and not for other people.

1851: What&#39;s the number one thing franchisees are looking for in the conversations that you&#39;re having with prospects?&nbsp;

France: In the home care industry, people are looking for a business where they can make a difference in someone&rsquo;s life. At the same time, they want the ability to make a living. That&rsquo;s very important to them.

1851: Do you have an ideal franchisee in your system, and what are their qualities?&nbsp;

France: An ideal franchisee in the FirstLight system is someone who&rsquo;s a team player and has the ability to create a team. They&rsquo;re passionate about what they do. They want to make a difference in people&rsquo;s lives. They want to get involved in their community and feel very good about what they&rsquo;re doing at the end of the day.

1851: What&#39;s the biggest challenge facing franchise development right now and how are you overcoming it?&nbsp;

France: The biggest challenge in the home care industry right now is recruitment. We need <a href="https://1851franchise.com/new-york-times-article-inspires-randy-price-to-get-into-franchising-756" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">people who are qualified and want to take care of people in their homes</a>. Finding employees, not clients, is the biggest challenge right now.&nbsp;

In addition to a dedicated director of recruitment at FirstLight, we also have a lot of tools and resources we offer our franchise owners. One of the things that we&rsquo;re finding that&rsquo;s working very well is seniors taking care of seniors. A new caregiver in the future is millennials&mdash;they&rsquo;re on that cusp. They still care, and they&rsquo;re not so addicted to technology. They still have that personal experience with grandma or another senior they care about and want to help them.

1851: What&#39;s one thing prospective franchisees should know about your brand and franchising in general before buying?&nbsp;

France: One thing to know about franchising, in general, is that prospects should shop around. They need to find something that best fits their needs, their personality and their desires.&nbsp;

They should know that FirstLight has a wonderful culture of care that resonates through our organization. Everybody shows respect and dignity toward each other. Also, we&rsquo;re growing rapidly, and we&rsquo;re growing the right way: through bringing the very best talent into our organization. You are taking care of people and putting caregivers into the home. It&rsquo;s a very emotional business.

1851: Why should franchisees invest in your industry and in your brand specifically, and why should they invest now?

France: With 10,000 people per day turning 65, business in our industry is not going to slow down for the next 20 years. It&rsquo;s growing rapidly and it&rsquo;s highly competitive. At FirstLight, we go after the people who have the &ldquo;why&rdquo; behind the business in our culture of care. Our brand really resonates with people&rsquo;s core values.

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