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Michael Hall is President and owner of Franchise Resource Group Ltd., a.k.a. FranNet Carolina, a franchise sales and consulting firm with offices in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina. He advises clients on how to search for and evaluate franchise opportunities and is responsible for placing hundreds of new franchise owners throughout the Carolinas.

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Matt Joyner helps entrepreneurs start, run, buy and sell businesses. Several of Mr. Joyner's clients are franchised businesses.   Matt’s clients benefit from his years of “hands on” practical experience running a business as General Counsel and Vice President of Administration of an international manufacturing company.

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Dave Center, VP Marketing, Outreach, and Government Relations, Charlotte SCORE. The SCORE Association,  is a nonprofit group dedicated to entrepreneur education and to helping in the formation, growth and success of small businesses. SCORE is a resource partner of the
U.S. Small Business Administration.  

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Ritchie W. Taylor has been a member of Manning Fulton’s corporate practice group for 12 years. Ritchie serves as general counsel to numerous emerging and middle market businesses including franchise/distribution, green technology, manufacturing, and software companies.   Additionally, Ritchie leads our firm’s franchise practice and is one of the leaders of the franchise bar in the Carolinas. He serves as the primary franchise counsel to over 24 different franchise systems and dealer networks. Ritchie routinely works with franchisees in evaluating franchise disclosure documents.

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Bob Eberle – is currently the Director of Broker Relations with Benetrends Inc. in North Wales, PA. For the previous four years he was a senior consultant with Benetrends and assisted individuals with funding a franchise or business with a variety of funding from using their Retirement Funds to SBA and Unsecured Loans