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The Entrepreneur's Source
The One Stop - One Source Resource for all things Entrepreneurial



Carolyn Herfurth
Coach 952.920.0084  Office 888-276-1630  Fax

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Welcome

Welcome and congratulations for taking the next step towards achieving your dreams. As a Coach, I enjoy being part of my clients' journey of self discovery. I help guide clients towards self sufficiency by exploring alternate career options in a safe environment. I also coach business owners, providing Rapid Impact Solutions to improve sales, efficiency and profits. I'm confident I can support you in a similar manner. Please take a few minutes to read about me and some of the experiences of my clients. Feel free to contact me at any time using my toll free number above. I look forward to working with you.

Bio Information

Carolyn is co-author of "Buying a Franchise: Tips, Tools & Tales for Doing It Right".

Since 2002, Carolyn has helped over 800 people make thoughtful choices about self-employment and business ownership. After a successful 13-year sales career with companies including Oracle and Rand Worldwide, she followed her dream of owning a business and established the Minneapolis office of The Entrepreneur's Source, a growing, thriving franchise.

In addition to advising clients, she speaks extensively to groups on self-employment and business ownership. Organizations include the University of St. Thomas, College of St. Catherine, National Association of Women Business Owners, HIRED, Small Business Development Center, SCORE, Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, outplacement firms and numerous job transition groups.

Carolyn has been recognized by Upsize magazine for Best Practices in Customer Relations and honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Testimonials

Dear Carolyn,

We just wanted to thank you for the help you provided us on our journey to become business owners. We had been working with several business brokers and searching by ourselves for the best business or franchise opportunity when we saw your advertisement and gave you a call.

You are an awesome listener and after only a few meetings, we felt like you knew who we were and understood our strengths and weaknesses. We also felt comfortable with the process you described and trusted that you were sincerely interested in our future versus your own self-interest. Your constant reminder to keep an open mind and trust the process proved beneficial. After investigating only the few franchises that you recommended, we were able to select a business that matched our skills perfectly. On our own we would have never even looked at the type of business we selected.

Your constant follow-up and willingness to meet and discuss how we were doing was great. You really helped us think through what our new “job descriptions” would be, so we could decide if we could handle the change from our history of working for fast paced venture-backed companies.

So here we are, only a few months after we first met and we have purchased an exclusive right to a franchise territory and are looking for our first location. We are extremely excited to get started and the fear of stepping out on our own has been replaced with a high level of confidence because we know we selected the right business opportunity for us.

Carla & Chuck Karpinske

I found the coaching and guidance from Carolyn to be extremely valuable, from the explanation of the franchise industry to a better understanding of my specific interests. Carolyn was very patient and supportive throughout the entire process knowing when to back off and when to push a bit harder to ensure tasks were completed on schedule.

Approximately one year from the date that I first met with Carolyn I made the decision to purchase my franchise. Without the assistance of Carolyn I would not have completed the journey to purchase a franchise. I am also certain that I would not have selected this one without the introduction of this opportunity from The Entrepreneur’s Source.

I am very excited about the opportunity to own and operate this franchise. While there is a natural amount of trepidation in starting a new business I am extremely confident that I have made the right decision for my family and me. The experience I had in following The Entrepreneur’s Source process with Carolyn was an exciting and, at times, laborious journey. But I enter a new stage of my business career with a great amount of confidence due to the research I completed with the watchful eye of Carolyn.

Carolyn, thank you for a great experience.

Best regards,

Gary Russell

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