Tamakkan presents the secrets of scaling up using the franchising model. This series shares valuable secrets to franchising – whether you want to buy a business, or franchise your own brand. Valuable insights are presented by franchising experts, and the franchise owners themselves.
PRESENTS
THE POWER OF FRANCHISING:
HOW TO GET IN THE GAME AND SCALE UP
Learn the secrets to franchising – whether you want to buy a business, or franchise your own brand! Get valuable insights from franchising experts, and the franchise owners themselves!
TOPIC: Opportunities & Challenges: The Critical Issues
You Need to Understand About Franchising!
WILLEM STEENKAMP – Senior Associate, Commercial Advisory
Willem is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Advisory group and has over 8 years of transactional and advisory experience and works on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious corporate and commercial matters. He has worked with a wide range of listed and unlisted clients, both local and international, and his practice area encompasses cross border joint ventures, commercial agreements, distribution agreements, franchise agreements, sports law, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and opinion work.
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TOPIC: The 10 Most Important Things You Need to
Know Before Even Thinking About Buying a Franchise!
YENDY NASR KHAYAT – Founder & Managing Director at The Franchizery
Yendy is the Founder and Managing Director of ‘The Franchizery’, a franchise consulting firm focused on attracting selected franchise concepts in designated sectors through value adding strategies and helping them expand their concepts into new territories. The firm works closely with investment groups and family offices to help them acquire successful concepts and diversify their portfolio of franchises. www.thefranchizery.com
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BUYING a Franchise: The Esquires Experience
BADER AL MOHAMMADI – Owner, Esquires Coffee Houses Franchise for UAE, Qatar and Oman
In 1993, the doors to the very first Esquires store opened in the US. Today, Esquires Coffee House has more than 80 stores both operational and in development within the GCC. Bader, a seasoned entrepreneur, has brought Esquires to the region and will be sharing his experience. www.esquirescoffee.net
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TOPIC: Franchising YOUR BRAND: The Success Story of Mandilicious
FAYEZ AL NUSARI – Founder & CEO of Mandilicious
From a single outlet in Dubai’s Times Square Centre, Mandilicious now has eight branches across the UAE. Fayez who is an expert in Arabian traditional cuisine talks about his unique concept and his success story. www.mandilicious.net
About BrandMoxie
BrandMoxie is a leading advertising and marketing agency that provides integrated marketing services including advertising, PR, strategy, research, publishing and production services. Established in 2004, BrandMoxie also runs its own CSR platforms. This includes Tamakkan, an initiative aimed at nurturing entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation, The Smovies, a platform for emerging filmmakers in the UAE, and the Dream Players, a programme aimed at nurturing creativity and the performing arts. BrandMoxie is also the publisher of Tempo magazine, a publication that focuses on creativity, innovation and social enterprise, and its online site www.feelyourtempo.com.
About FATIMA BINT HAZZA CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation was founded by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan to promote intellectual, creative and cultural endeavors and support cultural interaction that empowers people. The foundation aims to enrich the cultural scene in Abu Dhabi and the UAE in particular and the region in general through organizing open to the public colloquia and seminars, exploring further means of art and music, introducing more awards for illustration and art, and collaborating on a local and international level with similar entities, while keeping children literature and education at its very heart. The foundation is a realization of a bigger dream that started with Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza Arab Child Prize in 1997.
