Franchisors
Help more franchise candidates launch with confidence
Guidant helps franchisors support candidates with funding education, ROBS expertise, lending coordination, better timeline visibility, and business services that extend across the life of the business.
Why Partner with Guidant
Guidant helps franchisors remove friction from one of the biggest barriers to launch: funding clarity. We give candidates a simpler way to understand their options, help set more realistic expectations around timing, and continue supporting owners after funding so the value story does not end at the point of launch.
ROBS made easier to understand
We help simplify ROBS with clear education, myth-busting, and practical guidance so candidates can evaluate it with confidence.
A broader funding conversation
We help candidates understand where ROBS fits, where lending fits, and how the two can work together.
Full suite of lending services
We offer a range of business financing options that can be used with or without ROBS. SBA loans, unsecured loans, and portfolio loans. Many of these options can be combined to create a funding strategy tailored to your client’s needs.
More predictable funding conversations
Guidant’s Funding Timeline Predictability approach helps create more realistic expectations at the beginning of the process and gives partners better milestone visibility along the way. That means better alignment, fewer surprises, and more proactive planning with your candidates.
Support beyond the opening day
Guidant can support clients with ongoing business services that help them run and grow the business after launch.
A stronger full-lifecycle story
From prequalifying support to ongoing services and later-stage business evaluations and appraisals, Guidant helps franchisors support clients across more of the business journey.
Exclusive client value
Guidant clients gain access to our exclusive ROBS Tax Strategy Course, designed to help business owners better understand tax planning and compliance inside a ROBS-funded business. It covers topics like C Corporation structure, compensation planning, reinvestment strategy, exit planning, stock buybacks, in-kind distributions, and other important considerations that become more relevant as the business grows.
Katie Burckhardt
Business Growth Officer
Ashley Teegarden
Director of Business Development
Beegees Hebert
Business Development Representative
Robert Hanratty
Business Development Representative
Jason Juric
Business Development Representative
Michele Simones
Business Development Representative