The franchise application form is step one of your exciting new career as a franchise small business owner.

Look at the arrival of that franchise application form as the beginning of your exciting journey that ends with you owning and operating your own franchise small business. Do not let the fact of life that you are going to have to deal with various franchising documents during the short window of time before you sign that all important franchise agreement put a damper on your enthusiasm. Instead greet that franchise application form with open arms and sink your teeth into it because once that document is complete and filed with the franchise company, you are on your way to a life of excitement, small business ownership and plenty of success.

It is good to keep in mind that the franchise application form is not an application for employment.  Don’t go run in the closet when this important franchise document shows up.  It is understandable that you want to launch out and make your fortune as a small business owner.  The thing that will make you a big hit with the franchising company is your entrepreneurial side that is not interested in just drawing a paycheck. At the same time, even the most intrepid small business owners have to sign a few deals and play ball with business partners.  Completing and submitting that franchise application form is playing ball in the big leagues to be sure.

The franchise application form tells the franchising company that you are legit.

A big reason why there is plenty of time built into the time between when you finish the franchise application form and when you set up shop as a franchise owner is that both you and the franchising company have to check each other out.  Your part of making sure the franchising company is too legit to quit is by reviewing the franchise disclosure documents  that will show up not long after the franchise application form is done.  Be prepared because the FDD is a monster to go through so give it some serious attention.

At the same time the franchise company has to make sure that you are not a flake and that you can deliver when they hand over a profit generating franchise to you. They are not going to give you a franchise on your good looks so they need the information on the franchise application form to check you out. Spill your guts on the franchise application form and don’t make them go on a wild goose chase to verify that you are a serious franchise applicant and that you can turn that new franchise into a money generating nuclear bomb.

Above all, when you are filling out that franchise application form, be honest.  The franchise relationship is grown up business so this is no place to get frisky. Give them all of the information they need and wear your heart on your sleeve in the parts of the franchise application form that probe your motivations for wanting to own a franchise. These sections of the franchise application form are there so they can look into your mind and see that you are a go getter, a business man or woman to be taken seriously and that you will work like a dervish to make that new franchise a huge success.