Grow Your Franchise with a Partner, Not Just Another Lead Source.
Growing a franchise system takes more than a steady stream of candidates. It takes relationships, visibility, collaboration, and a partner invested in your long-term success.
For more than 40 years, The Entrepreneur’s Source® has helped franchise brands grow through a nationwide community of Career Ownership Coaches™, year-round engagement opportunities, educational resources, strategic partnerships, and better-prepared franchise candidates.
TES membership gives your brand more than another source of leads. It gives you an entire community built around franchise growth.
Which Best Describes Your Brand?
Whether you’re building your first franchise network or scaling an established system, TES meets you where you are and provides the coaching, collaboration, and candidate pipeline to support your next stage of growth.
Growing Your Development Pipeline?
You’re building momentum and need a reliable source of qualified candidates without relying solely on costly lead generation or broker networks.
Your goals
- Build awareness
- Meet qualified candidates
- Award your first franchisees
- Grow with confidence
- How Career Ownership Coaching™ creates better candidates
- What makes the TES model different
- What to expect during onboarding
- How brands achieve their first placement
Ready for Better Results?
You’ve likely invested in referral sources before and know that lead volume doesn’t always translate into franchise awards. You’re looking for a partner who delivers better-prepared candidates and a collaborative approach to franchise development.
Your goals
- Improve candidate quality
- Increase conversion
- Reduce wasted conversations
- Strengthen franchisee performance
You’ll discover
- Why coached candidates outperform
- How TES aligns candidates with your brand
- Our performance-based approach
- The value of long-term Coach collaboration
More Than Candidate Introductions
TES membership gives your brand year-round access to Coaches, candidates, education, events, resources, and relationships designed to help your franchise system grow stronger.
250+ Career Ownership Coaches™
Build Relationships with Coaches Who Are Franchisees
Connect with a nationwide community of TES franchisees who understand business ownership firsthand and guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the Career Ownership Coaching process.
Year-Round Coach Engagement
Stay Visible. Build Relationships.
Create meaningful Coach relationships through introductions, Zor Spotlights, webinars, educational programs, and ongoing opportunities to share what makes your brand different.
Annual & Virtual Conferences
Turn Connections into Relationships
Engage directly with Coaches through live and virtual events designed around collaboration, education, networking, and meaningful one-on-one conversations.
Candidate Insights & Assessments
Start Discovery with Greater Context
Gain valuable insight into candidate goals, motivations, financial readiness, communication styles, and ownership objectives before and throughout franchise discovery.
ZorCoach™
Strengthen Your Development Process
Access specialized franchise development coaching, proven frameworks, practical tools, and resources designed to help your team create a stronger candidate experience.
Dedicated Member Success
A Team Invested in Your Partnership
Work with a dedicated Member Success team focused on helping your brand build Coach relationships, maximize engagement opportunities, and get greater value from your TES membership.
Your Brand Becomes Part of the TES Community
TES isn’t a directory where brands wait for referrals to arrive.
Throughout the year, our franchisor members connect with Coaches through conferences, webinars, Zor Spotlights, educational programs, virtual events, and one-on-one collaboration.
Because the better our Coaches understand your brand, the more confidently they can recognize when your opportunity deserves to be part of a Client’s discovery journey.
CAREER OWNERSHIP COACHING™
Better Preparation. Better Franchise Conversations.
TES candidates don’t begin with a list of franchises. They begin with a Career Ownership Coach®.
Through an education-first process, candidates gain clarity around business ownership before franchise opportunities are introduced—creating more informed, productive discovery conversations for your development team.
One Membership. Equal Opportunity
Your Relationships Shouldn’t Depend on Your Marketing Budget.
Every TES franchisor member pays the same dues and receives the same access to our Career Ownership Coaches™. There are no premium tiers for Coach access and no Conference sponsorships required to get in the room.
Your opportunity to stand out comes from how well you educate, collaborate, respond, and build relationships.
From Membership to Meaningful Franchise Awards
Launch Your Brand
Work with our Member Success team to build your profile, prepare your Discovery Center, educate Coaches about your opportunity, and launch your brand across the TES network.
Build Coach Relationships
Engage with Coaches through introductions, webinars, Zor Spotlights, events, conferences, and ongoing collaboration.
Meet Better-Prepared Candidates
Receive Requests for Collaboration from Coaches working with Clients whose goals and ownership objectives align with your opportunity.
Grow the Partnership
Continue strengthening Coach relationships, leveraging TES resources, participating in the community, and positioning your brand for sustainable franchise growth.
Hear From the Brands Growing with TES
Our experience working with The Entrepreneur’s Source (TES) has highlighted what strong collaboration should look like—consistent communication, thoughtful candidate alignment, and a genuine focus on helping people succeed.
The TES process creates a supportive, educational experience where candidates are encouraged to make informed decisions without feeling pressured. From the user-friendly portal to valuable coaching sessions, the focus remains on helping each individual explore the right opportunity at the right pace.
That collaborative approach also extends beyond discovery. Through personalized follow-up and continued engagement after webinars and events, we’re able to build stronger relationships and create a more connected, authentic experience for candidates.
Ready to Build a Stronger Franchise System?
The right franchise growth partner should bring more than candidates to the table.
TES brings Career Ownership Coaching, 250+ Coaches, year-round collaboration, education, events, strategic resources, and more than four decades of franchise relationships, all focused on helping our members grow stronger.
Let’s explore whether TES is the right partner for your brand.