Steven Cooper ~ SDCooper Company
SDCooper Company, has 25 years of benefits consulting and pension administration experience. First to evangelized the essential exit strategy that popularized the ERSOP(TM) Plan. First to successfully market it to franchisors and business brokers (beginning in 1999) Coined the term "ERSOP (Entrepreneur Rollover Stock Ownership Plan)" in 2001.
Lynne D. Shelton, Esq. ~ Shelton & Power Franchise Law Firm
Shelton & Power is a Franchise and Intellectual Properties law firm dedicated to help you by offering fixed fees for almost all of our services. Our attorneys have been business executives, franchisors / business opportunity leaders (with over 700 units nationwide), and have the cumulative experience of over 25+ years. The S&P Franchise Team counsels clients ranging from start-up and emerging companies to mature, established franchisors, and budding entrepreneurs looking to purchase their first franchise system.
Mike Ingram ~ FranNet, LLC
Mike Ingram, Principal at FranNet of Dallas/Fort Worth, has over 19 years of executive management, management consulting, and business development experience. He is a successful small business owner, having launched, operated, and sold multiple businesses. Mike combines business acumen and financial rigor with real-life experience as an entrepreneur to help individuals successfully navigate through the process of finding the opportunity that is right for them.
Mike earned an MBA from the SMU Cox School of Business, with an emphasis in Entrepreneurial Strategy and Finance.
Willie Rodriguez ~ U.S. Small Business Administration
Willie began his career with the SBA in September 2005 as a Loan Officer with the SBA Office of Disaster Assistance (ODA) to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. After five years at the PDC he transferred to the Dallas/Fort Worth District Office as a Lender Relations Specialist. Prior to SBA he owned and operated Rodriguez & Associates Financial Services in Arlington, TX. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arlington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Board member of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club