Start A Business Weekend Virtual Showcase

1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Barry Kleiman
The Entrepreneur's Source of Westchester
bkleiman@ESourceCoach.com
914-234-8622
The Entrepreneur's Source Invites Local Individuals to Attend "Start a
Business Weekend" from the Comfort of Their Own Home or Office
Event Takes Place March 23rd through 25th
Westchester, NY (Grassroots Newswire) March 14, 2012 - Every month, more than a million Americans
search online for a franchise or business opportunity. With that being said, Barry Kleiman of Westchester, a
business coach with The Entrepreneur's Source, says, "Now, you can search for your next career move from the
comfort of your home or office by attending a virtual franchise showcase."
Between March 23 and March 25, with just a few clicks of their mouse, Westchester-area individuals will be
able to partake in a virtual showcase called "Start a Business Weekend." The event will allow attendees to
enter a digital exhibit hall and "speak" live to representatives from many of the nation's leading franchise
companies; tune into live, interactive keynote presentations from industry experts and ask questions; and, gather
the free resources available from among dozens of virtual business booths.
"Start a Business Weekend offers aspiring entrepreneurs the ability to discover business ownership from their
own computer," says Kleiman.
Start a Business Weekend was initiated through a powerful partnership between The Entrepreneur's Source, a
national franchise coaching network, and ON24, the global leader in virtual events and webcasting
technologies. "This goes beyond anything that's available on the web," says Kleiman. "We're bridging the
power of information with the ease of gathering it, using innovative virtual technology and real-time
collaboration and networking with industry experts as a brand new way to fully explore the many different
business opportunities available."
This event is a self-guided "virtual only" event where attendees can engage in conversation with representatives
from many different brands, learn how to finance their new business, download resource materials and videos
on many business concepts into their virtual briefcase, and learn from live keynote presentations presented
across the country.
"It is the greatest degree of information gathering, with access to so many business and franchise concepts and
real-time 'chat' collaboration with key people – all weekend long," says Kleiman. "Each attendee will receive a
60-day free pass to revisit the showcase to further their information gathering and research."
The International Franchise Association (IFA) estimates that a new franchise business opens every eight
minutes of every business day. There are approximately 3,000 different franchise businesses, with 825,000
franchise businesses, across 300 business categories in the U.S. And, according to the IFA, the industry
provides nearly 18 million jobs and contributes over $2.1 trillion to the economy, accounting for approximately
50 percent of all retail sales in the United States.

2. "Business owners have figured out how to become more self-sufficient and how to take control of their futures,"
says Kleiman. "The traditional job market no longer offers the security that individuals and families need to
live well. Taking control of your life by becoming your own boss is now the new way to reach the American
dream of living with long-term financial freedom."
To attend this free event or to find out more information about The Entrepreneur's Source, contact Barry
Kleiman at 914-234-8622, bkleiman@ESourceCoach.com or www.theESource.com/bkleiman.
About The Entrepreneur's Source® (TES)
The Entrepreneur's Source is North America's leading career and Business Coaching Company dedicated to the
entrepreneur with more than 230 offices in the United States and Canada. With its unique E-Source Coach
Advantage, E-Source offers a full range of services to individuals seeking alternate career options and to
franchise businesses looking to increase performance. Today, E-Source dominates the $1.5 billion dollar
Business Coaching/Consulting franchise market in North America. TES has the unique distinction of being
ranked in Entrepreneur Magazine's top Franchise 500 for ten consecutive years, placing #130 in 2012. TES has
also place on the prestigious top 100 lists in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Fastest Growing Franchises", "Top
Global Franchises", and "Top 101 Home Based Franchise. And for three consecutive years, Allbusiness.com
listed TES on the All Star Franchise Rankings at #53 for 2012. For more information about The Entrepreneur's
Source go to http://www.entrepreneurssource.com/.
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