The Glass Guru is the “Local Glass, Window, Door, and Shower Expert You Can Rely On!” As a leader in glass repair and replacement services, the company serves both residential and commercial customers. Franchise locations offer a great selection of glass products and services. This includes window repair, window and entry door replacements, new shower enclosures, in-glass pet doors, mirrors. The Glass Guru also offers their unique window restoration service, providing property owners with an environmentally-friendly way to solve the problem of foggy windows, at about half the cost of traditional replacement.
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Franchise owners rapidly deploy their franchise operations, with consistent and meaningful help along the way. The Glass Guru offers a diverse array of products and services, and squarely positions the company in both home maintenance/repair and home improvement categories. This ensures that franchise owners have a solid foundation of meaningful business opportunities over time, regardless of external economic conditions. The typical customer base has few limitations… every owner of real property (residential or commercial) either does, or will eventually need The Glass Guru’s services!
The Glass Guru franchise owners have the benefit of having operations with a relatively low fixed-cost structure, and little to no inventory requirements. Staffing is minimal, and infinitely scalable with the size of the operation, ensuring that labor costs are truly a variable cost. Franchise fees start at just $17,600, and most locations can be started with around $65,000 in liquid capital. Fixed costs like vehicles and physical locations are meant to be scaled up, and directly proportional with the growth of the franchise location(s) over time, creating great positive cash-flow opportunities.
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An in-house marketing team of specialists provide expert creative design and branding, budgeting and planning, digital and print marketing services as well as audio and video production. THe marketing team works behind the scenes each day to help franchise owners gain more visibility and exposure for their locations and the services.
The single greatest value you can get from joining this franchise organization is the core competencies that come with the franchise support team. These are the folks who are in the trenches, every day, being passionate advocates for franchise owners and their staff.
The Glass Guru recognizes the value of a top-notch support team. The company is dedicated to engaging the best and the brightest individuals to support its franchise network. They have consistently built a support team of tomorrow, always staying ahead of the demand curve of the current franchise network. The support team focuses on all critical elements of running an effective franchise from the very beginning of your startup process.
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By being dialed into franchise owners' needs and the hurdles they face, franchisors create a positive and collaborative atmosphere within the franchise system. Addressing challenges proactively demonstrates a commitment to the franchise system's mutual success, growth, and sustainability.
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Each franchise brings a unique set of products, services, culture, and values to its brand, its community, and its franchise family. But what makes certain business owners excel to Franchise Rock Star status? FBR's Franchise Rock Star Awards honor franchise owners who set exceptional examples of success within the franchise business model.
What makes a franchise owner great is not easily defined, for each franchisee brings with him/her unique abilities and skills. This year, we analyzed our research from over 27,000 franchisee surveys, across more than 300 leading brands, to identify the best of the best in franchising today. We narrowed our search to just a few hundred candidates — successful franchise owners very much worthy of the title of Rock Star.
Multi-unit The Glass Guru franchise owner, James Childs shares his insights on what it's like to own two successful franchise locations in Colorado.
Erik Hilger was nominated for a 2022 Rock Star Award by the Glass Guru leadership team under the Top Performer category. He was chosen by Franchise Business Review from among 200+ nominations for his outstanding achievements as a Glass Guru franchise owner in Charleston, SC.
The Glass Guru franchisee Mitch Richey says, "I can work the hours I want to work and I make enough money now to take the trips I want to take." Read more about his franchise experience.
Congratulations to 2021 franchise rock stars, TJ and Su Singh, from The Glass Guru. Hear about their franchising journey and their advice to prospective franchisees.
Dan Frey, founder and CEO, of The Glass Guru speaks with FBR's editorial director about the brands origination, their unique product and how the business has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade. Listen to Dan's intriguing story, of how he discovered the solution for restoring dual-pain windows, in this FBR podcast!
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