User:Franchisefool

Franchisefool (Les Stewart) is an independent franchise industry consultant who specializing in independent franchisee association management and the Canadian franchise industry.

He founded the Canadian Alliance of Franchise Operators in 1998, is editor of the FranchiseFool weblog and editor of WikidFranchise, an indexed wiki article collection focused on risks for mom-and-pop business format franchise investors. Stewart was an expert witness in the public hearings that lead up to Ontario's first franchise law, Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 and is an avid reader and semi-frequent contributor to Blue MauMau.

He is familiar with the few, high quality academic work on franchising by researchers such as Gillian K. Hadfield, Paul Steinberg, Timothy Bates, and Scott Shane.

Stewart graduated with a BA and MBA from the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. He continues to live, observe and work in Midhurst, Canada.

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