Joel Libava

Current

• King at Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. (Self-employed)

Past

• Sales /General Management at Various Automotive Franchises
• On Air Personality at K-105

Education

• Cleveland State University

Recommended

39 people have recommended Joel

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Financial Services

Joel Libava’s Summary

Joel Libava, Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. 2nd generation President, brings real world franchise industry experience to his clients, coming from a franchise management background in the automobile and restaurant/hospitality industries.

Joel works with folks all over the country that are in "career pain," and who want to explore owning their own business. His expertise is in the business model of franchise ownership. His goal is to move as many people as he can away from a "job" and into a position of control-business ownership.

Joel is on the board of directors for SAW Inc, a Cleveland non-profit, and is a member of The Cleveland Social Media Club. His presentations on franchising and small business are energizing to say the least, factual, and involve no-spin.

Joel Libava’s Specialties:

Advise transitioning middle managers and corporate executives nationwide, who are exploring careers in franchise ownership, as opposed to more of the same in corporate America. Top-level consultant and franchise coach.

"The Franchise Expert In Residence" for Anita Campbell's award winning and highly influential Small Business Trends website, as well as the franchise columnist at the American Express's OPEN FORUM website.

Joel Libava’s Experience

• King

  Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)

  Energetic and not at all bashful President of a franchise consulting and marketing firm located in Cleveland, Ohio. I am also a franchise industry blogger. My award winning blog is The Franchise King Blog. At least go there, so I can count it as traffic....

• Sales /General Management

  Various Automotive Franchises

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  January 1989 — January 2001 (12 years 1 month)

  I thoroughly enjoyed all of my positions in automotive franchise management. Enough said.

• On Air Personality

  K-105

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  January 1980 — May 1982 (2 years 5 months)

  I was the Music Director, and Afternoon Drive Disc Jockey for a huge, but tiny FM Radio Station, in Texas. I have the pipes to prove it. Just call me to hear. 216-831-2610

Joel Libava’s Education

• Cleveland State University

  N/A , Communications , 1978 — 1979

  At CSU, I tried the traditional education route, and found it was not for me. Ended up attending The Ohio School of Broadcasting, because of my interest in communications and was very successful in it.

Additional Information

Joel Libava’s Interests:

Franchising,Marketing, and PR. Love kids, too. And dogs.

Joel Libava’s Groups:

Ohio Business Brokers Assoc./, Beachwood Chamber of Commerce.Execunet. The Cleveland Social Media Club

•    Executive Suite
•    Duct Tape Marketing
•    Ohio 100 Linked
•    10,000 Little (micro) Ideas to Keep You Believing in Cleveland
•    Franchising World
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Franchise Networking
•    Tweeple
•    MarketingProfs
•    LinkedWorking Cleveland
•    Future Trends
•    North East Ohio Small Business Owners
•    Franchise Executives
•    Franchise Sales
•    Small Business Trends
•    NEO-Exec
•    COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises)
•    Franchise Roundtable
•    Crain's Cleveland Business
•    Franchise Business Opportunities by Franchising.com
•    Twittering
•    Capital Idea Group
•    Northeast Ohio Franchise Forum
•    Entrepreneurs = Recovery
•    Cleveland Ideas
•    BizSugar
•    NEO - Home Based Business Network
•    Professional Bloggers
•    Save Ohio Libraries
•    TRUSTe

Joel Libava’s Honors:

Numerous national radio interviews with Jim Blasingame {Small Business Advocate}.Jim also asked Joel to be a featured expert on his new website, askjim.biz, as well as being asked to be a member of Jim's "Brain Trust", an exclusive international club of small business experts. Joel has written numerous articles on franchise trends and tips,and is the "Franchise Expert in Residence" on Anita Campbell's award winning website, Small Business Trends. Joel is the franchise columnist on American Express Open Forum, and blogs about franchising at Business.Gov.

Joel wrote an eBook on franchising, "The Essential Steps To Researching a Franchise Opportunity." Go to www.FranchiseResearchSteps.com to see it!

Joel Libava’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch