Facts About Sgo

CONTACT: Name: Amanda Carnegie Address: 1827 North Case Street, Orange, CA 92865 Phone: 800-944-4746 ext. 200 Fax: 714-974-6529 E-mail: [email protected] (Contact Amanda for Available Territory ) Website: www.sgodesignerglass.com

DESCRIPTION: FACTS ABOUT SGO Celebrating nearly 30 years in franchising - SGO Designer Glass is in the business of working with entrepreneurs to "Design a New Life"! We are a full service architectural art glass business with nearly 300 locations in 37 countries around the world. We provide our B2B and residential clients with a full array of custom decorative art glass. We are the only business of our kind in the world & you may have seen our work on TV programs, in many residences, places of worship and commercial establishments. If you have ever wondered where that beautiful decorative glass you are looking at came from - chances are it came from an SGO franchise location! SGO is a full service custom architectural art glass franchise. We serve a wide variety of consumers with a diverse product range of many types of decorative glass including textured glass, slumped glass, fused glass, traditional stained glass, beveled glass, leaded glass, v-groove glass and many others. Our specialty is our flagship product "Overlay".

BACKGROUND Established: 1978 1st Franchised: 1981 Franchised Units: 153 USA / Approximately 150 Internationally Company Owned Units: 0 Projected New Units (12 Months): 12 Registered: All states except ND, SD, RI, Hawaii

FINANCIAL/TERMS Cash Investment: $115K or the Ability to Finance Total Investment: $110K to $125K Minimum Net Worth: $250,000 Franchise Fee: $39.5K and 10K in mandatory purchases Royalty: 5% Ad: 2% Average # of Employees: 2 Passive Ownership Allowed: Possibly, as long as certain qualifications are met

SUPPORT & TRAINING PROVIDED Financial Assistance Provided: No Site Selection Assistance: Yes Lease Negotiation Assistance: Yes Co-operative Advertising: Yes Training: 6 weeks pre-training / 2 weeks training in California / 30 weeks 1 on 1 coaching / Business mentor program, regional meetings, annual convention / special continuing education courses throughout the year

Right brain still looking for a Left brain partner?

The SGO Designer Glass Franchise offers your candidates the perfect business opportunity to combine their creative side with their acumen for business.

The ONLY full service architectural decorative glass franchise in the world will put their skills together with our award winning products!

They can make money running a business they love!

Candidate Profile:

Ideal candidates are industrious and ambitious individuals with a professional background in sales or business management. Most importantly our franchisees need to like and want to spend time interacting with people as they will spend at least 50 percent of their time networking and building their business by developing relationships with architects, interior designers, custom cabinet shops and other similar businesses.

Investment:

The franchise fee is $49,500. Upon signing of agreement, an initial payment of $30,000 is due. Two weeks prior to training, the balanced of $19,500 is due. It is recommended that the candidate have an additional $40,000 - $60,000 working capital available. Total investment is 99K-125K.

Franchise Fee Covers:

 Exclusive Territory  Training (2 weeks in CA – does not cover travel, hotel, meals or local transportation)  Creative Software Package  Proprietary Design Library (1000’s of award winning designs)  Studio Display Glass Package (20+ pieces of finished glass for Studio Display)  1 Year Start Up Support package

Business Particulars:

 Studio Location Required (700-1500 square feet, level B Industrial)  Royalties = 5%  Advertising Fee = 2%  Marketing Strategy is B2B  Multiple Marketing Aides (high end color brochures, mailers and catalogues)  Customers are residential, commercial, religious and manufacturers of doors, windows – anyone who uses glass!

Product & Service Particulars:

 The only full service international decorative glass franchise  Multiple decorative glass product lines – if it is architectural glass, we have it!  The only recognized brand in this fragmented market  Proprietary products and application processes  High-Tech Polymer film that is adhered to glass, mirror or acrylic  Converts regular glass to safety glass

THE DEAL - THE FACTS – THE SIZZLE

Open Markets:

FL – Naples, Tampa, GA: Atlanta, Augusta SC – Charleston, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Columbia Tallahassee, Daytona NC – Raleigh Durham, VA: VA Beach, Norfolk, MD – Potomac, Silver Winston Salem, Richmond Spring Washington DC & Suburbs PA – Philadelphia, NJ – Bergen & Middlesex Cty NY – Long Island, NYC, Pittsburgh Albany, Rochester, Allentown, Lancaster - York Syracuse, Poughkeepsie CT: Greenwich, Hartford MA: Springfield, Boston, Coasts OH - Cleveland MI: Grand Rapids, Ann IL: Chicago, Oak Park, TN: Nashville, Memphis Arbor, Detroit AL: All of it! LA: New Orleans, Baton Rouge TX: Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas

OK: OK City UT: Salt Lake(parts) , Provo CO: Boulder, Ft. Collins WA: Snohomish, Tacoma CA: Fremont/Hayward, IA: Des Moines, Southern San Diego Ventura