Axxiom Names Guidant as Preferred Funding Source for Franchisees

Bellevue, Wash. and Marietta, Ga. (October 26, 2007) – Axxiom Franchise Advisors, LLC, announced today that it has established a strategic relationship with Guidant Financial Group, Inc., of Bellevue, Wash. This new relationship will allow the two firms to collectively help entrepreneurs identify and finance the purchase of a franchise.

David Nilssen, President and CEO of Guidant Financial Group, a leading provider of retirement account services and business-funding solutions, reports that Guidant is “very pleased” to be named as Axxiom’s preferred funding source. “Many of Axxiom’s clients have used our services, and we have found the company to have great integrity,” says Nilssen. ”Axxiom is focused on finding the right franchise to meet the buyer’s needs.”

According to Axxiom’s CEO Bill King, the franchise consulting organization is enthusiastic about its association with Guidant. “This important relationship with Guidant Financial Group brings an additional dimension to our capabilities,” he says. “It will allow our two companies to offer our clients complete consulting and financial services related to the purchase and acquisition of franchises. Guidant is an important and strategic associate, and we are enormously pleased to be affiliated with such a fine company.”

Axxiom Franchise Advisors (www.AxxiomFranchiseAdvisors.com) is a national franchise consulting network whose professional advisors match the needs of their clients to the most qualified franchise business. Axxiom co-founders Tom Redding, COO, and King have extensive experience in the franchise consulting industry, and their company represents a portfolio of marquee franchise brands. The company is dedicated to saving franchise buyers time and money and eliminating the stress and frustration typically associated with the process.

Guidant Financial Group (www.guidantfinancial.com) works from a similar philosophy of customer service and the simplification of complex processes. An award-winning company known for its pioneering work in the area of self-directed IRAs, Guidant enables individuals to finance a business or franchise utilizing their retirement funds without taking a distribution or incurring penalties. Through Guidant, thousands of franchisees have launched new businesses with retirement money, enabling them to avoid high-interest loans.

About Axxiom Franchise Advisors
Axxiom Franchise Advisors, LLC, is the nation’s leading franchise consulting and brokerage organization assisting entrepreneurs in discovering the benefits of business ownership. Axxiom’s advisors match both entrepreneurs and franchise systems, saving the Axxiom client both time and money with the most professional and efficient qualifying and search process in the industry, and never with clients incurring any cost. Visit www.AxxiomFranchiseAdvisors.com for more information or call 888-429-9466.

About Guidant Financial Group
Guidant Financial Group, Inc., is the premier provider of self-directed IRAs and business-funding solutions through IRAs and 401(k)s. Guidant's services allow investors the freedom to make investments in real estate, franchises, businesses, tax liens and more by accessing their retirement accounts without penalty before retirement age. For more information on Self-directed IRAs or Business Financing please visit www.guidantfinancial.com.

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