Here is some media coverage on Lance's Business
Endeavors:
http://www.carwashguys.com/innews.html
Lance Started in the Aircraft Detailing and Cleaning
Business at a very young age, long before he could drive a car or
fly a plane. In fact, it wasn't until he was old enough to get a
driver's license that he could load up all his equipment into the
back of a pick-up truck so he could take his business past the
airport boundaries.
From there the cleaning business was starting to
boom for Lance, eventually he would franchise his cleaning
concepts, so let's fast forward to that point his his career.
Following exhaustive research and
comprehensive comparisons of franchise case law, legislative updates and hundred’s of
other franchisor documents, Lance wrote his own Uniform Franchise Offering Circular
(UFOC), Franchisee Agreement with all exhibits. The ninety plus page legal document was
approved by the California Department of Corporations in an unusually short timeframe.
Lance Winslow became a franchisor at age thirty-two.
WashGuys now has over 20 franchise agreements
for various WashGuy systems and modifications of those to make the total over 200
different documents each over 160 pages for use in various jurisdictions and countries all
written by Mr. Winslow. Lance Winslow hates bureaucracy and excess governmental controls,
which he knows stifle free enterprise, innovation and consumer choice. It is
estimated that this work done by Mr. Winslow has saved the company over half a million
dollars in legal fees over the past 3 years alone.
Lance
Winslow was
previously elected to The Board of Directors of the American Association of Franchises and
Dealers (AAFD). He also served on the Fair Franchising Standards Committee. This
committee, advised the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and various Senate sub-committees on
law changes necessary to protect franchisees.
Later Lance battled with the FTC, Federal
Trade Commission over complaints and false declarations coming from competitors. After a
year of legal maneuvering from both sides, he settled out of court with no fine and no
penalty. Later in a letter to the FTC he pledged to keep a continual eye on their
activities so they never falsely accuse another franchisor. He rifled off a 45 page letter
as well as another 150 page letter
citing their many unwarranted attacks on American Business.
Lance Winslow FTC Letter
Lance Winslow FTC Letter II
Mr. Winslow believes in the
Friedman Economic Model, that government and business need to work together to provide a
seamless free market system where Entrepreneurs can provide innovation, jobs and capital
so consumers can have more choices, better pricing and can vote with their dollars. Mr.
Winslow will never back down to those who challenge the spirit of free enterprise or any
government agency which attempts to ruin all we are and all we have built..
Car Wash Guys was also a member of the
International Franchise Association (IFA), but left due to a difference in beliefs
regarding the Internet and modern day franchising, the IFA later changed their views and
are now in line with Lance's original concerns 3 years ago. Lance also took advice from
Susan Kezios, President of the (AFA) American Franchisee Association and Founder of Women
In Franchising. Lance's dedication to the franchising industry has also attracted other
franchise leaders, such as Lou Gurnick. Lou was Lance's mentor and sole franchise
consultant, starting out. Lou helped found Midas Muffler, was a consultant to Ray Kroc and
assisted Tom Monahan in taking Dominos Pizza to Europe. Lou has over 50 years
experience in franchising.
Lance
Winslow has also
co-authored the book "Franchising 101" published by Upstart Publications a
subsidiary of Dearborn. This book is co-sponsored and distributed by the Association of
Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC). Copies are sold and distributed
to individuals attending government run seminars and who are interested in
starting a business or buying a franchise.
Lance Winslow also authored a
book "How To Run A Successful Car Wash Fundraiser" which is geared towards
helping non-profit groups raise money. The Car Wash Fundraiser Book
has been referenced on the EPA web site, as well as the states of Montana,
Tennessee, Florida, Washington, the City of Los Angeles and many academic
papers on the environment and other social issues. This book is available on
The Car Wash Guys web site. Lance with the help of his expert web team has developed the premier
franchising web site on the Internet;
Franchising.org.
This site was later sold in 2008. They have also developed a site to celebrate our countries ethnic
diversity, which is planned to be launched in 2010.
Lance led Car Wash Guys through the rigorous
screening of the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) to become an approved
franchisor eligible for franchisee funding. A task that fewer than eight percent (Less
than 250) of all franchisors had accomplished at the time in 1997. There are approximately
1700 active franchisors in America today.
Lance has established with the help of his
elite franchisee team and master mind group; proto-type franchise projects including; a
fixed site car wash, 8-bay detailing super center, truck detailing shop, fixed site truck
wash, and pontoon boat washing units.
Lance Winslow and his team are
currently conducting test markets
of the following additions to the team: mobile oil change trucks,
Oil Change Guys, mobile bed-liners and other
coatings and chemical snow removal units.
He was engineering and created
the drawings, & prototype of an electric powered hydro-cushioned car wash
truck, until fuel cells became feasible and sent that project back to the
drawing board. Over the last four years Lance has traveled to all 50 US states,
visited every state capitol building, and gone to every city in the
continental U.S. with a population of 10,000 or more. He did this to lobby for his company and the mobile washing
Industry, discussing environmental concerns, non profit groups, energy issues, water
shortages, crime, employment, and children's issues. He has traveled to 90
Indian Reservations, 250 museums, visited 500 Chambers of Commerce and Economic
Development Associations to discuss the possible role for The Car Wash Guys in those
communities.
Mr. Winslow believes it is necessary to
understand the local dynamics of an area before he enters the market. See just a
few of the places we have been;
click
here. Lance has also been to every state capital in the United States; click here. (Photos taken prior to
9/11)
Lance has also visited over 3000
coin-op car washes, 700 full service car washes, 3800 roll-over car washes, and had his
Corporate Command Center washed at
over 100 different truck washes. He has visited 600 of the Nations largest
corporation head quarters. He has viewed the units of over 1000 plus mobile
washing units and visited every other major manufacturer of washing equipment.
WashGuy.com and its predecessor company have
forced an estimated 380 competing companies to exit the marketplace through direct
competition in the market place. Mr. Winslow takes nothing for granted and does not
believe in luck, believing business is a three dimensional chess game whose rules change
every minute and every move effects every other and that there are new undiscovered moves
awaiting those who study the theory of the game, he loves it.
