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Meet Some FASTSIGNS®Owners
 Growing Up in Franchising
Ann Marie Hall, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
When Ann Marie Hall purchased an underperforming Lancaster, Pennsylvania FASTSIGNS® store in 1998, she had a pretty good idea of what lay ahead. Ann Marie, who hails from a family of entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals, worked as an employee of another franchisor during high school and college. After college, she became a district manager with that franchisor’s corporate office, working with the company’s franchise business consultants. Click here to learn more about Ann Marie...
 Moving up in the World
Greg Shugarts, Kirkland, Washington Greg Shugarts became a FASTSIGNS® franchise owner the old fashioned way: he earned it, by working his way up from the ground floor. Greg started his first business while he was still in college, then worked in the corporate world and as a FASTSIGNS store employee for a number of years. “I knew that if I worked for somebody else, I would be making money for somebody else,” Greg remembers. “I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart, and knew that the best way to maximize my earning potential was to be my own boss. So I knew for some time I wanted to own my own FASTSIGNS store.” Click here to learn more about Greg...
 Entrepreneurial Spirit
Bill Belmont, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Even as a boy, Bill Belmont showed the ethic of a true entrepreneur. Starting at the age of 12 in Pleasantville, New York, Bill worked as a caddie at a local country club, toting bags, cleaning clubs and learning the value of a well-earned dollar. After receiving his college degree in accounting, Bill worked as Vice President of Finance for a company that sold collectables and giftwares in the trade and retail channels. He was good at his job, but longed for a career that offered more independence and personal satisfaction; one without “the backbiting and politics of the corporate world”. He dreamt of the day when he could take greater control over his own life and began to investigate the possibility of owning and operating his own business. Click here to learn more about Bill...
 Master of His Own Destiny
Frank Kent, Burlington, Ontario
For more than a decade, while he worked for and managed successful businesses owned by someone else, Frank Kent believed he was meant for greater things. A native of Toronto, Canada, Frank always had drive and a real knack for business. After graduating from high school, he studied to become a professional accountant, then worked in operations and finance for a grocery industry manufacturing business. For several years, Frank then managed a successful, waste-handling equipment company. Then, in his own words, Frank Kent finally “had enough of the corporate world.” Click here to learn more about Frank...
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