Tint World®, a premier auto styling and window tinting franchise, wins over entrepreneurs fleeing the corporate world with a people-first culture and sustainable future. By Lizzy Yeserski
Tint World®, a premier auto styling and window tinting franchise, wins over entrepreneurs fleeing the corporate world with a people-first culture and sustainable future.
“Most people that come out of the corporate world are looking to get out of that rat race,” said Charles Bonfiglio, CEO and founder. “They want to have a successful business and a fun lifestyle, with an opportunity to grow in their local community while increasing their own revenue they can achieve,” he said.
Tint World has received the Culture100 award by Franchise Business Review for three consecutive years; this can be felt the minute a potential franchisee walks into the headquarters office.
“When they see who we are as a team, how we function and how our heart really works with them, and the culture that we have – there’s no denying that we have a really great team, and we all really care about each other,” Bonfiglio said. He refers to the company as one big happy family.
And like any functional family, Tint World runs on unwavering support.
“We have some really unique systems that I put together in each department,” Bonfiglio said. Initial training dives into the nitty-gritty of the company’s processes, encompassing everything from administering payroll and paying sales taxes to understanding marketing and branding initiatives.
Tint World also provides a dashboard that every franchisee can access, showing how they’re benchmarking when compared to other stores. The dashboard puts everyone on the same page and encourages collaboration among locations so everyone can grow together.
Also, the corporate team visits stores once a quarter to evaluate how to improve and streamline processes and get them to the next level even faster. That team includes business consultants and technical advisers.
“We’ll do everything and anything to help owners be successful. We’ll send somebody there as many times as we have to, work with vendors to make sure they’re getting something adjusted or corrected and even have their family come down to training,” Bonfiglio said.
With high profit margins and very few competitors, it’s likely that extra support isn’t needed to operate a Tint World franchise. Still, it’s comforting to know it’s there.
Lizzy Yeserski