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SuperGreen Solutions offers what no other business can… a thriving franchise model that takes advantage of large invoice customers, rebates and tax incentives to make a major financial impact while also working to preserve the environment by providing sustainable solutions to everyday energy needs.

SuperGreen Solutions is an industry leader, offering significant growth opportunities in a sector that has very little current brand awareness or organized competition. Achieving energy independence is one of our countries highest priorities, and yet until now, there hasn’t been a simple way to provide customers with ways to save money on their energy bills while reducing the damage to our environment. That place is now SuperGreen Solutions… a local one stop energy efficient products store that provides solutions to homeowners and all businesses, including architects, builders, hospitals, schools, and governments.

A business opportunity that makes financial sense and ecological sense as well.

The One Stop Energy Efficient Products Store

Two knowledgeable industry leaders are behind the SuperGreen Solutions Franchise.

SuperGreen Solutions offers an outstanding business opportunity that truly is environmentally friendly. From the start, you will be able to promote yourself as a reliable, credible, authority with energy efficient products as well as being a part of the world’s largest business service franchise systems. Our credibility becomes your credibility. The combined expertise of Sean’s green industry knowledge and Ray’s business and franchise acumen are the foundation of our company.

Ray Titus is a widely recognized leader in the franchise industry. He founded SIGNARAMA in 1986 with a single store in Farmingdale, New York. Since then, SIGNARAMA has grown to become the world leader in the full-service sign industry. Now, as CEO of United Franchise Group, Ray has built a $500 million dollar franchising company with multiple brands, growing to 1,400 franchise locations in more than 50 countries.

Sean Cochrane lends his years of expertise as an environmental leader with extensive knowledge about sustainability and energy efficiency. In 2011, Sean opened the flagship U.S. SuperGreen Solutions store in North Palm Beach, Florida, and quickly led it to tremendous financial success. Sean has been a major player in the sustainable energy industry for more than 18 years, building his expertise in Australia where he launched and operated a highly successful energy efficiency franchise. He won the Queensland “Small Business Champion” Award and placed second at the Australian Small Business and Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Sean holds a large number of accreditations and licenses, giving him instant name recognition in the green industry.

Sean CochranePresident

SuperGreen Solutions

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Among its many commercial projects, our flagship store facilitated the installation of a 135 KW solar panel system at a car dealership. The store was able to find rebates and incentives that greatly offset the cost of the project, which is among the largest of its kind in the area.

This is a large invoice business.

SuperGreen SolutionsiPhone AppEnergy savings calculations are now right at your fingertips! With the all new SuperGreen Solutions iPhone app, your customers will be able to estimate their payback, dollar savings and carbon emission (CO2) savings if they installed energy efficient products in their homes or businesses. The download is absolutely free and serves as a powerful tool to engage your customers and show them how to offset energy costs with impactful energy solutions.

SuperGreen Solutions stores thrive on reaching a wide audience while targeting large invoice business customers. You don’t need a lot of customers to be successful, just some of the right customers. Everyone uses energy and everyone wants to save money! Showing businesses how to save money on energy, while doing the right thing for our environment is a great way to make a living.

The flagship SuperGreen Solutions store had remarkable sales growth in just its first few months of operations, cashing in on big ticket jobs. Customers were able to benefit from our vendor partnerships, rebates and incentives as well as our attractive finance programs.

Our classroom instruction covers all facets of operating your SuperGreen Solutions franchise, from business management to marketing strategies. You will learn how to promote your products, how to control supply and inventory, how to take advantage of rebates, how to manage major projects and all the details needed to stay true to our SuperGreen name.

There’s no prior experience necessary to become a SuperGreen Solutions franchisee. We’ll teach you everything you need to know to open, operate and grow your new business.

Our personal attention doesn’t end when training is over. One of our local field representatives will visit your store to set up your showroom and continue building your product knowledge and local marketing expertise in your area. You’ll receive one-on-one assistance on how to promote and develop your business. We also provide printed promotional materials and online marketing launches to give your SuperGreen Solutions an immediate presence in your community.

Comprehensive Training & Continued Support

You will learn every aspect of the business in order to run a successful SuperGreen Solutions store.

LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design)

United Franchise Group’s state-of-the-art training facility located in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Being a respected authority in your local community is one of the key success points in owning a SuperGreen Solutions franchise. Included in our training program are the associated costs in becoming a LEED associate.

Each one of our franchisees will take part in local training to add this valuable level of credibility and distinction to their business.

•You become part of a company with more than a quarter century of business franchising experience.

•You become part of a company with credible expertise in the green industry.

•This is a large invoice business!

•High rebates and tax incentives help facilitate sales.

•Our impressive support staff, resources and knowledge base are here for you.

•Brand Partnerships. We have the best brands accross every category. Judge us by the company we keep.

•Strategic Alliances with Vendors & Suppliers. As we build our franchise, our key relationships will help you gain preferred pricing.

•Savings Expertise will be taught to you so you become an industry knowledge leader.

•Advertising & marketing systems are already in place to help you maximize every sales opportunity.

•Comprehensive Training Program will teach you all aspects of running your own successful SuperGreen Solutions store.

•Location assistance. Our staff will research and provide expert site selection assistance, design the inside of your store, and set it up.

•Research & Development. Because the green and energy industries are always evolving, we are dedicated to exploring the latest cutting edge technologies and services.

•Financing Opportunities are available to help you make your dream of owning a SuperGreen Solutions store possible.

Why Choose a SuperGreen Solutions franchise?

The United Franchise Group is the global leader for Entreprenuers, consisting of a number of successful business-to-business brands and franchise development services. The company includes franchise industry giants SIGNARAMA, the world’s largest sign franchise; EmbroidMe, the world’s largest embroidery franchise; Plan Ahead Events, the world’s largest full-service event management franchise; Billboard Connection, the world’s largest out-of-home advertising franchise; and Transworld Business Advisors, a business brokerage and franchise development services firm. UFG also offers a unique range of development services that assist other franchise companies from conception to international expansion.

The talented team behind United Franchise Group, led by CEO Ray Titus, has more than 25 years of franchising experience. Their expertise is proven time and time again in the success of the brands they have worked to create. All UFG franchise brands have been awarded by Entrepreneur Magazine as leaders in their industries. In fact, SIGNARAMA was the first franchise ever to be recognized by the President of the United States, with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Presidential “E” Award for Export Excellence.

Be a part of a successful family of business opportunities!

BUSINESS LEADER, PALM BEACH COUNTYRAY TITUSPosition: Chief Executive, United Franchise Group.Personal: 48; married to Andrea;

sons Alex James, 19; Austin Roy, 17; Andrew, 14.

Education: Studied business management and communications at St. John Fischer College, Rochester, N.Y., and Florida Southern College, Lakeland.

Career highlights: Meeting President George W. Bush in the Oval Office in 2007 when SIGNARAMA won the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s Presidential “E” Award for export excellence; opening its 1,000th location and moving into the spacious West Palm Beach office.Community involvement: The Heath

Evans Foundation, which helps victims of sexual abuse, and First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach.Hobby: Playing and coaching

basketball.By Arlene Satchell STAFF WRITERRay Titus has come a long way from

the small sign shop he founded in Farmingdale, N.Y., in 1986, when he left the family printing business to strike out on his own.Today, at 48, he’s chief executive of

United Franchise Group, a West Palm Beach firm that specializes in business-to-business franchises, including its flagship SIGNARAMA brand.UFG generated revenues of more

than $450 million in 2010, and sales are forecast to grow 15 percent to 20 percent this year.For his entrepreneurial success, Titus

was named the 2010 winner of the Sun Sentinel Co.’s Excalibur Award as Business Leader, Palm Beach County. The award was presented Thursday evening at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

“It’s the loyalty and hard work of our people that has led to the success of the business,” Titus said.UFG has 145 employees and more

than 1,000 franchise owners.Lino DeFeo, of West Palm Beach, has been a SIGNARAMA franchisee for nearly two decades.“Their systems have worked well for

us,” DeFeo said of the training and marketing tools that SIGNARAMA provided when he bought the business in 1993.Titus sold the first SIGNARAMA

franchise in 1987 and opened a store in North Palm Beach that year to test the Florida market.In 1989, he moved SIGNARAMA’s

headquarters from New York to North Palm Beach, and over the years the brand has grown to nearly 1,000 locations worldwide. In 2004, Titus bought a new headquarters at 2121 Vista Parkway to accommodate growth.Titus credits his foray into franchising

to his father, the late Roy Titus. Roy Titus founded Minuteman Press International in 1973, and today it has more than 950 locations.Roy was a key influence in Titus’

business and personal life, and often joked about how much his son owed to him.“He’d say, ‘I taught you franchising,

taught you basketball and introduced you to your wife,’” Titus said.Titus and his wife Andrea, 47, who

once worked for his father, have been married for 22 years.Business lessons learned from his

father and Gary Rockwell, a mentor, have proven invaluable over the years.“Both were unique in work ethic…

and in the ability to get things done, and move forward in both good times and bad,” Titus said.During the recession’s “rough patch”

the company was forced to lay off staff in the face of “a lot of unknowns,” Titus said.

Although business was flat in 2010, franchise sales and franchisee volumes have slowly improved in the past six months, he said.In January, a SIGNARAMA in

Greensboro, N.C., achieved a company record with $1.2 million in monthly sales.Titus adopted the UFG banner in 2007

to better reflect the company’s growing portfolio of franchises.“It was obvious we needed to come

up with an umbrella name, when employees’ [uniforms] started looking like a billboard,” he said.The other franchise brands are

EmbroidMe, an embroidering and screen printing business; Billboard Connection, a home-based outdoor advertising agency; Plan Ahead Events, a home-based event planning business; and Transworld Business Advisors, a business brokerage firm.UFG operates solely as a franchiser

and does not own or operate any of the brands’ stores, Titus said.The West Palm Beach head office has

a training facility and mock storefronts where new franchise owners are taught essentials about their new businesses, including equipment demonstrations.Last year, Titus engineered a merger

with Fort Lauderdale’s Transworld Business Advisors to expand outside Florida. Transworld connects people with franchise opportunities and helps existing owners sell.Together, UFG’s brands account for

about 1,400 franchises in 52 countries. Last year, almost 200 new franchise locations were added.A new type of franchise – Super

Green Solutions – will open a North Palm Beach store in April. Super Green Solutions started in Australia and partnered with UFG to franchise the concept elsewhere.Products and services provided by the

eco-friendly franchise range from solar water heaters to energy management advice.At work, Titus encourages employee

development, said Jim Tatem, 45, president of SIGNARAMA, who’s worked with him for 25 years.“He’s always striving for better…

always challenging us to be better,” Tatem said.Titus also gives time and resources

to several community organizations, including Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches and the Heath Evans Foundation, a charity launches in 2006 to help children affected by sexual abuse.“He’s been a support in every area

of the foundation,” said founder Heath Evans, a West Palm Beach native and veteran fullback for the New Orleans Saints football team.“He’s a constant giver,” Evans said.

The Sun Sentinel Co.gives the ExcaliburAward to business lead-ers in South Florida whohave distinguishedthemselves and contrib-uted to the improvementof the region’s communi-ties.Each year, the Sun Sen-tinel Co. requests nomi-nations for the ExcaliburAward from the commu-nity.

In January, several pre-vious Excalibur recipientsand Sun Sentinel Co.executives selected thewinners.The nominees arejudged on:

Their ability to buildand innovatively developtheir company.Their ability to in-crease company profitsor stock value for share-holders, enhance cus-tomer service or createjobs or career opportuni-ties within their com-pany.Their contributions tothe South Florida com-munity, especially theircommitment to activelyparticipate as a leader incharitable and civicgroups.

The small businessaward honors an out-standing small businessowner who is a sole pro-prietor or who owns acontrolling interest in hisor her business.

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MorewinnersJordan Zimmermanwon the ExcaliburAward for BusinessLeader of the Year,Broward County.Money, 6D

Dwight Stephensonwas named SmallBusiness Leader of theYear, Broward County.Money, 7D

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Ray Titus has come a long way from the small sign shop

he founded in Farmingdale, N.Y., in 1986, when he left the

family printing business to strike out on his own.

Today, at 48, he’s chief executive of United Franchise

Group, a West Palm Beach firm that specializes in

business-to-business franchises, including its flagship

Signarama brand.UFG generated revenues of more than $450 million in

2010, and sales are forecast to grow 15 percent to 20 percent

this year.For his entrepreneurial success, Titus was named the

2010 winner of the Sun Sentinel Co.’s Excalibur Award as

Business Leader, Palm Beach County. The award was

presented Thursday evening at the Boca Raton Resort &

Club.“It’s the loyalty and hard work of our people that has led

to the success of the business,” Titus said.

UFG has 145 employees and more than 1,000 franchise

owners.Lino DeFeo, of West Palm Beach, has been a Signarama

franchisee for nearly two decades.

“Their systems have worked well

for us,” DeFeo said of the training and

marketing tools that Signarama pro-

vided when he bought the business in

1993.Titus sold the first Signarama fran-

chise in 1987 and opened a store in

North Palm Beach that year to test the

Florida market.In 1989, he moved Signarama’s head-

quarters from New York to North

Palm Beach, and over the years the

brand has grown to nearly 1,000

locations worldwide. In 2004, Titus

bought a new headquarters site at 2121

Vista Parkway to accommodate

growth.Titus credits his foray into franchis-

ing to his father, the late Roy Titus.

Roy Titus founded Minuteman Press

International in 1973, and today it has

more than 950 locations.Roy was a key influence in Titus’

business and personal life, and often

joked about how much his son owed to

him.“He’d say, ‘I taught you franchising,

taught you basketball and introduced

you to your wife,’” Titus said.Titus and his wife Andrea, 47, who

once worked for his father, have been

married for 22 years.Business lessons learned from his

father and Gary Rockwell, a mentor,

have proven invaluable over the years.“Both were unique in work ethic …

and in the ability to get things done,

and move forward in both good times

and bad,” Titus said.During the recession’s “rough

patch” the company was forced to lay

off staff in the face of “a lot of

unknowns,” Titus said.Although business was flat in 2010,

BUSINESS LEADER, PALM BEACH COUNTYRAY TITUS

SCOTT FISHER/CORRESPONDENT

Position: Chief Executive, UnitedFranchise Group.

Personal: 48; married to Andrea; sons

Alex James, 19; Austin Roy, 17; Andrew,

14.

Education: Studied businessmanagement and communications at

St. John Fischer College, Rochester,

N.Y., and Florida Southern College,Lakeland.

Career highlights: Meeting President

George W. Bush in the Oval Office in

2007 when Signarama won the U.S.

Dept. of Commerce’s Presidential “E”

Award for export excellence; opening

its 1,000th location and moving into

the spacious West Palm Beach office.Community involvement: The Heath

Evans Foundation, which helpsvictims of sexual abuse, and FirstBaptist Church of West Palm Beach.Hobby: Playing and coaching

basketball.

By Arlene Satchell | STAFF WRITER

Please turn to TITUS, 6D

Movie posters and an alien figure decorate Hollywood

Media Corp.’s Boca Raton headquarters, references to

entrepreneur Laurie Silvers’ businesses, past and present.

From developing a sci-fi channel for television to a

Broadway ticket business, Silvers has spent her career

exploring new fronts in media and entertainment. Over

the years, she has been active in South Florida arts,

education and economic organizations.

For those achievements, Silvers is the 2010 winner of the

Sun Sentinel Co.’s Excalibur Award as Small Business

Leader, Palm Beach County. The award was presented

Thursday night at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

Silvers practiced law with her husband, Mitchell

Rubenstein, in the early 1980s, and they co-founded cable’s

Sci-Fi Channel, now called SyFy, in 1989. The couple raised

$100 million to launch the channel. “We’re both visionaries,” said Silvers. But, “I’m more

practical: What’s the return on investment going to be?”

Rubenstein was ready to launch the channel, but Silvers

suggested a Gallup poll to make sure the idea was viable.

They sold the company for an undis-

closed amount in 1992.A year later, they founded Holly-

wood Media, a publicly held holding

company for entertainment business-

es. Silvers is the president; Ruben-

stein is CEO.In 2000, the couple set their sights on

the Great White Way, starting Broad-

way.com, an online ticketing business

that sold New York show tickets and

hotel packages. In December 2010,

Hollywood Media sold Broadway.com

to theater producer Key Brand Enter-

tainment for $45 million. “We felt we had to take the Broad-

way business to a particular level

where it was doing very well. To take it

to the next level would have taken an

infusion of capital,” Silvers explained.Remaining holdings include a

United Kingdom-based movie ticket

business; part of an online movie

ticket business called MovieTickets.

com; and Tekno Books, which has

published books by best-selling au-

thors including Isaac Asimov, Tom

Clancy and Scott Turow. By divesting Broadway.com, the

company can focus on the online

movie ticket business, which has

bigger growth potential, Rubenstein

said. Only one other player, Fandango,

is in the market. MovieTickets.com

also is a global business, with an

expanding presence in Latin America

and Europe, he said.The Broadway.com sale “gives us

the opportunity to take the company

into new areas,” Silvers said.The new business could be in new

media or traditional media, but it will

SMALL BUSINESS LEADER, PALM BEACH COUNTYLAURIE SILVERS

CARLINE JEAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Position: President, HollywoodMedia Corp.

Personal: 59, married to MitchellRubenstein, co-founder ofHollywood Media; three grownchildren.

Education: Bachelor’s degree,University of Miami; law degree,University of Miami.

Career highlights: Co-foundedSci-Fi Channel and HollywoodMedia; owns cable TV station in Port

St. Lucie and five radio stations onthe Treasure Coast.

Community involvement:Chairwoman of Economic Council of

Palm Beach County, 2010; serves on

boards of Kravis Center for thePerforming Arts, WPBT publicbroadcasting station and JewishFederation of Palm Beach County.Hobbies: Learning to play golf.

By Marcia Heroux Pounds | STAFF WRITER

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We Are Green TooThe United Franchise Group brands are committed to consciously conserving the world’s resources by using the most energy efficient products possible. We are working to help the environment and lower energy costs throughout our World Headquarters in West Palm Beach Florida as part of our commitment to conservation and the Super Green Solutions brand. Our building has undergone a complete transformation to energy efficient LED lighting for its public areas and parking lot. We’ve also incorporated solar water heating systems and solar panels.

SuperGreen Solutions is more than just a business…it’s a movement to preserve the environment, offer energy solutions and improve the future of our world for generations to come, while also creating great wealth for our successful owners. People. Planet. Profit.

We know that purchasing a franchise is an important decision and we want you to feel comfortable with our business and what we do. We hope you will speak with one of our franchising experts to have all of your questions answered and find out more about us. There is no obligation. Let’s work together to see if SuperGreen Solutions is the right opportunity for you.

Moving Forward...Your Next Step

Call us today at 1-866-899-2001 or visit us at

www.unitedfranchisegroup.com/supergreen-solutions

2121 Vista Parkway West Palm Beach, FL 33411

www.unitedfranchisegroup.com/supergreen-solutions

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