Brian Aoukar – Founder, Marcellina

Vicki Prout has been a great help to us, both with our existing group of stores and with our international expansion. The financial modelling, operations manuals and ongoing coaching we have received have been a great investment for the Marcellina brand. We look forward to continuing our work with Vicki Prout in the future.

Troy Cartwright – Chief Global Officer, PoolWerx

Australian franchising must celebrate people like Vicki Prout for what she has achieved and what she will continue to achieve in the franchising sector. With her level of global skills and an intellectual property base developed through years of building and applying, Vicki is now sharing this expertise with franchising as the beneficiary.

Jason Cobb – Founder and CEO, Crackmasters

A big THANK YOU to all the Sherpas for their help so far. Your ability to work as a team is so well demonstrated and appreciated. Since I have been working with you, my confidence in the whole franchising world has grown. I really look forward to our ongoing relationship.

Michael Clunne – Founder and Director, Muscle Beach

I was immediately impressed with Vicki's willingness and ability to answer every question I could throw at her with astonishing factual precision. I have been working with Sherpa Group since halfway through 2010, and now I have structured companies, Intellectual property, new business systems and flourishing trade, and we are still only in first gear. I urge anyone who has a dream to build their business but are at a loss as to how, drop in on Vicki and the team, you will never look back.

Troy Gray – Director, Destination for Men

I am the founder of an innovative business, and over the past 4 years I have strived to take this concept to the next level. During the first few years I had limited success, however after aligning my business with Vicki Prout I have experienced an obvious ‘spike’ in both turnover and profit. To say that I have benefited from aligning myself (and my business) with Vicki would be an understatement. Securing Vicki as a mentor and a business partner has strategically been my most enlightened decision yet (I wish I had done it earlier!).

Vicki’s leadership has enabled me to grow as a business owner, and her guidance has been exceptionally beneficial for all of my staff. Due directly to the implementation of systems and operational manuals instigated by Vicki I would now classify my business as professional and successful. The outlook for growth within my business looks extremely promising and securing Vicki as the leader/franchisor is a move I am guaranteed to be proud of.”

Laura Jacob – International Manager, Telcoinabox

“The team at Sherpa Group have truly lived up to their image, as they have guided and supported us throughout our compilation of our master licence manuals and our service provider manuals. They have produced efficient and effective manuals which will be given to our franchisees and we couldn’t have done it without their help. Overall their support and assistance, their knowledge of the franchising industry, and their knowledge on the demands of being a franchisor and/or a franchisee has been outstanding. Sherpa Group have a lot to offer clients and have certainly proved they are a leader in the franchise consultancy sector.”

Brenton Chivell – Director, Zen Home Energy Systems

“The advice and support from Sherpa group has been outstanding. From concept education, to manuals and legal, to assisting with recruitment and marketing, we couldn't be happier! Sherpa group are clearly seen as a market leader in their space and Vicki and her team are all highly skilled professionals.
Without the support and direction from Vicki, our business would still be months away from attracting new franchisees, whereas we now have 4 franchisees due to open within the next 10 weeks!”

Lowen Partridge – Principal, Peartree Marketing

“As a brand engineer I worked with Vicki Prout to strategically develop her own business’ Brand Identity and in the process facilitated the name Sherpa Group. I have observed that Vicki handles her client’s businesses with the same degree of intellectual rigor and strategy providing her clients with a holistic and complete approach to franchising. With an approachable and matter-of-fact style backed by formidable knowledge in franchising she inspires her clients to achieve whilst maintaining realistic expectations. Vicki has indeed added considerably to the standard of franchising in Australia and benefited many in the franchising sector.”

Jen Watts – Managing Director, The Fairies

The Fairies Concept Store was ready to be franchised in 2008, but not sure where to start, we engaged Vicki and her team at Sherpa Group as our Franchise Consultants. They led us through every aspect of establishment with patience, unparalleled knowledge and initiative, and the resultant operations, marketing and training manuals, as well as the shared 'franchise intelligence' and experience, will ensure the protection of our brand and enable us to expand not only nationally, but internationally.