Smart Brain America vs STEM for Kids Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Smart Brain America vs STEM for Kids including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	Smart Brain America Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Investment	$60,200 - $163,700	$49,500 - $83,650
Franchise Fee	$25,000	$39,500
Royalty Fee	$12-20/student/month	7+%
Advertising Fee	-	2%
Year Founded	2003	2011
Year Franchised	2005	2014
Term Of Agreement	10 years	-
Term Of Agreement	10 years	-
Renewal Fee	$3000	-
Business Experience Requirements
	Smart Brain America Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Experience	-	-Are you genuinely interested in STEM? -Do you understand the role STEM plays in today’s economy and society? -Are you active in your community and hungry to make a positive impact in young minds? -Are you self-directed, self-motivated and able to juggle through multiple priorities? -Do you have a strong desire to learn, grow and have fun in the process?
Financing Options
	Smart Brain America Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	No/No	Yes/-
Start-up Costs	No/No	-/Yes
Equipment	No/No	-/-
Inventory	No/No	-/-
Receivables	No/No	-/-
Payroll	No/No	-/-
Training & Support
	Smart Brain America Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
Training	-	On-The-Job Training: 4 hours Classroom Training: 28 hours Additional Training: Virtual training
Support	-	Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Field Operations Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing	-	Ad Templates Social media SEO Website development Email marketing
Operations	-	Number of Employees Required to Run: 1
Expansion Plans
	Smart Brain America Franchise	STEM for Kids Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	No	-
International Expansion	No	Yes

Company Overviews

About Smart Brain America

Mental arithmetic in itself is a powerful educational tool by its own right. Smart Brain America has crafted a proprietary program that is light years beyond this basic concept by creating a children's educational program that is an All-Inclusive Right Brain Enhancement and Abacus Arithmetic course. It is designed to explode the full capabilities and strength of the right side and left side of the brain. It allows the children in such programs to be able to perform large and difficult calculations in the head without any help from the use of a computer or calculator.
For example, a child as young as even 9 years of age, who is in his or her Grand Level would be able to calculate a number as large as 739,241/329 all in the head, without any computers, calculators or even the Abacus! What's more incredible is that Grand Level children can accomplish this within ten seconds with near perfection each and every time at a pace equal to competition level!
Right side brain development will also lead to equally impressive results in: reading comprehension, reading accuracy, reading speed, memory recall and recall speed, and conceptualization.
Children utilize the Abacus, the ancient Chinese calculator, in a highly specialized manner to fire the synaptic pathways in the brain resulting in true, unparalleled brain development in kids.
Smart Brain America is a franchise company looking for new franchisees for prime locations of their choice.

About STEM for Kids

STEM for Kids® provides educational enrichment in Robotics, Engineering and Computer Programming for children ages 4 - 14 through camps, afterschool programs, in-school field trips, workshops in schools and outside community spaces.

Our processes, diligently crafted and baked with experiences, are designed to be simple yet effective in helping you set up and run a successful operation.
The secret sauce of our business model,the curricula is born in industry and developed inhouse to maximize real-world connections and educational alignment while providing fun-based learning experiences.

Veteran Incentives  12% off franchise fee