Well, you do have choices, right?
Who says that you have to open your franchise business in the US? Where is it written?
They have franchises in Canada, don't they?
Ned Levitt, a franchise lawyer at Gowlings in Toronto, obviously subscribes to this blog. He was interviewed by The Vancouver Sun, and his philosophies sound eerily similar to my own, when it comes to the franchise industry as a whole. Especially during tough times...
Ned;
"In times like this, franchising lends itself to con artists and flimflammers who will take advantage of naive individuals. That's not to say you should avoid franchising. On the contrary, a franchise can present a good opportunity for those who want to own a business."
Mr. Levitt's firm recently surveyed 400 franchise owners, half of whom had owned their franchise for less than five years. The results were interesting. "The classic image is that they are people in their forties and fifties," he said.
Read the rest of this honest, no-spin, interview. Man, I like this guy!
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