How much does a franchise cost, all in?
The franchise fee is the number everyone quotes and the smallest part of what you will actually spend. Here is the full picture, including the line most people forget.
David Weaver
Resources
Things worth reading before you decide.
Articles from Dave and Ann Marie. None of it is gated and none of it asks for your email.
Articles
What to ask existing franchisees before you buy
Validation calls are the most useful hours you will spend. Most candidates waste them by asking questions that produce agreeable, useless answers. These ones do not.
David Weaver
Can you own a franchise and keep your job?
Semi-absentee ownership is real, and it is more demanding than it sounds. What it requires, which categories support it, and what it costs you in margin.
David Weaver
Leaving a corporate career to own a business
What actually changes when you stop being an employee, why experienced executives find the first year harder than expected, and how to sequence the move.
David Weaver
Franchise or start your own business?
An honest comparison of what you gain and give up with a franchise, and the kind of person each route actually suits.
David Weaver
How to read a Franchise Disclosure Document
The FDD is long, dry and the most important document in the process. Which items to read first, and what to look for in each.
David Weaver
How do franchise consultants get paid?
A straight answer about referral fees, why the advice is free to you, and what the incentive means for how you should weigh what you are told.
David Weaver
Seven signs franchise ownership is not for you
Most articles about franchising try to talk you into it. This one is the honest version, written to save you a very expensive mistake.
David Weaver
How long does it take to buy a franchise?
Two different timelines get confused constantly: how long the search takes, and how long the business takes to pay you back. Here are both.
David Weaver
Which franchises suit former corporate executives?
The categories that tend to fit senior professionals leaving corporate roles, and why the obvious choice is often the wrong one.
David Weaver
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