Lawn Care Franchise Ownership Tips - Spring-Green

Can A Spring-Green Franchise Business Provide Non-Stop Action?

 

(Courtesy of Flickr-briant87)

That depends on how to define "non-stop action."

Some folks define it as watching (and betting on) 10 Greyhounds that are chasing a fake rabbit around a course at speeds of up to 45 mph 

Some people may define non-stop action as spending $10,000 during a 3 day casino-hopping binge in Las Vegas...

Investing In A Franchise; Do Due Diligence

Due diligence. Here's the definition, from Investopedia;

"An investigation or audit of a potential investment. Due diligence serves to confirm all material facts in regards to a sale."

An investigation....

How Optimistic Are You Today?

Ann Handley, a former small business owner, and writer over at the American Express OPEN Forum website, just wrote a wonderful post about optimism. I think it's worth a look, if you're thinking about entering the franchise/small business space. Her take of optimism is

"The key, is to practice not unbridled, idealistic, romantic notions of cheerfully annoying optimism, but rather to practice “disciplined optimism.” Her article about optimism is actually part of a book review of , Conquer the Chaos: How to Grow a Successful Small Business, by Clate Mask and Scott Martineau (Wiley, 2010).

Go to the OPEN Forum to get inspired by Ann's take on optimism..

Franchise Businesses In The Service Sector May Be Worth A Look

Most people thinking about becoming franchise owners seem to focus on food franchises, at first. Maybe it's because there are so many of them.

For instance, Subway has almost 32,000 stores. That's a lot of franchises!