How to Expand Your Business Though Franchising 2014 | Page 17

STEP 1 Getting Started GO! How do you get started with franchising? u Adopt a Franchise Plan v Take Action w Keep Moving x Understand that small steps add up to big results. business owners that have the prospects and makings of a really great franchise but, unfortunately certain things earlier when it came to even get started include statements like: my franchise company) that there is no [Mindset Mistake] “I’m not better time than right now to get started. ready to franchise, but maybe in a year or two.” [Legal Mistake] “I don’t need to franchise, I can sell licenses.” What I see many times are exceptional system believe causes many to “fail before they they never get started. They think about franchising, maybe even take some preliminary steps but they fail to follow through or adopt a mindset of “not now but next year” and when the next year comes... more delay. So, when it comes to franchising, many times I can tell you that the diffe ɕ