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So You Want A Home Based Franchise?

You want to have a low overhead franchise. In these tough economic times, it certainly makes sense. Or does it? Could a home based franchise of your own provide that Pot O' Gold?





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Most of the time, when I do seminars and classes on franchising, questions are asked concerning home based businesses. Home based businesses cover a broad scope of different business models. Some are legit, most are not. Things like:

  1. "Stuff Envelopes For Hundred's Of Dollars A Day" -Not
  2. "Make Money On The Internet" -Probably not
  3. "Make And Sell Your Own Line Of Jewelery"-Maybe

Folks, the "businesses" above are not franchises! They are either MLM junk, or "Biz Opps" {Think vending machines, when thinking of what a Biz Opp is. Biz opp is short for Business Opportunity, which are regulated much differently than franchise are. Some are actually pretty good.}

Please don't ask me to define MLM. I will start turning Green. I hate MLM.



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About the Author
Joel Libava is The Franchise King® — an independent franchise advisor with 25+ years in the industry, two published books on franchising, and his writing has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, CNBC, and Entrepreneur® Magazine and others. In addition, he wrote exclusively for the U.S. Small Business Administration blog for eight years. He doesn't sell franchises. Instead, Joel helps you figure out if franchise ownership is actually right for you — and if it is, teaches you his powerful, proven-to-work franchise research techniques, so you can make a smart, informed decision on a franchise to own and be your own boss.

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I'm The Franchise King®, Joel Libava. For 25 years, I've helped thousands of people avoid bank account emptying mistakes.
I'm blunt, ethical, slightly sarcastic, and I'm not hard-sell.
That said, if you want to make a smart, informed decision on franchises to own, I can help you a lot. Note:
I'm NOT a commission-based franchise broker, consultant or coach.
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