franchises for women

Franchising For The Ladies

As a franchise advisor, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some pretty remarkable women. Remarkable in the sense that they came from very successful careers in corporate America, and had the courage to walk away from them. Walking away from a $125,00 a year job offer and right into the unknown, (small business ownership) is not for the faint of heart. On the inside flap of my book, I’m quoted as saying this;

“Franchise ownership isn’t for everyone; as a matter of fact, it isn’t for most people.”

Some of my fellow industry professionals don’t care for the quote, but it’s true. One must possess a certain type of DNA to do it. talking about becoming the owner of a franchise, and actually writing a $35,000 check up-front to officially become a franchisee are two very different things. It’s kind of like thinking about going skydiving one day, vs. standing at the edge of the airplane’s doors getting read to jump!

But, it can be done. (Not by me, though!)

Read this post by the folks over at Franchise Direct about the power of women franchise owners. It’s a good one.

And, if you know of a woman who’s been talking about becoming the owner of a franchise someday, have her enter this cool franchise business contest.

#OWOF on Twitter

More Women Needed (To Become Franchise Owners)

The franchise industry needs you. If you’re a woman, and you’ve thought about what I call “Owning what you do,” here’s your chance.

If fancy corporate offices just aren’t doing it for you anymore, and you’d prefer to have an office that you can call your own, there’s really only one way to do it;

You need to be your own boss

If you’re up for it, the process doesn’t even have to be complicated.

But, you shouldn’t do it alone. You need to use all the tools–all the resources that are available to you, in order to make sure that you’re on the right track. It may be that a franchise business isn’t for you. Not everybody is right for the mostly-rigid franchise business model. There are lots of rules. There are lots of procedures. And, there are a lot of cool opportunities.

This Is Cool

In my role as a franchise ownership advisor, I’ve learned that most women don’t need too much in the way of motivation to get where they want to go.

In a guest post over at Up And Running, (Palo Alto Software’s Corporate Blog), I wrote;

“Most of the women that I’ve worked with don’t need to listen to $1,200 worth of motivational tapes to get their game on. They seem to have it built-in as part of their psyche.”

That’s been my experience.

But, there’s another reason that I was asked to send over a few paragraphs about women. And motivation. And franchising.

It’s because of #OWOF

If you don’t know what those 4 letters stand for, you know what to do.

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