Within the next 15 years we will see dramatic changes in the franchising business. Today the business is saturated with “me too” so-called concepts that lack adequate business model legs to survive even at marginal profitability through the life span of their franchise agreements. Their FDDs are fiction and fantasy, and those who buy them lack relevant sophistication for small business investment (to put it mildly).
I write this to suggest that the usefulness of Blue MauMau to everyone in the franchising business is not well served by all the whining and accusations that seem lately to be plaguing this foru
Independent franchisee associations vary in quality from system to system. Where they are successful and their establishment does not result in all out warfare that tends to make reconciliation unlikely, the system usually performs better for the franchisees.
There is a mistaken belief that what franchisees really need in order to facilitate rationalizing franchise relationships into harmonious mutual peace and profit making is a collective voice competently expressing franchisee needs to a “reasonable” franchisor.
If you are now thinking of franchising your business, or of taking a hard look at what you might wish to do with this business that you franchised some years ago that could now use a bit of freshening up, this article might tweak some ideas for you.
The Radiator Franchisee Association, all franchisees of the 1-800-RADIATOR Radiator Express franchise system, announces the public establishment of its Association website:
Over the last 45 plus years I have encountered numerous situations in which my client was accused of things that, if true, would damage the reputation to the point of capital value impairment of the company.
Year in and year out, people who understand almost nothing about small business investment risk and how to identify and assess it sign long term draconian franchise agreements, putting everythin
