I want to be a franchisee of…

Just an interesting fact – there are so many companies that are using franchising system that many people really consider every huge company a franchiser. I decided to confirm this idea by organizing such a survey. There were just a couple of questions and the main was: “Name the company you would buy a franchise at”. The most interesting results are below.
1. Gazprom (Russian natural gas giant). I even don’t need a franchise license. Just a couple of pipeline meters.
2. McDonalds. You could call it primitive but I have an idea how to organize a business even better than McDonalds do. I gonna add some new traits to the idea that would help me to be competitive.
3. Wal-Mart and you have no need to persuade me that they don’t have franchises. Still I want to.
4. Exxon Mobile. I want to get a little oil well and organize such a franchise.
5. Franchise? Could you explain please what is it?
6. I don’t know. Are there any franchises that don’t require hard work?
7. I WILL NOT ANSWER YOUR STUPID QUESTIONS, YOU, FRANCHISE FRANTIC!
 

Still I should state that the structure of answers mostly represents the common idea on franchising. There are too many food and fast-food restaurants and retail stores. Unfortunately I haven’t found the ideas that will be interesting to launch immediately.
So the main conclusion is that if you want to buy a franchise you have to think carefully on the industries and ideas. No one could help you more than you do.

2 Responses to “I want to be a franchisee of…”

  1. Chris Hickman Says:

    Could I suggest another question? Is franchising still the right decision? There is no doubt that it works for the franchisors, but how about the prospective franchisee?

    FYI

  2. author Says:

    Thanks. I was just thinking about other short survey as I’ll get a new group of students in economics soon. I’ll publish the result as soon as I get’em.

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