http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/03/19/calculating-the-risk-of-a-franchise-investment/ Editors from FSB magazine answer your pressing small-business questions. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:52:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/03/19/calculating-the-risk-of-a-franchise-investment/#comment-1825 Anonymous Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:26:34 +0000 http://askfsb.blogs.fsb.cnn.com/?p=234#comment-1825 Patricia, it sounds like you and your family have a lot of experience in fast food franchises. All business owners I know make healthy profits and healthy incomes for themselves. What franchises and areas do you speak of? Patricia, it sounds like you and your family have a lot of experience in fast food franchises. All business owners I know make healthy profits and healthy incomes for themselves. What franchises and areas do you speak of?

]]> http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/03/19/calculating-the-risk-of-a-franchise-investment/#comment-1500 Anonymous Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:47 +0000 http://askfsb.blogs.fsb.cnn.com/?p=234#comment-1500 You idiot... Patricia from Nevada did a great job with about 50 words! You idiot… Patricia from Nevada did a great job with about 50 words!

]]> http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/03/19/calculating-the-risk-of-a-franchise-investment/#comment-1164 Patricia, Las Vegas, NV Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:29:46 +0000 http://askfsb.blogs.fsb.cnn.com/?p=234#comment-1164 Having worked for a fast-food franchisor, as well as having family members who have owned franchised fast-food concepts I can tell you three things: (1) they're very expensive - both to open and keep open; (2) they require more work (7 days/week, 70 hrs/week) and more headaches (dealing with dozens or hundreds of minimum wage, unreliable teenagers) than other non-food franchises; and (3) few of them make good money - most are unprofitable or barely break even. Having worked for a fast-food franchisor, as well as having family members who have owned franchised fast-food concepts I can tell you three things: (1) they're very expensive – both to open and keep open; (2) they require more work (7 days/week, 70 hrs/week) and more headaches (dealing with dozens or hundreds of minimum wage, unreliable teenagers) than other non-food franchises; and (3) few of them make good money – most are unprofitable or barely break even.

]]> http://smallbusiness.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/03/19/calculating-the-risk-of-a-franchise-investment/#comment-904 Anonymous Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:25:43 +0000 http://askfsb.blogs.fsb.cnn.com/?p=234#comment-904 It's a huge question, how can people answer you in few words? It's a huge question, how can people answer you in few words?

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