Entrepreneur: They say that wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from making mistakes. How true. This article intends to help you gain wisdom from the experience of others rather than having to pay the cost of learning from your own mistakes. These mistakes can represent real dollars–and avoiding them can make a big difference in the total investment you need for your new business and ultimately how profitable the business becomes.
Franchise companies will almost certainly have manuals, training programs and other support documents and services designed to help you avoid making costly mistakes. The challenge is that most new franchisees are trying to learn and execute many new things at once and sometimes make what they feel are logical decisions without remembering or consulting all the advice provided by the franchisor.
It’s always a great idea, during your due diligence conversations with existing franchisees in the system, to ask them if they made any expensive mistakes when they were first building or operating their new business. A good form for this question is, “Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently if you got to start all over again in building your business?”
Expensive Mistakes to Avoid as a New Franchisee [Entrepreneur]
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