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Franchise ownership

I stumbled on an article on Yahoo! Small Business, that (again) put franchise ownership as one of 7 most overrated businesses.

Kelly K. Spors and Kevin Salwen, the article writers, have conversed with small business experts to identify the overrated businesses. Other than franchise ownership, the other six are: Restaurants, direct sales, online retail, high-end retail, independent consulting and traffic-driven websites.

The culprit that put franchise ownership on the list is, again, the franchise agreement. “…too many people don’t understand the risks associated with franchising and sign restrictive franchise agreements without…

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