Want to know the fastest way to pay $300K for a job?
Buy a franchise.
I’ve watched smart, capable people hand over six figures for the privilege of operating someone else’s system, under someone else’s brand, with someone else’s rules.
You can’t change the menu. Can’t change the pricing. Can’t change the hours. You report to a 28-year-old “franchise consultant” who’s never run anything in their life.
Congratulations — you traded one boss for a worse one. And you paid for it. With your savings.
The math is brutal:
→ Franchise fee: $50-300K
→ Royalties: 5-8% of gross. Forever.
→ Marketing fund: 2-4% of gross. Forever.
→ Build-out: $100-500K
→ Break-even: 18-36 months. Maybe.
Or — and hear me out — you build a service business from scratch for a fraction of that. Own 100%. Keep 100% of revenue. Make every decision yourself.
I’ve been building businesses for over two decades. The franchise model is one of the greatest sales jobs in American business. And the people buying are usually the ones who can least afford to get screwed.
That pisses me off.
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