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In starting up your own business, you have several choices. You can purchase a franchise, a business opportunity, or start up a business from scratch. Purchasing a franchise gives you a ready made business. But what are the differences?
Franchise: The risks are lower and you can have a better chance of success. There is a quicker startup and less of a learning curve. You usually get training and ongoing support such as marketing, collective buying power and ongoing support.
Business Opportunity: A little higher risk and less support in terms of marketing, training and collective buying power. But you are runnining your own business and have more freedom to make choices and decide how you want to do things.
Start-up from scratch: This has the highest risk, the least structure, but the greatest freedom to run your own business the way that you want to.
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The Focus of Our Franchise Consultation Services:
Your Goals - Our franchise experts concentrate on understanding your business needs and goals as a franchise owner.
Franchise Options and Expert Guidance - We have researched thousands of franchise companies and recommend only those franchises that are a perfect match to your goals.
Franchise Industry Experience - Our franchise consultants have a combined 2,300 years of experience as franchise owners and franchisors. One cannot become a FranChoice consultant by paying a fee; they need to be a proven franchise expert.
No Obligations - Our franchise consulting service is truly a free service. It will not cost you any more to use our service than it will to work with franchise companies directly. What we provide is a consulting process that saves you time and money in your franchise search and provides you with the tools to make the right choices for you and your family.
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Fifteen states have franchise investment laws that require franchisors to provide pre-sale disclosures, known as "offering circulars," to potential purchasers. Thirteen of these state laws treat the sale of a franchise like the sale of a security. They typically prohibit the offer or sale of a franchise within their state until a franchise offering circular has been filed on the public record with, and registered by, a designated state agency. Two of the fifteen states do not require a filing of offering circulars, as noted in the list of state offices below.
These state laws give franchise purchasers important legal rights, including the right to bring private lawsuits for violation of the state disclosure requirements. We encourage potential franchise purchasers who reside in these states to contact their state franchise law administrators for additional information about the protection these laws provide.
California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
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