Comments on: Unhappy Franchisee: “I have signed a deal with the devil” http://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/unhappy-franchisee-i-have-signed-a-deal-with-the-devil/ The uncensored truth about franchises... from those who own them. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carol Cross http://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/unhappy-franchisee-i-have-signed-a-deal-with-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-16839 Carol Cross Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:33:50 +0000 http://www.unhappyfranchisee.com/unhappy-franchisee-i-have-signed-a-deal-with-the-devil/#comment-16839 Admin asks "Who is the blame for franchise failures?" But, Admin knows that the only reliable statistics out there, (that are ignored by the business media and policy makers and "the powers that be") indicate that ALL small startup businesses, regardless of whether they are independent or franchised small businesses, FAIL at a rate of 50% at sometime within the first five years! Maybe the better question would be: "Why do 50% franchisees survive the first five years and 50% fail, and whose fault is it? Aren't the franchisors subsidized by regulatory policy because government knows that the franchisors, who use the franchisees as a resource, can somewhat beat these grim odds because the franchisee is supplying the capital and cheap labor and assuming an unfair share of the risk to build the business of the franchisor? http://thegreatfranchisingrobbery.blogspot.com Admin asks “Who is the blame for franchise failures?” But, Admin knows that the only reliable statistics out there, (that are ignored by the business media and policy makers and “the powers that be”) indicate that ALL small startup businesses, regardless of whether they are independent or franchised small businesses, FAIL at a rate of 50% at sometime within the first five years!

Maybe the better question would be: “Why do 50% franchisees survive the first five years and 50% fail, and whose fault is it?

Aren’t the franchisors subsidized by regulatory policy because government knows that the franchisors, who use the franchisees as a resource, can somewhat beat these grim odds because the franchisee is supplying the capital and cheap labor and assuming an unfair share of the risk to build the business of the franchisor?

http://thegreatfranchisingrobbery.blogspot.com

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