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Are you thinking about starting your own business?
Do you want the freedom to work for yourself? There are hundreds of different businesses you can consider
starting, and each has its own set of pros and cons. The biggest
roadblock to starting or buying a business is that they require a
considerable up-front cash investment. In addition to the large
investment, the time commitment you must make when starting a business
can ultimately turn out to be be far greater than what you have
experienced in any job, and the return is not necessarily worth the
extra time or the financial risk.
What are your options?
Let's take a look at some of your options for starting your own business:
Option #1 Buying a Franchise
You could buy a franchise such as McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s,
Subway, or Dominos Pizza, but you may find they have many BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
You will need to make a large upfront cash investment (average start-up
cost between supplies, location, etc - can fall between $400,000 to $1
million), and in the end, what you are really buying yourself is
90-hour-a-week job. You are going to be stuck in one location all the
time, and you will have to be there everyday to oversee the operation.
You are not going to increase your time freedom.
With
a franchise, you are also going to be required to pay royalty fees for
the life of your business. These fees are in addition to all of your
operating expenses, and in many cases, they can prevent you from being
profitable.
The following shows a few examples of franchises taken from Entrepreneur.com. Be sure to note the "net worth" and "cash liquidity" requirements which would prevent the majority of people from even considering this option:
Gymboree - Children's clothing retailer and play center |
Total investment: $141.4K - 286.8K
Franchise fee: $45K
Ongoing royalty fee: 6%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable
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Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $70K
Seeking Franchisees: Nationwide |
Shakey's Pizza Restaurant - Family pizza restaurant |
Total investment: $396.5K - 1.6M
Franchise fee: $25K
Ongoing royalty fee: 4.5% |
Net worth requirement: $750K
Cash liquidity requirement: $150K
Seeking Franchises: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wisconsin
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Deck The Walls - Art, custom framing and wall decor |
Total investment: $180.9K - 245.2K
Franchise fee: $30K
Ongoing royalty fee: 6%
Term of agreement: 10 years, renewable |
Net worth requirement: $250K
Cash liquidity requirement: $75K
Seeking Franchises: Nationwide
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Option #2 Traditional Brick & Mortar Business
In almost every case, if you buy yourself a traditional business, you
are doing nothing more than buying yourself a job... only with more
headaches. You assume all responsibility, and you must be there all the
time to make sure that everything is running properly. There are
numerous costs associated with operating a traditional business
including inventory, rent, and of course, personnel. Administrative
tasks take up a tremendous amount of time. The success of your business
can be highly dependent on the state of economy, and you are also bound
to one location. Long hours trapped in one location do not give you the
freedom to spend more time with your family and friends or be able to
take vacations, travel, and live a life of comfort and privilege. Costs are also a barrier to entry. Here are few examples of business that you can purchase:
Waterfront Motel |
Asking: $850,000
Gross: $150,000
Cash Flow: Not Disclosed
Location: West Alabama, Alabama
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Summary: This neat-as-a-pin waterfront motel in located in West Alabama. The
property has 24 units plus a 2 bedroom apartment. All rooms have newly
installed air conditioners and also refrigerators, microwaves, coffee
makers, and hair dryers. There is a commercial laundry room for the
motel and a separate laundry room for motel guests. |
Custom Closets and Shower Door Manufacturing |
Asking: $750,000
Gross: $1,100,000
Cash Flow: $234,000
Inventory: $56,000 (not included in
the asking price)
Employees: 13 |
Summary: An 18 year old family owned business servicing the Bathroom and Bedroom
industry supplying products for window treatments, storage, ventilated
steel shelving, partitions, laminated shelving, mirrors. In
addition to the asking price there are assets of $340,000, including
inventory, office equipment, trucks, woodworking shop tools and
machinery. |
Bagels/Delicatessen/Convenience Store |
Asking: $565,000
Gross:$741,965
Cash Flow: $128,032 |
Summary: Excellent
opportunity for entrepreneur to take this great business to the next
level. Wholesale bagel operation potential, currently manufactures
bagels only for retail operation but has capability and equipment for
larger scale operation. Retail portion of business includes seating for
10, great food, deli, convenience store.
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But,
wait... There IS another option! Finally a home-based business that
offers the true potential for true entrepreneurs to achieve success.
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If
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deal you’ve seen a million times floating around the Internet. Those
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other than YOU. All you get for all of your wasted time, energy, money
and resources is maybe a crate of re-labeled magic pills or a really
cool website or maybe even a web store front, basically nothing to show
except a failure that lowers your belief in yourself which carries over
into the next big thing, that is what is called just another deal.
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