You can even run a franchise without quitting your day job and while working from home according to Start Up Journal. The days where the franchise operator was required to be on site are over and owners are now allowed and equipped to manage the business remotely.
One owner interviewed monitors his Arlington, VA business from 133 miles away in New Jersey via the internet. Employees have to “Clock in” using a finger print identification system and sales figures are instantly relayed to him. He visits the store once every 3 months.
An hourly staff and manager run the business.
The lower costs of starting franchises lets owners have multiple businesses all operable remotely thanks to laptops and handheld PDA’s. For example…
About 70% of some 300 Snap Fitness franchisees have another job or are semi-retirees or stay-at-home parents, says Peter Taunton, founder and CEO of Snap Fitness 24/7 Inc., in Chanhassen, Minn. “It allows you to get into a new business without quitting your day job.”
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