Opening Up to Franchises to Buy a Great Business
How Doug Johns overcame his reservations about being a franchisee to acquire a dream business with $1.8m EBITDA. (Rebroadcast from September 2022.)
Topics in Doug's interview:
Buying a franchise vs. independent business
Opening your mind to a franchise
The many (overlooked) benefits to being a franchisee
Calling yourself "independent investor" instead of "searcher"
Running a search like a B2B sales process
The appeal of a deal with few addbacks
Why home service businesses are so appealing as acquisitions
Loving, rather than running from, managing people
Why the top home service businesses…
The skinny
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