{"id":27745,"date":"2018-03-23T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=27745"},"modified":"2021-09-08T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:02:39","slug":"your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","title":{"rendered":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27753 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos-620x395.jpg\" alt=\"could all this chaos be ruining your dream of being your own boss\" width=\"658\" height=\"419\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s something in the air<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t see it.<\/p>\n<p>Or <a title=\"tasty looking pizza\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/pizza-franchises-how-much-pizza-knowledge-do-you-need\">taste<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<p>Or smell it-although it <em>is<\/em> pretty nasty.<\/p>\n<p>But the <em>truly<\/em> scary thing is the fact that it&#8217;s growing&#8230;.multiplying. At a rapid rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdKvdURrtDs?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s affecting you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What Is It?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s <em>The Trump Effect<\/em>. It&#8217;s the almost daily chaos we&#8217;re seeing- <strong>and<\/strong> getting affected by. <a title=\"white house chaos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-03-23\/trump-s-day-of-chaos-fuels-global-tension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example<\/a><br \/>\n(<em>I hope you&#8217;re not too disappointed, but this is <strong>not<\/strong> a political post<\/em>.)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What I&#8217;m Observing<\/h2>\n<p>As someone who focuses on guiding and teach people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/consultations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to become successful franchise owners<\/a>, I talk to lots of people.<\/p>\n<p>Day and night, people who are interested in being their own boss reach out to me to <a title=\"the franchise king answers franchise questions\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/answers-to-franchise-questions\">get their questions answered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, they want to know <a title=\"steps to buying a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/how-to-buy-a-franchise\">what steps they should be taking<\/a>, so they can achieve their dreams of business ownership. So I provide them.<\/p>\n<p>But something has changed.<\/p>\n<p>The folks I&#8217;m talking to are&#8230;well&#8230;jittery. (<em>That&#8217;s the best word I can think of to describe what I&#8217;m observing<\/em>. <em>Hey-I&#8217;m no <a title=\"Stephen King twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenKing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re becoming more hesitant.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost like they&#8217;re waiting for something to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Something bad?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss: Is It Being Crushed?<\/h2>\n<p>Is <a title=\"dream of owning a franchise business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/be-your-own-boss-have-boss\"> your dream of becoming your own boss<\/a> being ruined by all the chaos our country is experiencing?<\/p>\n<p>Are you getting more and more concerned about making a big move now-like buying a franchise?<\/p>\n<p>Experience tells me that big national issues can and <em>do<\/em> affect us.<\/p>\n<p>For example, things like Presidential elections, fears of war, large fluctuations in the stock market, and high inflation tend to make us nervous.<\/p>\n<p>But chaos like this&#8230;the day in and day out craziness that&#8217;s been going on for months at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave-is off the charts.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is that you can make it through to the other side.<\/p>\n<p><em>The place where dreams happen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what ends up happening in The White House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27752 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-620x413.jpg\" alt=\"trump white house chaos\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-white-house-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&rsquo;s something in the air. You can&rsquo;t see it. Or taste it. Or smell it-although it is pretty nasty. But the truly scary thing is the fact that it&rsquo;s growing&hellip;.multiplying. At a rapid rate. &nbsp; &nbsp; And it&rsquo;s affecting you. &nbsp; What Is It? It&rsquo;s The Trump Effect. It&rsquo;s the almost daily chaos we&rsquo;re seeing- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,961],"tags":[1886,1885],"class_list":["post-27745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-franchise-purchasing","category-the-president","tag-chaos","tag-the-white-house"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss? &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Franchise King\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1303\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Libava\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\"},\"headline\":\"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/chaos.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"chaos\",\"the white house\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Franchise Purchasing\",\"the president\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\",\"name\":\"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss? &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/chaos.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00\",\"description\":\"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/chaos.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/chaos.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1303,\"caption\":\"dreams of owning a business\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Franchise Purchasing\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/category\\\/franchise-purchasing\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Franchise King\u00ae | Get Franchise Buying Advice\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\",\"alternateName\":\"The Franchise King\u00ae\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg\",\"width\":230,\"height\":319,\"caption\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thefranchchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/joellibava\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/franchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/JoelLibava\\\/videos\"],\"description\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. is owned and operated by The Franchise King, Joel Libava. Joel is the author of \\\"Become a Franchise Owner!\\\" (Wiley) and \\\"The Definitive Guide to Franchise Research\\\" (Self). Joel's blog, The Franchise King Blog, is the longest-running blog in franchising. Joel also owns and operates The Franchise Attorney Directory. Joel Libava works 1-on-1 as a Franchise Ownership Advisor, and is a prolific writer on all things franchising. Finally, he's been in franchising close to 25 years.\",\"email\":\"joel@thefranchiseking.com\",\"telephone\":\"2168312610\",\"legalName\":\"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.\",\"foundingDate\":\"2002-01-20\",\"taxID\":\"20-1184045\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\",\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Joel Libava\"},\"description\":\"I\u2019m The Franchise King\u00ae, Joel Libava. I'm the author of two helpful books on researching and buying a franchise. In addition, I'm a Franchise Ownership Advisor with 20+ years of experience working 1-on-1 with people interested in buying a franchise, safely. Subscribe to my free VIP Franchise Newsletter.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/thefranchchiseking1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/joellibava\",\"https:\\\/\\\/in.pinterest.com\\\/franchiseking\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/JoelLibava\"],\"knowsAbout\":[\"Franchising\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss? &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae","description":"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?","og_description":"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","og_site_name":"The Franchise King\u00ae","article_published_time":"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1303,"url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joel Libava","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss"},"author":{"name":"Joel Libava","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66"},"headline":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?","datePublished":"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss"},"wordCount":351,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg","keywords":["chaos","the white house"],"articleSection":["Franchise Purchasing","the president"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss","name":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss? &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-23T16:00:35+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-08T14:02:39+00:00","description":"Could your dream of being your own boss be ruined? Find out by reading this important post from The Franchise King\u00ae. Wait until you find out what may ruin your dream.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/chaos.jpg","width":2048,"height":1303,"caption":"dreams of owning a business"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/your-dream-of-being-your-own-boss#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Franchise Purchasing","item":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/category\/franchise-purchasing"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Could This Be Ruining Your Dream Of Being Your Own Boss?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/","name":"The Franchise King\u00ae | Get Franchise Buying Advice","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#organization","name":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.","alternateName":"The Franchise King\u00ae","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-2023-the-franchise-king.jpg","width":230,"height":319,"caption":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefranchchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joellibava","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/franchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/JoelLibava\/videos"],"description":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc. is owned and operated by The Franchise King, Joel Libava. Joel is the author of \"Become a Franchise Owner!\" (Wiley) and \"The Definitive Guide to Franchise Research\" (Self). Joel's blog, The Franchise King Blog, is the longest-running blog in franchising. Joel also owns and operates The Franchise Attorney Directory. Joel Libava works 1-on-1 as a Franchise Ownership Advisor, and is a prolific writer on all things franchising. Finally, he's been in franchising close to 25 years.","email":"joel@thefranchiseking.com","telephone":"2168312610","legalName":"Franchise Selection Specialists Inc.","foundingDate":"2002-01-20","taxID":"20-1184045","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66","name":"Joel Libava","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c74981307dba3f4970cdf8359a1b2fc6ffe7721a2e3d1001acd9ac59db6ed61?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Joel Libava"},"description":"I\u2019m The Franchise King\u00ae, Joel Libava. I'm the author of two helpful books on researching and buying a franchise. In addition, I'm a Franchise Ownership Advisor with 20+ years of experience working 1-on-1 with people interested in buying a franchise, safely. Subscribe to my free VIP Franchise Newsletter.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefranchchiseking1","https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/joellibava","https:\/\/in.pinterest.com\/franchiseking\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/JoelLibava"],"knowsAbout":["Franchising"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}