{"id":30411,"date":"2019-06-19T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=30411"},"modified":"2019-08-27T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:14:00","slug":"be-the-first-person-in-the-country-to-own-this-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/be-the-first-person-in-the-country-to-own-this-franchise","title":{"rendered":"Be The First Person In The Country To Own This Franchise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How would you like to be <b>the first person<\/b> in the country to <strong><a title=\"franchise ownership 2019\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/revealed-the-top-467-franchises-for-2019\">own<\/a><\/strong> an exciting new franchise?<\/p>\n<p>I think you&#8217;d agree it <em>would<\/em> be exciting. And you&#8217;d certainly be the talk of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Heck&#8230;you&#8217;d probably be the talk of the country (<em>with the right PR<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>After all, you&#8217;d be breaking real ground. It would be a courageous move. Trailblazing even. Definitely something to tell your grandchildren about someday.<\/p>\n<p>About how you opened the first location of __ ____ ______. And the buzz it generated in your area.<\/p>\n<p>Unless things didn&#8217;t work out so well.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, you&#8217;d have to tell them a totally different story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a title=\"Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Closed_Sign_-_Business_in_Selma,_Alabama_(27901243511).jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/22\/Closed_Sign_-_Business_in_Selma%2C_Alabama_%2827901243511%29.jpg\/512px-Closed_Sign_-_Business_in_Selma%2C_Alabama_%2827901243511%29.jpg\" alt=\"Closed Sign - Business in Selma, Alabama (27901243511)\" width=\"554\" height=\"369\"><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLike how you had to <strong><a title=\"close a business IRS checklist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/closing-a-business-checklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">close the doors<\/a><\/strong> to your franchise business only 14 months in.<\/p>\n<p>How your landlord came after you.<\/p>\n<p>The interesting face-to-face meeting you had with your accountant AND THAT PENCIL-NECKED IRS AGENT.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of money you lost. And so forth.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8230;let me help you up. Go on. Dust yourself off. I&#8217;ll wait until you get your composure back.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Do You Still Want To Be The First Franchisee?<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re just talking hypothetically here.<\/p>\n<p>But if you do want to open the first franchise unit of a brand-new business concept, it&#8217;s fine. That means that your <a title=\"risk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/quotes-on-risk-taking\"><strong>risk-tolerance<\/strong><\/a> is on the upper-end of the scale. And <em>someone<\/em> has to be first.<\/p>\n<p>But, if not&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Oh heck-just watch the video I produced about being the first franchisee.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_W1pkNwvaiA\" width=\"590\" height=\"345\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a title=\"ask the franchise king your questions about franchising\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/ask-me-anything-about-franchising\">Questions?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How would you like to be the first person in the country to own an exciting new franchise? I think you&rsquo;d agree it would be exciting. And you&rsquo;d certainly be the talk of the town. Heck&hellip;you&rsquo;d probably be the talk of the country (with the right PR). After all, you&rsquo;d be breaking real ground. 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