Buying a Franchise vs. Starting Your Own Business

Assignment 1 Directions: Use the Internet to locate articles on buying a franchise vs. starting your own business- advantages/disadvantages of each, etc. You will need to find more than one article.

Create a table to organize your findings:

Buying a Franchise

Starting Your Own Business

Advantages

Disadvantages

Advantages

Disadvantages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 2 Directions: Imagine you want to start your own business. Drawing from the information in the three articles you read and the table you completed above, write a paragraph that tells which would be better for you—investing in a franchise or starting a business from scratch. Give at least three reasons for your choice and explain in full detail. Regardless of your decision, there will probably be a down side—few choices are all positive or negative. State one of the negatives and explain. 

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