Franchise Franchise Franchise etc,etc,etc

Recently I was visiting a major shopping mall in the Midwest. The food court seemed to have double of everything. The was a Subway™ and there was another shop with similar set up. There was a Panda Express™ and again something similar. There was a shop with Smoothies and then there was this guy who was standing just outside the food court. But still in the same area. The same shoppers, under the same roof in the same mall.
This guy had bought a smoothie franchise for $75K.

If you had done it yourself, the hardware cost including the cart had been max $10000. The remaining $65000 for what?! It is true there was a brand name, but STILL you have to sell a LOT of smoothies to take home your investment and you already had the customers there. If your product is a better one than the other... then only the sky is the limit!

So, when I suggest you to start out small on your own, with a "hole in the wall" operation - you can win over the corporate chains because you will have a BETTER product...and I can show that.

Now it is up to you. Are you going to waste another year looking for an expensive franchise or are you going to take charge over your own destiny.