The document provides essential tips for starting a franchise, emphasizing the importance of doing homework, saving money, and creating a business entity for protection. It also advises avoiding personal guarantees, trusting one's instincts, seeking help, and recognizing when to walk away. These guidelines are framed as pragmatic advice from personal experiences in franchising.

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Starting a Franchise
Stories from the trenches

2. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1.Do your homework

3. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start

4. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start
3. Create a business entity to protect yourself

5. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start
3. Create a business entity to protect yourself
4. Avoid personal guarantees

6. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start
3. Create a business entity to protect yourself
4. Avoid personal guarantees
5. Trust your gut

7. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start
3. Create a business entity to protect yourself
4. Avoid personal guarantees
5. Trust your gut
6. Ask for help

8. Starting a Franchise
My Tips to You
1. Do your homework
2. Stash some money away before you start
3. Create a business entity to protect yourself
4. Avoid personal guarantees
5. Trust your gut
6. Ask for help
7. Know when to walk away