The Journey from Employee to Franchise Entrepreneur

“How do I go from an employee to a franchise entrepreneur?” Good question. There are a few different ways to go about this and all of them include a built-in support system. If you’re reading this, you already know that franchising is a great way to start your own business with confidence; allowing franchisees to focus their efforts on increasing their earnings instead of on all the work needed to build an operational business if starting from scratch. Franchising increases the likelihood that your business will not only be successful but continue to thrive as part of larger group of like minded business owners under a recognizable and award-winning brand.

Back to the question, “how do I go from an employee to a franchise entrepreneur?” Obviously, everyone has a different story and current needs, and franchising gives each individual, depending on their situation, a way to confidently and clearly transition from employee to franchisee. If financially feasible, franchisees have the choice to quit their job and jump in head first, using all their time and efforts to build a client base and hire caregivers themselves. But this isn’t for everyone, and we always encourage franchisee candidates to form a small partnership and disperse the workload amongst two to three people. With any business, nothing happens overnight, and franchisees have, at minimum, four months of pre-opening activities to complete, leaving the option available to continue working and earning an income until the business is fully operational.

Remote Employees

One of the good things that did come out of the pandemic was normalizing remote work. This allows franchisees to partner with others that may not all live in the same zip code, or even the same state for that matter. The journey of answering, “How do I go from employee to franchise entrepreneur?” allows you to decide whether using remote employees or partners for certain roles in Human Resources, Scheduling, Marketing, and Sales works for you and your senior home care business. Likewise, hiring someone or multiple people part-time as you continue working full time in your current position is an option. As your home care business grows, you can then make the step towards working full-time for yourself.

Several of our franchisees, including the Support Office in Maryland, started as a family business. Building a family business is a great way to transition from employee to franchise entrepreneur and create a lasting legacy in your community. Therefore, recruiting family members with strong skills and matching them with integral roles, even temporarily, is a great way to start a franchise with less overhead.

Hear from franchise owners

Hopefully we’ve answered the question “how do I go from an employee to a franchise entrepreneur?” and given you some different options on how to successfully transition from working for someone else to being your own boss. We understand that everyone’s situation is different and will help you find the best way to start your own business to ensure your success. It would be helpful for you to hear directly from some of 2nd Family’s current franchisees why they chose to go from employee to franchise entrepreneur and why they chose 2nd Family as their franchisor. If you’d like to learn more, click the button below to schedule a quick introductory call.

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