Women Winning with Franchising is a monthly series featuring successful women running a franchise. This month we are featuring Linda Langoff with the in-home one-on-one tutoring franchise, Tutor Doctor.
Find out what makes Linda tick and why we think she’s a woman winning with franchising.
British Swim School is a pioneer of gentle, non-traditional infant water safety programs. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, British Swim School uses a revolutionary water survival program that is gentle and fun to teach children and adults the most important water survival skill, the ability to float on their back. Their motto is “survival of the littlest” and indeed their program is geared to enable the very young to survive an accident in the water.
Why is franchising growing so rapidly? Mainly because people want to be in business for themselves. You’ve heard all the arguments in favor of franchising as the vehicle of choice for you to “be the boss”. Here’s some data on the primary motivations of prospective franchisees.
What a lot of people don’t realize, is that when a franchised business is sold, it will typically command a higher valuation, than a “mom and pop” shop. And you may have heard before – one of the best reasons to buy a business is to sell a business.
You’re tired of working for someone else, you want to leave a legacy, you want to move, you want a business for your kids or you retired and turns out you weren’t done. These are the reasons given most often. What’s your why?