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A different standard for evaluating franchise ownership

Investment-Grade
Franchising™

Don’t begin with the brand. Begin with what you’re trying to build.

Investment-Grade Franchising™ is the Franchise Intelligence framework for evaluating franchise ownership through strategy, management, scalability, evidence and long-term optionality.

It is not a franchise rating or certification.

It is a way to ask better questions before committing your time and capital.

The mindset

Before You Become an Owner, You’re Making a Decision About Capital, Time and Leadership.

Six questions worth answering first. Each one is answered somewhere in the framework.

Answered by the Ownership Profile™ — the exercise that defines the outcome before any opportunity is considered. Build My Ownership Profile
Answered by Filter 01, Owner Independence — can the business eventually operate beyond your daily presence? Filter 01 · Owner Independence
Also Filter 01. The better question: what do successful owners still personally do after capable management is in place? Filter 01 · Owner Independence
Answered by Filter 02, Leadership Economics — not whether a manager is allowed, but whether the unit economics can realistically pay for one. Filter 02 · Leadership Economics
Answered by Filter 03, Scalability, and the Growth Map™. Think about Unit Five before you buy Unit One. Filter 03 · Scalability
Answered by Filter 05, Exit Potential — could you build something transferable that another owner may eventually value? Filter 05 · Exit Potential

Strategy Before Selection.

The signature question

Would You Still Buy It If You Didn't Have to Work In It?

Take the job out of the opportunity.
Look at what remains.

Start where it should start

Define What Ownership Should Look Like for You.

The framework only works once the objective is written down. That is the first exercise, and it takes about ten minutes.

Buy Like an Investor.Build Like an Executive.Own Like an Entrepreneur.

Investment-Grade Franchising™ · Franchise Intelligence

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