Posts tagged not a franchise
Quality over QUANTITY

When you eat at a fine restaurant, you’ll notice the portions are often smaller but more skillfully and artfully prepared than what you will find at a chain restaurant. Fine restaurants focus on quality over quantity. They also use better ingredients. - often local and organic, The cost to dine at these upscale restaurants general costs bit more, too. They are often smaller in size and focusing on creating a fabulous experience for a smaller crowded versus flipping tables and focusing on quantity of customers. I would venture to say the staff is also more in tune with customer service.

Does this sound like another business model as well? To me it’s the model of a small Pilates studio like Surprise Pilates!

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Why Didn't I Franchise?

I had an interesting chat today with a good friend of mine who I've know for years and she was a Pilates student of mine in Tennessee. She asked me if I had ever considered going the franchise route when I opened my studios. I gave her probably a longer answer than she expected! I figured some of you may be interested in my answer as well.

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