{"id":47,"date":"2026-09-05T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/2026\/09\/05\/pros-and-cons-startups-and-franchises\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:20:11","slug":"pros-and-cons-startups-and-franchises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/2026\/09\/05\/pros-and-cons-startups-and-franchises\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons : Startups and Franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h3>Pros and Cons of a Startup<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re thinking of starting your own business, based on your idea for a needed product or service, there are a few things you need to know before you dive into the pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h3>The Pros<\/h3>\n\n\n\nYou own the idea\nYou\u2019re the Creative Director\nYou retain all of the equity\nYou can run your business as you please\nYou keep 100% of the profits\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>The Cons<\/h3>\n\nYour total upfront investment is unpredictable\nYou don\u2019t have a clue as to when you\u2019ll break-even\nYou can\u2019t get a good handle on your expenses at first\nYour risk is big, because you don\u2019t know if your idea will work\nYou\u2019ll be under tremendous pressure to make your business profitable\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you build your own business from the ground up or opt to buy a franchise, there are some key differences to consider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/had.no\/blt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}