Start independently
Choose the service, brand, and operating approach. Work out how to find your first customers, do the jobs, and pay for the initial test.
Explore the first BootcampBusiness ownership
Become a
business owner.
Start independently, buy an existing service business, or franchise. Consider the path that fits the business and life you want, and get help with the work that follows.
Compare the paths
Start, buy, or franchise?
Each path asks something different of you. Compare the actual business, costs, and responsibilities with what you want from ownership.
Buy a business
Step into an existing operation. Understand its records, customers, team, transition, and the role you want to have.
Compare the pathsJoin a franchise
Consider the brand’s system, agreement, training, support, and how much room you have to shape the operation.
Compare the pathsYour measures
Define a good fit before you fall for an idea.
Decide what the business needs to do for you now. You can update those measures when your life or the business changes.
You may want a larger team. You may want a small operation that pays what you need and leaves time for other things. Either can be a good business.
Compare service ideasQuestions to write down
- What income do you need from the business?
- What time, location, and day-to-day role fit your life?
- What capital can you put at risk, and what do you need to protect?
- How much control or existing structure do you want?
- What evidence would make you move forward, wait, or walk away?
Use your answers to compare the opportunities in front of you.
Support after the choice
Get help after the decision, too.
The first Bootcamp focuses on starting from scratch. Our owner training and tools are also for people who buy a business or join a franchise.
Free resources
Keep learning at your own pace.
01Ownership decision
Build, buy, or franchise?
Look at the capital, control, existing customers, and real work behind each path.
Free guide02Working worksheetWhich service fits you?
Compare service ideas against your budget, local demand, and the work you want to do.
Interactive tool03Field guideThe first 90 days
Test demand and work through the numbers before committing to a launch.
90-day framework