Here we are and it is that time of year again when professors from top Universities and Colleges across the country are assigning projects to their Business Students. We get hundreds of calls each year from students just who are doing projects on franchising. They ask us all sorts of questions, order brochures and ask for various documents, but they have no intention on buying anything, nor can they afford it. Instead they want information for class projects they are doing. It takes up time to correspond with these posers at our company. Why do colleges assign students projects to study the franchise industry? Well you see Franchising accounts for a large percentage of our countries GNP (gross national product). And a huge chunk of the consumers spend able income. Many students who contact us pretend to be franchise buyers. At first we believed this to be burdensome and later realized, hey we were once in school too, and it really was not that long ago. I am not all that old myself and still feel young as if in college. I had to quit school in order to run my company back in those days. I would advise students that it is okay for you to tell us the truth; we will not hang up on you. But lying is about who you are and what you want sets a very bad ethical precedence and we as a nation are working towards stopping corporate corruption, not creating it. Think on this in 2006. |
