Find the golden ticket!

Can a franchise really hold the key to your dreams? Just meet these people who took a chance on franchising and their lives changed forever. These personalities are unique of their type, they took up aims and were able to find success even when faced with adversities and they managed to dodge the ball completely. What was their trump card was a franchise.

                 Ythan Lax, after having devoted 18 years in various marketing and PRO jobs finally got laid off in 2002. Now he had the daunting task of finding another job. But the job market for his industry was at an all time low. He continuously faced dead end interviews but failed to search out any solution. He attempted to start his own business but his patience beginning to take a turn as the searching seemed never ending and the only back up was his wife’s teaching job. Suddenly at the edge of all odds his sister suggested him to buy a franchise from The Little Gym, which focused on developing children’s motor skills. He considered it even though he knew very little about franchising. Armed with an endless list of questions, he and his wife, Beth, 37, met with the franchiser, spoke with several other franchisees and researched the business before making the ultimate decision. The investment would include all their life savings and put their house against a loan. But when they gambled it all and purchased the Perinton Territory, New York, in March 2004, the only question that remained was whether Lax would enjoy working with kids. Believe it or not he didn’t only like it, it just changed the course of his life and secured his financial conditions literally.