Considering Buying a Franchise with Your Spouse? 4 Factors to Evaluate

In many cases, owning a franchise or any other type of business with a partner is a very wise decision. While there's something to be said for being completely independent, having the support, understanding and help of someone else can also be a significant asset.

When it comes to business partners, some people go out in search of new ones before getting involved in a specific business. Others work with the same partner they've launched and built other successful businesses with. And for a certain group of future business owners, their interest lies in running their future business with their spouse.

It wouldn't be hard to fill up a book with jokes about working with your spouse. But all kidding aside, this arrangement has worked very well for plenty of married couples. So if it's something you're seriously considering, here are the key factors you need to take into consideration:

Interests and Skills

The reason that "opposites attract" is such a prevalent saying is because it's true. And when it comes to business, that can be a good thing. For example, if you excel at sales but not details, having a spouse who's got a keen eye for financial details can be a significant asset for the franchise you purchase. On the other hand, if you both have extremely strong opinions about the same issues, working together could result in you spending more time clashing than actually taking actions that help the business to grow.

Both Ready to Work

If you and your spouse are seriously thinking about purchasing a franchise together, it's important that you're both at a point in your life where you can devote your full attention to the business. Whether it's with a spouse or anyone else, one of the most common reasons partnerships fail is because one person is putting more of their energy towards the business. This inevitably leads to that partner resenting the other and ultimately pushing for the partnership to be dissolved.

Separation of Personal and Professional

While spouses who run franchises together don't need to hide the fact that they're married, it's also not necessary for them to engage in public displays of affection in front of clients or employees. The same is true for fighting about issues related to the business. In order for spouses to be successful, they need to have clear boundaries between their personal and professionals lives.

Have Ways to Spend Time Apart

Just because you work with your spouse doesn't mean you should spend 24 hours a day together. In order to maintain the right balance, you need to find opportunities to be apart. Thanks to all the technology that's available, plenty of married couples who run franchises together do so from different locations. Because digital sharing is so easy, someone can work at home and the other at an office without any loss of productivity.

At the end of the day, only you can decide whether or not buying a franchise with your spouse is a good idea. While this is definitely a big decision, as long you as you apply the same scrutiny and objectiveness that you would with any other potential business partner, you'll ultimately make the right decision.

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