Many people believe that running a business, any sort of business requires a good formal education, and prior business experience (at least), of they are bound to fail in their endeavour. This is not true. Many business opportunities, franchises in particular, don’t need the above mentioned requirements to be a success.

There are many franchise and business opportunities available out there that are perfect for individuals with a fighting spirit, and a strong work ethic, but who do not have a college degree or work experience. The reason these are not required is that franchisors have developed a proven system that is destined to succeed, if someone motivated takes up the cause.

So rather than quality education, and work experience, to run a franchise, and in this case, an educational franchise, all you need to ask yourself is:

• Do you enjoy working in the education sector?
• Do you have a strong work ethic; can you see a project through?
• Are you willing to follow the rule brick set down by the franchisor word to word?
• Are you committed to this idea long-term?
• Do you love children?

If you’ve answered yes for all the questions above, then you sound like kind of person who can start and maintain an excellent educational franchise.

Apart from picking a field which interests you, the key to success knows exactly what is required of a franchisee. To put is simply, a franchise owner is someone who wants to start their own business, but instead of coming up with their own idea and laying down the foundations from scratch, they buy the rights, blueprints and business plans of a company that already exists (and sparks their interest) and is willing to have multiple locations. Franchise owners are expected to familiarize themselves with the routines and traditions that come with the business, and set up shop accordingly.

To put it in summary, an educational franchise owner needs to absolutely adore children, and have a lot of patience, they need to be excited about their field of work (education) and have a strong work ethic and enough willpower to see a project through. On top of all that, they need to understand that their business plan is one that has been tried and tested, and with the right amount of hard work is bound to succeed, all they need to be sure of is to follow the rules and traditions set down by the franchisor exactly.

Justin Cody is a blogger and usually writes about education franchises and education related businesses in the online medium. He has a great in depth knowledge of KUMON education.