If your place of employment has recently down-sized and you have lost your position, or if you want to make a pre-emptive strike before that happens, you may have toyed with the notion of owning your own franchised business. Most prospective franchisees have the notion that, by owning a franchised business, they will, in fact, be their own boss. While owning a franchise can be rewarding and profitable, the prospective franchisee needs to understand that he or she is accountable to a new boss or supervisor – the franchisor….