The general rule with having investors is that you will lose more control over your business. Now with a franchise I don't know how much control you will have as it is. The "pro" is that you just may be able to find investors for your franchise. The "con" is that you may not. But you won't know until you actually start the process of looking for investors. Personally (since you need so much capital) I would look into finding as many funding entities and not just concentrating on investors - although in your specific case it would seem that investors would be the best way to go.


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