For those of you who own & operate your own company - what do you do? I have been with the same company 19 years (not my company - I'm not Sandy Weil). Over the past few years, I have been looking into business' - some franchises, some not. I was a partner in a tanning salon for about 1.5 years - didn't work out real well - it was too far away from my house, not a great location, partner 'not on the same page' as me, etc, etc. Plus - those franchise fees were a bit STEEP!

What business' do you own? What are the pros and cons? Franchise or not?

Thanks in advance - John