Jason Statham

A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

British Actor

James Wan

Fast and Furious' is the only franchise that I've directed that I did not create from scratch. So it definitely was an eye-opening experience for me coming to that world. I had to be respectful of the roles that had been established by the filmmakers before me, and I was cool with that.

Australian Producer

Terry Pratchett

The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a really big series they franchise it, which I thought is a bit of a no-no, so I thought what I'd do is I'd franchise it to myself.

English Author

Gary Bettman

What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.

American Businessman

Ezekiel Elliott

I'm a great pass catcher. I'm excellent in pass protection, which is the most important thing. You can't play, you can't get on the field if you don't protect that franchise quarterback.

American Athlete

Jeff Van Gundy

There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those guys. Those guys are rare.

American Coach

Jack Reynor

In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be best for me. I'm really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.

Irish Actor

Jerry Yang

Not only does Yahoo! have a unique franchise, it increasingly has industry-leading tools, technology and, most importantly, people.

Imran Tahir

Playing for CSK, one of the best franchises in the world, I've to show people how much I love and respect this team.

Pakistani Athlete

Greg Brenneman

There's nothing magic about working with franchisees. What you have to do is help them improve their business.

A franchise often provides exclusive rights to operate in a specific area, preventing others from selling the same brand there.

Exclusive Territory

Buying a franchise usually requires an initial fee plus ongoing royalties to the franchisor.

Initial Investment

Franchising benefits from the established reputation and customer loyalty of the brand.

Brand Recognition

Franchises often come with training, marketing, and operational support from the franchisor.

Support System

A sports franchise is associated with a city or region, creating a local fanbase.

Team Identity

Sports franchises are part of a league and compete against other franchises.

League Membership

Media franchises often expand beyond their original format into various forms of media.

Cross-media Expansion

Successful franchises usually have a dedicated fanbase, often participating in fan culture activities.

Fan Culture

Franchise in politics means the right to vote, an important part of democratic societies.

Democratic Right

Different groups have fought for franchise rights throughout history, especially women and minorities.

Historical Struggle

 Harry S. Langerman uttered these words. He's somebody you might have known but didn't, because in 1949, he read a little article in the paper about a hamburger stand owned by these two brothers named McDonald. And he thought, "That's a really neat idea!" So he went to find them. They said, "We can give you a franchise on this for 3,000 bucks."

Why are we happy? Why...

 You know, we just celebrated, this year, our general elections, the biggest exercise in democratic franchise in human history. And the next one will be even bigger, because our voting population keeps growing by 20 million a year. But, the fact is that the last elections, five years ago, gave the world extraordinary phenomenon

Why nations should...

 goals and franchise and they were doing well they seemed to be a progressive company my friend had a gym we would help him run it and we thought that was pretty easy we wanted a pool we wanted a big workout floor this is the facility that had it we looked at it and said this is gonna be really profitable if we

Keeping the Gym in Shape...

 these words and he's somebody you might have known but because in 1949 he read a little article in the paper about a hamburger stand owned by these two brothers named McDonald's and he thought that's a really neat idea so he went to find them they said we'd give you a franchise on

The surprising science...

 But the thing that really makes the gang seem like McDonald's is its franchisees. The guys who are running the local gangs -- the four-square-block by four-square-block areas -- they're just like the guys, in some sense, who are running the McDonald's. They are the entrepreneurs.

The freakonomics of...

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Restoring a lost sense...

 use so you can't actually see it but actually it occurs the government is deeply involved in a particular set of decisions in terms of business it has its fingers in the pot now what you have in Africa is a kind of monopoly franchise capitalism so I get given the

Technology makes way for...

 best idea of all they were gonna rival Disney World and open a table and she amusement park I thought they were smoking dope all right here we are five years later they have a hundred and seventy five franchisees five company owner I'm just waiting for

Entrepreneurs come from...

 to open McDonald's, that they'd run as operators, with an ownership state. Very different than the business model where Mom and Pop stores have full ownership, but no similar support. All the examples in my opening question are a franchise operation.

The Real Origin of the...

 and franchise physical offices, for a fee, to serve anyone confronted with a demand for a bribe. The target market is as tempting as it can get. It can be worth up to one trillion dollars, being paid in bribes every year,