Wealth 3.0

Successful strategies for building wealth have evolved from a shifting economic climate. With the collapse of the Real Estate market and the abrupt decline in stocks, we are experiencing yet another cycle of change. As big business declines, more Americans are returning to small business ownership as the solution.

Historical overview of Wealth building

Wealth 1.0
When this nation was founded, 90% of citizens ran a family-owned business. Wealth 1.0 was land ownership.
Wealth 2.0
By the 20th Century, the industrial revolution changed everything. People traded freedom for the security of wages and benefits. 90% now work for a company. Wealth 2.0 meant working for Corporate America.
Wealth 3.0
The Rise of Small Business and return to 100% ownership. The 21st Century brought the Technology Revolution, the Wall Street crash and the mortgage crisis. Future success means pursuing a new wealth strategy: Wealth 3.0 is the rise of small business ownership.

Statistics at a glance

Service-based Franchises:

Grows at greatest rate.
Offers largest net profit margin.
Afford the greatest variety, with over 3,000 franchise companies in the U.S.
Generate over $1.5 trillion in sales each year from their 800,000 franchised units *
Produce 10 % of our private-sector economy*

* (source: FRANdata - independent research firm in Arlington, Virginia, International Franchise Association, a Washington, JD.C. trade group).

Small business, including the above mentioned franchises:

Represent 99.7% of all employers in the U.S.
Employs over 18 million people.
Pays over 45% of the U.S. private payroll.
Account for 60% to 80% of all new jobs.

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