I am the daughter of Harry Kursh, author of the Franchise Boom. I was only a teenager when the book was publishes but even at such a young age I found it easy to read and the different stories of success caught my attention. When I tell people in my country (I moved to Israel 27 years ago) that my father wrote one of the first informative books about franchising they were taken back since franchising is new in Israel and yet very sucessful. Years ago my dad would tell me open up a franchise in your small town it would clean up. Too bad he isn't alive today to see how true that is. If you have the energy and ambition after reading the book you get the confidence to GO AHEAD!