Despite the challenges, Mansoor says she has no regrets about taking a pay cut to work there. “I never thought that I would love this job more than my hospital job, but the fact is, I do love working in my own business now.”
Other doctors see franchises as a business opportunity. Another area that is doing well is home care. Vikash Salig, MD, MBA, and his nonphysician partners bought a few Executive Home Care franchise territories in Florida. Salig, an executive with the talent recruiting firm ZRG Partners, plans to be an “absentee owner” and let his partners run the home care business when it opens next month. He also says he will donate a share of the profits to a charity that he and his wife support.