Originally Posted by Glenn in RI
Originally Posted by catdance62
I have been a business owner all my life, and I would NEVER attempt to "run" a business long-distance. "Running" a business means exactly that: YOU run it. You have to be on top of your business all the time, making sure that customers are treated properly, inventory is in line, books are balanced accurately and honestly, etc. Yes, there will always be shrink due to a moderate amount of internal theft, but that is the price of doing business. We have only one location of our retail chain that is a bit away (1 hour driving time), but we are lucky in the fact that it has been run by a dear and trusted friend for the past 10+ years. Not all friends/family can be trusted.


Perhaps "run" is a bad choice of words. "Own" would be a more appropiate term in this case for the time being at least. Certainly day to day operations can be handled by a competent site manager (the person doing the "running") and staff. Or doesn't that model hold true on AC?
Elbert, can you give me some examples?

If you have the right people it can work, but most try and hire locals to manage their business and its a formula for crash and burn.
Good managers can do it, trick is finding the good managers.

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