i think dominicanos want those chains. they think it's kind of posh to eat in a chain restaurant like that. me, i just want some decent desserts.
One of the foreign food franchises (of the ones most popular at the time) that were inserted into the DR, was due to a person "wishing" for a bite of their stuff. I was there when him and two other friends wished for the same bite and we debated how hard could it be to bring it here.
Well, it only took a few e-mails and some phone time to find out all that was needed was a contract and assurances to open a set minimum stores in the DR. All to be carried out in tandem with the corporate office in the U.S.
Those same friends, (two to be exacting) decided to invest and trust their instincts that there were going to be more "wishers" like them willing to buy a piece of the stuff, but here in the DR.
Long story short, they did well on their first store and the second as well. The rest is now history.
What was once believed to be a relatively expensive contract, turned out to be the least expensive deal they both ever committed to in the DR. All it took was a few references, some liquid and mostly financial backup from a single local bank to get them rolling the dough in.
Unlike now, back then it was much harder to convince a foreign franchise corporate board that investment in the DR was a viable risk and sound ROIs.
The smaller the pocket, the larger will need to be the investor's pool.
On the other hand, the smaller the investor's pool the larger the ROI...
You don't need to be rich, in fact, rich people seldom go with this type of investment schemes where a corporation holds the reigns of financial longevity.