Tom Wiens is pumped.
Only two months after opening his own Max Muscle franchise in Eugene, Wiens, 49, comes into work every day excited about the decision he says he has “banked his whole future on.â€
“This is going to be huge,†he said, elatedly.
A former Marine and 18-year Les Schwab employee, Wiens is one of the thousands of Americans who have taken, or will take, the plunge into franchise ownership in 2011.
Wiens said he decided to go into business for himself because he felt he had reached a career plateau and because he has seen a former colleague open a successful Max Muscle franchise in Bend.
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