James Temple occasionally returns to his alma mater, UVA's Darden Business School, to teach a class to the business school students about buying franchises. And guess what? They're skeptical. Maybe you are too. I am. Or at least was. As I hear more and more stories like James's today, I'm really starting to warm to the idea of buying a franchise. James started in 2009 with a very modest investment alongside his mother and today runs a 19-unit, $7 million Mathnasium empire with locations across Virginia and Maryland. I just drove by his Alexandria location last week, actually. His story, like my recent guest Doug Johns, who acquired the $9 million Mr. Rooter franchise business, should make the skeptical among you sit up and pay attention when acquisition entrepreneurs start talking franchises. Enjoy my conversation with James Temple, one of the top Mathnasium franchisees in the country.

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