In 2016, I would drive down to Philadelphia every month for Chamber of Commerce meetings. Earlier that year, I bought two Midas Auto Repair franchises, so I was excited to meet other local business owners Specifically, the ones who owned fleets of commercial vehicles. After introducing myself (“Brian Beers… like the drink”), I’d tell them I owned a few local auto repair shops. I could see their interest drop immediately after I told them it was Midas. Then we both suffered a few minutes of...