Most are housed in strip mall retail-type
settings.
“I just wanted to make 500 bucks a week,
and we obviously make a lot more than that
now,” she said. “It’s a completely different
world. I went from handing out putters to
running 30 franchisees and being in charge
of themand responsible for their lives.”
All growth has been organic through the
company’s first 10 years – about three or
four locations annually, on average – and
Vitagliano said the prevailing thought
upon reaching that milestone is that it
could be the right time to seek out investors
interested in growing the concept even
faster.
She said there’s been interest at times over
the years, but it’s always beendismissed.
“We’re 10 years old. We know what we’re
doing now,” she said. “Is it time to bring an
investor into this and really blow it up?
We’ve done all of this on our own –
including building the Vegas venue – so
now we’re like ‘we’ve got it, but what are we
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