{"id":574,"date":"2021-08-02T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/blog\/how-a-life-altering-injury-set-this-bloomin-blin\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:13:45","slug":"how-a-life-altering-injury-set-this-bloomin-blin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/blog\/how-a-life-altering-injury-set-this-bloomin-blin\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Life-Altering Injury Set this Bloomin' Blinds Franchisee on the Path to Entrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Bloomin\u2019 Blinds, each one of our franchisees brings unique experiences to their window covering business. Griff Richard, owner of Bloomin\u2019 Blinds of Dover, N.H., is a fairly new member of our franchise family, but he has already proven himself to be an all-star franchisee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until six years ago, Griff had never thought about owning a franchise. For nearly 20 years, he spent most of his time at his management job, while the rest was dedicated to coaching local hockey and golf teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burnt out from working a corporate job, Griff was left little-to-no extra time for himself or his family. It wasn\u2019t until he experienced and survived a life-changing injury that he decided a change had to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Life-Changing Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the spring of 2015, Griff sustained a traumatic brain injury when he fell from an icy ladder. After making a miraculous recovery, he knew he no longer wanted to spend his life working a 9-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was happy to be alive, and I wanted to start focusing on what life was really about,\u201d Griff explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Griff, that meant leaving the management job he had worked at for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After looking into multiple employment options, Griff discovered the benefits of being a franchise owner. Through franchising, Griff found that he was able to achieve everything that goes along with being a business owner, without having to start a company from the ground up. After researching franchise opportunities in his area, Griff discovered Bloomin\u2019 Blinds. Impressed with our business model, successful track record and multiple prospective areas for development. After plenty of consideration, Griff hit the ground running in the spring of 2020 when he opened his first franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Griff operates as the sole Bloomin\u2019 Blinds franchisee along the northern coastline. In just a short amount of time, Griff has experienced substantial growth in his franchise, all while cutting his office hours in half. While this may sound too good to be true, Griff attributes his success to being the kind of leader he looks up to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griff\u2019s Three Keys to Success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While opening a new business during a pandemic wasn\u2019t easy, Griff remained successful by following three key values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first thing Griff did to ensure success was keeping honesty and loyalty at the core of his window covering franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKeeping these values at the center of my business has been the most important factor in the growth of my business,\u201d said Griff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, Griff prides himself on keeping organized. By staying on top of all accounts, he establishes strong foundations of honesty and loyalty between himself, employees and customers. This allows him to work from wherever and still stay within reach of whoever needs him, including his young children. As a single father, working from anywhere and anytime, means that he can tailor his schedule around his family \u2013 something unheard of in most corporate roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe flexibility to choose your hours is something that Bloomin\u2019 Blinds makes available to all of our franchisee,\u201d he added<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lastly, Griff notes the key to success is believing in yourself and your business. By believing in himself and our easy and supportive franchise model, Griff has been able to grow a successful business in less than a year. Bloomin\u2019 Blinds has given Griff, and hundreds more what they need to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe investment in your future starts now,\u201d Griff added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready to Take Control of Your Destiny?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With confidence like Griff\u2019s, it is not hard to see why he\u2019s had so much success as a franchisee here at Bloomin\u2019 Blinds. To discover how Bloomin\u2019 Blinds can change your life,\u00a0contact us\u00a0online or call us at (214) 956-4089 to learn more.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Bloomin\u2019 Blinds, each one of our franchisees brings unique experiences to their window covering business. Griff Richard, owner of Bloomin\u2019 Blinds of Dover, N.H., is a fairly new member of our franchise family, but he has already proven himself to be an all-star franchisee. Up until six years ago, Griff had never thought about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloominblinds.com\/rochester-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}