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- The term "franchise business" refers to a continuous business relationship in which a franchiser allows its franchisees to use its own trademarks, service marks, trade names, signs, or any other business marks in selling goods (including raw materials and auxiliary materials) or services in compliance with certain quality standards or business methods, and support, training, and control of its franchisees in regards to their management, business activities, etc., and in which franchisees pay franchise fees to their franchiser in return for the use of business marks and the support and training provided for their management, business activities, etc. (Subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act).

- The independent start-up is a concept that is in contrast with the start-up of a franchisee, and it refers to the type of start-up that the person who wishes to start up a skin care salon is required to handle on his/her own including various start-up preparation processes such as market research, making decision on the interior concept, promotion, etc.

- e Chairperson of the Small Enterprise and Market Service may conduct projects for any of the following matters, in order to support the start-up of micro enterprises (Article 8 of the Act on the Protection of and Support for Micro Enterprises and Subparagraph 1 of Article 12(1) of the Enforcement Decree on the Act on the Protection of and Support for Micro Enterprises).