EP #84: Piraveen Sivalingam - His Entrepreneurial Journey As A Boston Pizza Franchise Owner

Piraveen Sivalingam (@piraveens) is an entrepreneur who owns & runs a Boston Pizza Franchise with his brother in Markham (Canada).He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how he got into the franchising game, doing business with family, missing out on fun with friends/family when he was younger because of the responsibilities that came with being a business owner, the future of franchise businesses, the challenge of finding good staff post-pandemic, not paying himself for the first couple years of running the business, and so much more.Follow Piraveen:- Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/piraveens/) Timestamps00:19 - Franchising and how Ara found this week’s guest01:22 - Ara introduces Piraveen Sivalingam01:56 - How Piraveen became a franchisee; his family’s involvement with restaurants04:39 - The challenges of him and his brother being young entrants into the franchisee world06:53 - Doing business with family; what Piraveen would do different if he started again08:14 - Why his dad became a franchisee; what else Piraveen wants to be a franchisee for12:52 - Will franchise businesses like A&W and McDonald’s continue to thrive?14:29 - The challenge of finding good staff post-pandemic16:40 - What does Piraveen’s day to day look like now, versus when he first started?18:53 - Being a young franchisee while all his friends were partying20:34 - The sacrifices of pursuing entrepreneurship23:13 - Where Piraveen see himself in 10 years; expanding25:35 - The process of buying a Boston Pizza27:32 - Piraveen’s relationship with money; side hustles, real estate, and more29:08 - His connection to the Tamil community30:50 - Piraveen’s biggest failures/learning lessons over the last 3-5 years32:02 - The first 100K being the hardest to make; setting aside a failure/learning budget35:55 - His strategy for driving sales at Boston Pizza37:29 - What he would tell his 16-year-old self39:05 - How he wants to be remembered by his friends and family39:57 - Creator Confessions51:29 - The Wrap UpIntro MusicProduced And Mixed By:- The Tamil Creator- YanchanWritten By:- Aravinthan Ehamparam- Yanchan Rajmohan    Support the show