All Episodes

100: Our Franchise Story Podcast Journey, with Erik Van Horn and Brian Holmes

99: Turning Your Passion into Profit, with SPENGA franchisee Scott Kaspar

98: How to Achieve Sustainable Growth In Your Business, with SPENGA Co-Founder Roger McGreal

97: From Success to Significance, with Urban Air Franchisee Harold Mills

96: Panel Discussion - Franchising Freedom: 15 Franchisors And Franchising Experts Share Best Thinking And Proven Strategies For Successfully Franchising A Business

95: Key Success Factors To Embrace As You Scale Your Business, with Smoothie King Franchisee Andres Barcenas

94: Building Through the Uncertainty and Thriving, with Lapels Dry Cleaning President and CEO Kevin Dubois

93: The Perfect Storm in Franchising to be Successful, with Red's Savoy Pizza CEO and President Reed Daniels

92: From Obstacles to Opportunities, with Tinsley Family Business CEO and President, George Tinsley Sr.

91: Martha Matilda Harper— The Woman Who Launched Modern Retail Franchising, with author Jane Plitt

90: Dominating the Snack Industry, with SE-Co-Brand Ventures COO Dustin King

89: Lessons From A Master of Scale, with Club Pilates President Shaun Grove

88: Turning Junk Into Gold, with 1-800 GOT JUNK Founder Brian Scudamore

87: Executing on the Fundamentals to Create Real Value, with ProNexis CEO Scott Abbott

86: Lessons From A Franchisee Turned CEO, with ShelfGenie CEO Andy Pittman

85: The Importance of Systemizing Your Entire Business, with Koala Insulation CEO Scott Marr

84: Coaching Success in Your Business and in Life, with Dudan Partners CEO Jeff Dudan

83: How One Brand Is Taking Advantage of the Changing Fitness Industry Landscape, with Mayweather Boxing + Fitness CEO James Williams

82: Choosing the Entrepreneurial Path at a Young Age, with Kilwins Franchisee Ashley Clark

81: The Choice to Fight Through Challenges, with Tutor Doctor Franchisee Jon-Anthony Lui

80: How To Lead In Times Of Uncertainty, with Loyalty Brands CEO John Hewitt

79: What It Takes To Be Successful in the World of Fitness, with Retro Fitness CEO Andrew Alfano and CFO Robbie Sprechman

78: Focusing on the Core Of What Drives Business, with Firehouse Subs franchisee Ed Cunningham

77: Panel Special- Positioning Yourself for the Next Opportunities, with Jeff Bevis, Henry Kim, and Stephen Vereb

76: Panel Special- How Multi-Unit Franchisees are Pivoting Their Businesses, with JD Busch and Peter Hansen

75: Setting Franchisees Up For Success During a Crisis at Local Handyman Group, with CEO Craig Jooste

74: How Accelerated Waste Solutions Stays At the Top of Their Industry, with Fred Tomlin and Sherrod Hunter

73: Live From IFA- Building for the Long Haul at Blo Blow Dry Bar, with CEO Vanessa Yakobson

72: Live From IFA- Making Industry Waves at Goldfish Swim School, with CEO Chris McCuiston

71: Live From IFA- Building the Legendary Firehouse Subs Culture, with CEO Don Fox

70: The Camp Transformation Center: 10 Years and 100 Locations Later, with Alejandra Font

69: Learning, Living, and Growing the Entrepreneurial Mindset, with Jason Wuerfel

68: What It Takes To Be A Leader Within A Franchise System, with Bobby Williams

67: How the Former CEO of Dunkin' Donuts Bridged the Gap Between Franchisor and Franchisee Interests, with Nigel Travis

66: Carrying Forward the Legacy of a Family Business, with Shirin Kanji

65: Encouraging A Culture Of Excellence, with Chris Fisher

64: Part-Time Effort = Part-Time Results, with Landon Eckles

63: Getting Your ROI With The Right Influencers, with Adam Meyer

62: The Growth Mindset: Building a Multi-Unit Empire, with Pushpak Patel

61: Establishing A Scalable System From Scratch, with Rune Sovndahl

60: Building A Brand That Wins The Entire Family, with Matt & Megin Sharp

59: Getting It Right From The Beginning - Building A Strong Foundation, with Ruth Agbaji

58: When Should You Consider Selling Your Franchise - Franchise Secrets

57: Proving Success Before Scaling, with Brian Stevens

56: "Working On Your Business, Not In It", with Nick Lopez

55: The Glamour Vs. The Reality Of Entrepreneurship, with Kurt Belding

54: What To Expect From Your Franchise Business Journey

53: The Value Of Intentionally Investing For Your Business' Future, with Matt Wilber

52: Having A Healthy Balance, with David Schuck

51: Building The Team Culture, with Henry Kim and Stephen Vereb

50: Resilience and Strategic Partnership, with Chris DeJong

49: Truly Believing In What You Are Doing, with Drew McWilliams

48: Building Other's Business Versus Building your own Business, with Alan Soukup

47: Franchising As The Expansion Strategy, with Tom Hodgson

46: KEY SUCCESS FACTORS YOU NEED TO EMBRACE AS AN ENTREPRENEUR WITH GUEST BEDROS KEUILIAN

45: Being Effective In Different Levels Of Your Business Journey, with Erik and Brian

44: Your Business As Your Mission, with Will Bartholomew

43: Advantages Of Slow And Steady Growth, with Lance Farrell

42: Josh Skolnick of Monster Tree Service and redbox+

41: The Franchise Journey of Husband and Wife Duo Jerel & Heather Tomasello

40: Brian and Erik Work-life Balance, Real or Myth?

39: Fast friends to successful business partners with Bonnie and Tracy from Shred415

38: Navigating a Commercial Lease Agreement with Guest Eric Finkelstein

37: Using Technology And Passion To Start A Franchise With Brian Cygan

36: Chasing New, Shiny, Bright, And Awesome Object

35: What We Are Learning From Hanging Around Smart People

34: From Fired Intern to Founder, with Kristen Gale

33: Who to hire, and when to fire?

32: How a Career in Franchising Leads to Creating Your own Concept w/ Jeff Bevis

31: Even SuperWoman Needs Work-Life Balance, with Dr. Jamie Kulaga

30: Shark Tank Behind The Scenes, With Joe Beaudry

29: Utilizing technology, innovation, and vision to disrupt a boring industry, with Ron Holt

28: The One thing every Franchisee & Franchisor needs to know with Cameron Herold

27: How owning a franchise turned No in to Yes for Charles Bonfiglio of Tint World

26: Behind the scenes building 8 boutique fitness brands with Anthony Geisler

25: Learn how a business stays fueled for long-term growth with Josh York

24: How to avoid the worst advice and to find the best mentors with Josh Cohen

23: Building teams and lessons on scaling multiple brands Josh Skolnick

22: Building a loyal team by offering equity to management with Felippe Marques

21: Partnerships...our experience with the good, bad and ugly with Erik and Brian

20: How social media impacted speed to break-even with Pete Hansen

19: Mentored by Dave Thomas as a young Wendy's franchisee with Jim Rudolph

18: One on one with Erik and his mentor in franchising with Jeff Elgin

17: From School of Hard Knocks to his Service-based empire with Dennis Mulgannon

16: The art of the deal, what it takes to find the right opportunities with Boris Katsnelson

15: Designing your life to work around your business with Sonie Skogerson

14: Creating a new customer experience exposes new niche with Candice Weeter

13: Buying and turning around under-performing franchises with Kal Gullapalli

12: Helping franchisors find franchisees with Ryan Zink

11: Managing & Growing Subways with a Millennial workforce with Shane Sender

10: A knack for building relationships is helping grow his franchises with Mirko Marrone

9: Serial Franchisor who is franchisee focused with Gary Findley

8: Starting 90 Panera Bread locations from the ground up with Craig Flom

7: How to think outside the box, innovate and create equity with Jeff Herr

6: How to manage a team as a Multi Brand RD & Franchisee with JD Busch

5: From the mobile home park business to founding Sola Salons with Stratton Smith

4: Buying Existing franchises as a strategy in auto & food with Rob Tracey

3: 20 Years in Corp America to Orange Theory Fitness with Steve LeClair

2: Area Developer for 15 years in 6 States and 300 territories with Kelly Wyatt

1: Co-host Brian Holmes shares his story

0: Co-host Erik Van Horn shares his story