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Franchise Empires

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Most startups are doomed to fail. But there’s an alternative route to financial freedom for hungry entrepreneurs. One that involves far less risk, far more work-life balance, and just as much profit. Franchises. Franchise Empires gives aspiring franchise owners the playbook to build a multi-unit franchise empire of their own. Every episode we hear from guests who are building their franchise empire: Franchisees who started with one unit and aren’t stopping until they get to dozens, hundreds, or even thousands more locations. Hosted by The Wolf, you’ll hear exactly how to turn your ambition into tangible actions and take your first steps up the franchise ladder. We’ll break down the steps you need to take open your first franchise, your second location and beyond, along with the many pitfalls to avoid. Wolf answers all your questions about owning and running your franchise, and interviews guests with first hand experience like Greg Flynn, the multi-billion dollar restaurant franchisee, Jamie Weeks, the largest OrangeTheory franchisee in the world who’s launching his own fitness franchise SweatHouz, and Jason McGowan, Co-founder and CEO of Crumbl cookies. Want to get started on your franchise owning journey? Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Interested in participating as a guest at Franchise Empires? Submit your request here!
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S10 E6
S10 E6: From 0 to 350: The Rapid, Explosive Growth of Koala Insulation
S10 E6·
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
31 mins
S5 E10
How F45 Training's Unique Fitness Concept Became a Global Phenomenon
S5 E10·
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024
29 mins
S10 E4: Watch Out Crumbl— Because THIS is Dessert’s Next Big Franchise
Aug 13, 2024
Aug 13, 2024
17 mins
S10 E3: Beyond the Headset: The Sandbox VR Journey
Aug 6, 2024
Aug 6, 2024
28 mins
S10 E2: The 3 Most Interesting Franchises of 2024
Jul 30, 2024
Jul 30, 2024
21 mins
S10 E1: Navigating Motherhood: How New Mom School Prepares Moms for Postpartum Life, with Alexandra Spitz
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
40 mins
Tips from the Top: Expert Franchise Insights
Jul 16, 2024
Jul 16, 2024
10 mins
Tips from the Top: Franchising’s Best Advice
Jul 9, 2024
Jul 9, 2024
10 mins
S9 E10: How Slick City Became an Adventure Park on Steroids
Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
36 mins
S9 E9: 130 Units in 60 Months: Inside Soccer Stars’ Booming Franchise Model
Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024
44 mins
S9 E8: Unpacking beem Light Sauna’s Formula to Success
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
43 mins
S9 E7: How Checkers & Dave’s Hot Chicken Became a National Cult Obsession
Jun 4, 2024
Jun 4, 2024
32 mins
S9 E6: How Dinesh Goswami Acquired 125+ Pizza Huts, Popeye’s, and Taco Bells
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
42 mins
S9 E5: Mobile Station Mogul: Gas Biz Guy on the Future of the Gas Industry
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024
36 mins
S9 E4: The Visionary Leader Behind Pearle Vision's Eyewear Empire, with Bill Noble
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
43 mins
S9 E3: Deb Merrill’s Jimmy Johns Journey
May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
34 mins
S9 E2: The King of Chicken and Beef: How Drew Gressett Opened 80+ Zaxby’s and Hat Creek Locations
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
36 mins
S9 E1: How Adam Saxton Turned McAlister’s Deli Into an Unstoppable Franchise Beast
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
38 mins
S8 E10: Listener Mailbag: Negotiating Franchise Agreements, Back Office Solutions, & the Nashville Chicken Wars
Mar 26, 2024
Mar 26, 2024
17 mins
S8 E9: How Lucas Mitchell Bought 20 Five Guy’s With Just $700k
Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024
47 mins
S8 E8: Stretching the Limits: The Rise of StretchLab, with Steve Hitzemann
Mar 12, 2024
Mar 12, 2024
46 mins
S8 E7: A Bundt Cake Franchise With ~$300k In Profits?!
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
15 mins
S8 E5: Listener Mailbag: Your Hottest Franchising Questions Answered
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
32 mins
S8 E4: The Hand and Stone Massage Franchise Who Has Built a $80m/year Empire
Feb 13, 2024
Feb 13, 2024
47 mins
S8 E3: When a Fad Turns into Failure: How to Defeat the Franchise Hype Cycle, with Dru Capenito
Feb 6, 2024
Feb 6, 2024
47 mins
S8 E2: AMA with The Wolf of Franchises
Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
21 mins
S8 E1: The Family Who Owns 78+ McDonald’s
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024
1h 4m
S7 E12: A Look Back at 2023's Greatest Moments
Dec 19, 2023
Dec 19, 2023
29 mins
S7 E11: The Portfolio Franchise Company Dominating the Home Services Industry & Building a Home Services Empire
Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2023
39 mins
S7 E10: From College to Business Partners - Lessons from 5 Territory Owner Group of Ace Handyman Service
Dec 5, 2023
Dec 5, 2023
45 mins
S7 E9: From Motherhood to Magnolia: The Inspiring Journey of Magen Bynum, Founder of Magnolia Soap
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
35 mins
S7 E8: Rolling Suds’ Squeaky-Clean Saga Towards Franchise Success, with Aaron Harper
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023
1 hr
S7 E7: Creating a Differentiated Franchise - Carmelo Marsala, Founder of Spray-Net
Nov 14, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
43 mins
S7 E6: From Delivery Boy To Domino’s Franchisee (And Mahana Fresh Founder) - Dave Wood’s Journey
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
45 mins
S7 E5: Franchising’s Hottest Takes, with Erik van Horn of “The Franchise Secrets Podcast”
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
53 mins
S7 E4: How Hoppin’ Became America’s First Self-Serve Bar Franchise, with Rich Moyer
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
31 mins
S7 E3: The Only Pharmaceutical Franchise— With Multi-Unit Owner, Jim Kodman
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
31 mins
10 of the Most Fascinating Franchise Facts
Oct 10, 2023
Oct 10, 2023
21 mins
S7 E1: How Pickleball Became America’s Hottest New Franchise Opportunity, with Joe Sexton
Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 2023
54 mins
S6 E14: From 12 to 140+ Locations: The Franchisee Who Skyrocketed Orangetheory to Fame
Sep 28, 2023
Sep 28, 2023
51 mins
S6 E13: Transforming the Tanning Industry, with Lauren Rampello Becotte of Pure Glow
Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023
40 mins
S6 E12: King of Franchises: The Man Who Owns 2400+ Fast Food Locations
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023
38 mins
S6 E11: Ron Holt on Fun, Franchising, and Disrupting the Moving Industry
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
40 mins
S6 E10: How Top Rail Became the Fastest-Growing Fencing Franchise in the US
Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
26 mins
S6 E9
Building a Dessert Empire - Meet Dan Reese of Milkshake Factory
S6 E9·
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
53 mins
S6 Ep8: 6 Brands, 1 Vision: Inside Jeff Dudan's Home Front Revolution
Aug 22, 2023
Aug 22, 2023
47 mins
The #1 Software Platform for Building Your Future Franchise (Solo Edition)
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
10 mins
S6 Ep6: Helping People, Helping Pets— Scenthound’s Membership-Based Grooming Empire
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
42 mins
S6 E5
S6 Ep5: Sweetgreen - From A College Project to Billion Dollar IPO
S6 E5·
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
49 mins
S6 Ep4: How Peter Taunton Built a 9-Figure Franchise (And Why He’s Doing It Again)
Jul 25, 2023
Jul 25, 2023
35 mins
S6 E3
S6 Ep3: The Secret Reason Why College H.U.N.K.S. Became the Largest Moving Company in the US
S6 E3·
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
36 mins
S6 E2
S6 E2: The Founder That’s Disrupting McDonald’s, Burger King, and “Big Food”
S6 E2·
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023
1h 33m
S6 E1
S6 Ep1: How Buzz Franchise Brands is Building Companies that Get People Talking
S6 E1·
Jul 3, 2023
Jul 3, 2023
42 mins
S5 E14
S5 Ep13: The Fast Food Style Laundry Chain Disrupting the Way We Wash Clothes
S5 E14·
Jun 27, 2023
Jun 27, 2023
43 mins
S5 E12
S5 Ep12: From Boston Consulting Group To Multi-Unit Pet Franchise Owner
S5 E12·
Jun 20, 2023
Jun 20, 2023
31 mins
S5 E11
S5 Ep11: The Early Crumbl Franchisee Who’s Now Building Shaq’s Brand
S5 E11·
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
37 mins
S5 E10
S5 Ep10: Building vs. Operating Franchise Stores, with Alex Yeater
S5 E10·
Jun 6, 2023
Jun 6, 2023
24 mins
S5 E9
S5 Ep9: How Biscuit Belly Took the Boring Out of Breakfast
S5 E9·
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
36 mins
S5 E8
S5 Ep8: The Ben & Jerry's Franchisee Who Also Owns...A Starbucks?
S5 E8·
May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
26 mins
S5 E7
S5 Ep7: Building a Consumer-Facing Coffee Brand, with Jacob Jaber
S5 E7·
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
50 mins
S5 E6
S5 Ep6: How Shelly Sun Built a $639 Million Dollar Franchise
S5 E6·
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
46 mins
S5 E5
S5 Ep5: How Chris Kenny Raised $300M To Invest in The Biggest Franchises of Tomorrow
S5 E5·
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023
46 mins
S5 E4
S5 Ep4: Turning Thrift Store Shopping into Franchise Gold with BaseCamp CEOs Zach and Tyler Gordon
S5 E4·
Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023
54 mins
S5 E3
S5 Ep3: Always Have a Playbook for Scaling, with Voda CEO Dan Claps and Zach Nolte
S5 E3·
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
53 mins
S5 E2
S5 Ep2: Using Life Obstacles to Fuel Your Franchise, with Cynthia May
S5 E2·
Apr 11, 2023
Apr 11, 2023
43 mins
S5 E1
S5 Ep1: Cookies And Cream: How To Open A Multi-Brand Desserts Franchise
S5 E1·
Apr 4, 2023
Apr 4, 2023
33 mins
S4 E12
S4 Ep12: The Franchise Growth Expert Turned Pub Franchise Owner, With Brent Dowling
S4 E12·
Mar 28, 2023
Mar 28, 2023
46 mins
S4 E11
S4 Ep11: How To Become A Multi-Brand Franchise Owner, With Andrew Garcia.
S4 E11·
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
37 mins
S4 E10
S4 Ep10: Hawaii Fluid Art: The Unique Franchise Celebs Can’t Get Enough Of
S4 E10·
Mar 14, 2023
Mar 14, 2023
31 mins
S4 E9
S4 Ep9: How a Drive-Thru Coffee Upstart Is Taking on Franchise Giants
S4 E9·
Mar 7, 2023
Mar 7, 2023
41 mins
S4 E8
S4 Ep8: How A Side Hustle Led To 300+ Restaurants, Hotels and Hardware Stores.
S4 E8·
Feb 28, 2023
Feb 28, 2023
42 mins
S4 E7
S4 Ep7: How To Choose The Right Franchise And Play The Long Game
S4 E7·
Feb 21, 2023
Feb 21, 2023
47 mins
S4 E6
S4 Ep6: Blo Blow Dry Bar: How To Open 100+ Units Sustainably
S4 E6·
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
38 mins
S4 E5
S4 Ep5: BODY20: The Health Franchise CEO Who Fixed His Own Problems
S4 E5·
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 7, 2023
58 mins
S4 E4
S4 Ep4: How Central Bark is Taking Its Share Of The $100 Billion Pet Industry
S4 E4·
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
26 mins
S4 E3
S4 Ep3: How To Launch A Cookie Franchise When You Don’t Bake
S4 E3·
Jan 24, 2023
Jan 24, 2023
41 mins
S4 E2
S4 Ep2: OHM Fitness: How To Build A Fitness Empire In A Crowded Market Place
S4 E2·
Jan 17, 2023
Jan 17, 2023
37 mins
S4 E1
S4 Ep1: The Secret To Owning More Than 100 Wingstops and Little Caesars
S4 E1·
Jan 10, 2023
Jan 10, 2023
39 mins
S3 E12
S3 Ep12: The #1 OrangeTheory Owner Just Launched His Own Franchise
S3 E12·
Dec 13, 2022
Dec 13, 2022
1h 2m
S3 E11
S3 Ep11: GoDog: The Father-And-Son Behind The Pet Daycare Franchise
S3 E11·
Dec 6, 2022
Dec 6, 2022
41 mins
S3 E10
S3 Ep10: Greg Flynn - Meet America’s Multi Billion Dollar Restaurant Franchisee
S3 E10·
Nov 29, 2022
Nov 29, 2022
35 mins
S3 E9
S3 Ep9: Dogdrop: The Dog Day Care Franchise Solving Owner Problems
S3 E9·
Nov 22, 2022
Nov 22, 2022
33 mins
S3
Level 5 Capital Partners: Unlocking The Secrets Behind Franchise Investment
S3·
Nov 17, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
28 mins
S3 E8
S3 E8: Toastique: How Brianna Keefe Swapped Burnout For Gourmet Fast Food
S3 E8·
Nov 15, 2022
Nov 15, 2022
40 mins
S3 E7
S3 E7: Hank Horkoff’s Secret Sauce to Creating Franchise Revenue
S3 E7·
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
34 mins
S3 E6
S3 E6: How Brian Scudamore Built a Customer Service Empire With People At Its Heart
S3 E6·
Nov 1, 2022
Nov 1, 2022
31 mins
S3 E5
S3 E5: How Brittany Driscoll Built A Massage Empire And Disrupted The Industry
S3 E5·
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 2022
39 mins
S3 E4
S3 E4: Crumbl Cookies Franchise: How Jason McGowan Is Building a Sweet Toothed Empire
S3 E4·
Oct 18, 2022
Oct 18, 2022
53 mins
S3 E3
S3 E3: How In N Out Burger Created a Cult Following
S3 E3·
Oct 13, 2022
Oct 13, 2022
9 mins
S3 E2
S3 E2: How to Build a Sports Franchise Empire That Impacts 1,000,000 + Kids
S3 E2·
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
46 mins
S3 E1
S3 E1: Koala Insulation: Meet The Bootstrapped Founder Who Went From 0 to 350 Franchises in 2 Years
S3 E1·
Oct 4, 2022
Oct 4, 2022
43 mins
S2 E15
S2 E15: Twitter Spaces Special: Success Strategies That Work Across ALL Franchise Models
S2 E15·
Sep 27, 2022
Sep 27, 2022
54 mins
S2 E14
S2 E14: How Chick-Fil-A Franchises Found Success
S2 E14·
Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
11 mins
S2 E13
S2 E13: Ben Little, the #1 Zaxby's Franchise Owner
S2 E13·
Sep 13, 2022
Sep 13, 2022
1h 16m
S2 E12
S2 E12: Massage Envy: How Stephen Vereb and Henry Kim Are Building an Empire and Closing The Recruitment Circle.
S2 E12·
Sep 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022
48 mins
S2 E11
S2 E11: The Learning Experience: How an Educator Turned Multiple Franchise Owner And Community Builder
S2 E11·
Aug 30, 2022
Aug 30, 2022
47 mins
S2 E10
S2 E10: Amazing Athletes: Why Building Healthy Communities Can Equate to Financial Success
S2 E10·
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
38 mins
S2 E9
S2 E9: How McDonald's said Kon'nichiwa to Japan
S2 E9·
Aug 16, 2022
Aug 16, 2022
8 mins
S2 E8
S2 E8: Donatos: The Fintech Professional Turned Multiple Franchise Owner
S2 E8·
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022
34 mins
S2 E7
S2 E7: Sylvan Learning: How Mike Kelley Ditched Corporate And Became a Multiple Franchise Owner
S2 E7·
Aug 2, 2022
Aug 2, 2022
38 mins
S2 E6
S2 E6: Go Mini Storage: Meet The Entrepreneur at The Start of His Franchise Journey
S2 E6·
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
30 mins
S2 E5
S2 E5: Wingstop Franchise: Everything Michael Horowitz Knows About Owning 20 Franchise Units
S2 E5·
Jul 19, 2022
Jul 19, 2022
41 mins
S2 E4
S2 E4: Why the Mayweather Boxing Franchise is Landing Punches
S2 E4·
Jul 12, 2022
Jul 12, 2022
37 mins
S2 E3
S2 E3: The Mathnasium Franchise: How One Couple Went All In
S2 E3·
Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
44 mins
S2 E2
S2 E2: The Secret to Owning 29 Midas Franchises With Brian Beers
S2 E2·
Jun 28, 2022
Jun 28, 2022
41 mins
S2 E1
S2 E1: How to Build a Franchise Empire Without Burning Out
S2 E1·
Jun 21, 2022
Jun 21, 2022
45 mins
Franchise Empires: Season 2 Trailer
Jun 7, 2022
Jun 7, 2022
1 min
S1 E12
S1 E12: How Combining Franchises is Helping Build an Empire
S1 E12·
May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022
36 mins
S1 E11
S1 E11: Using A Low Cost Franchise Strategy To Open 39 Franchises
S1 E11·
May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
44 mins
S1 E10
S1 E10: Is This The Most Successful Franchise Owner You’ll Ever Meet?
S1 E10·
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
49 mins
S1 E9
S1 E9: Why You Don’t Have to Give Up Your Day Job to Run a Franchise
S1 E9·
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
38 mins
S1 E8
S1 E8: Meet the Biggest Phone Franchise in Bermuda
S1 E8·
Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
46 mins
S1 E7
S1 E7: How to Turn Your Anytime Fitness Franchise Into a Family Business
S1 E7·
Apr 12, 2022
Apr 12, 2022
51 mins
S1 E6
S1 E6: How FranShares is Lowering the Barriers to Franchise Ownership
S1 E6·
Apr 5, 2022
Apr 5, 2022
55 mins
E5
S1 E5: How to Scale Your Five Guys Franchise Empire
E5·
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
43 mins
S1 E4
S1 E4: Why Cross Selling is The Secret Sauce for Franchisees Like Meineke
S1 E4·
Mar 22, 2022
Mar 22, 2022
28 mins
S1 E3
S1 E3: The Secret to Growing Your F45 Gym Franchise
S1 E3·
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022
51 mins
S1 E2
S1 E2: How to Create a Dunkin' Donuts Empire
S1 E2·
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
48 mins
S1 E1
S1 E1: Why Catering is Your Next, Best Franchise with Nick Panos, Mellow Mushroom
S1 E1·
Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
58 mins
S1
Franchise Empires: Season 1 Trailer
S1·
Feb 24, 2022
Feb 24, 2022
2 mins