Franchising From the Ground Up with CEO Brandon Knudsen

03/21/23 • 42 min

Brandon Knudsen and his wife Camrin Knudsen co-founded Ziggi's Coffee on a shoe string budget and a lot of sweat equity. It took years to build a second location and seven years to break even. Today Ziggi's Coffee has 70 locations nationwide with 120 in development.
Listen to how they build the business from the ground up and became one of the top ranked franchisors in the US.
We discuss leadership, entrepreneurship, location selection, systems and training.

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