84: What Makes A Top-Performing Franchisee And How To Become One By Asking The Right Questions

11/18/20 • 26 min

Is your franchise underperforming, or do you want it to go to the next level? This week’s Franchise Secrets podcast is about becoming a top-performing franchisee by learning from others.

Erik Van Horn discusses some of the lessons he learned along the way, including being more enthusiastic and truly following through with tasks to get your desired results. Talking to other top performing franchisees is another important step to constantly learning where and how you could be doing better. Erik also gives a couple of great starter questions when talking to the top performers in your field and your local area.

Is your franchise underperforming, or do you want it to go to the next level? This week’s Franchise Secrets podcast is about becoming a top-performing franchisee by learning from others.

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83: Combining Investor Visas And Franchising With Guest Patrick Findaro Of Visa Franchise

On this week’s episode of the Franchise Secrets podcast, we talk about investor visas and how that works with franchising, with guest and founder of Visa Franchise, Patrick Findaro.

Whether it be with a preferred-return strategy, a long-term contract, or another type of arrangement, using an investor visa can be a win-win situation for both the franchisor/franchisee and the investor. The seller gets an influx of capital and sometimes business experience while the investor gets a United States visa and a new business opportunity.

Patrick’s business helps investors find the right businesses for them depending on their needs and wants. They run due diligence overlooking the FDD, reviews, bankruptcy, lawsuits, and so much more to ensure the business and industry is a good investment.

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85: Brand Review - Everbowl with Jeff Fenster

In this week’s episode of the Franchise Secrets podcast, Erik introduces a new format where he sits down with franchisors to get some insight into their business. This week, Erik is joined by Jeff Fenster, the founder and CEO of Everbowl.

Jeff covers a bit of his background prior to starting the business, as well as why he started Everbowl in the first place. Erik and Jeff talk about Everbowl’s market, who’s ideal to start an Everbowl franchise, and what makes them such an ideal franchisor. Whether it’s the lower startup costs, the health aspect of the business, the franchise’s fun attitude towards food service, or the profits; Everbowl could be an answer for you or a company to model your own business after.