
About this episode
Jeff Flannery is a great example of how franchising complements ETA, having rolled up 17 units since starting in 2019.
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Topics in Jeff’s interview:
- Difference between a practice and a business
- 18 years of running a procurement recruiting firm
- Acquiring a failing Hand and Stone location
- Improving the franchisee playbook
- Ask franchisees for the actual profit margins
- Mastering the business from the bottom up
- Working 100-hour weeks for years
- Implementing enrollment fees
- Running spas in California through Covid
- Building an inbound and outbound offshore call center
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- From this page or contact [email protected]
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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