Gary Occhiogrosso - Restaurant Franchises Post Covid-19

Gary Occhiogrosso is the Managing Partner of Franchise Growth Solutions, which is a national franchise development and sales firm. Their “Coach, Mentor & Grow Program” focuses on helping Franchisors with their franchise development, strategic planning, selling franchises and guiding franchisors in raising growth capital. Gary was selected as “Top 25 Fast Casual Restaurant Executive in the USA” by Fast Casual Magazine. In addition, is an adjunct instructor at NYU on the topics of Concept & Business Development as well as Franchising & Entrepreneurship. He is also the host of the “Small Business & Franchise Show” broadcast in New York City and is a contributing writer for Forbes on the topic of Franchising.

Rebecca Monet - Zorakle Profiles

Rebecca Monet is the inventor of the meta-analysis methodology used in Zorakle’s SpotOn! Profile and SpotOn! Eclipse Reports which categorically compare prospective franchisees to a franchise system’s top performers. This meta-analysis approach provides insights no singular profile, survey, algorithm or assessment can, and has changed the way in which franchise companies recruit and select franchisees.

Kyle Griffith - Business selling expert

Kyle employs proven techniques to maximize a company’s selling price and facilitate a faster sale. Over the past 15 years Kyle has owned and operated several businesses, including a family owned printing and shipping company. Kyle has been awarded the Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) designation by the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). Kyle was elected to the Board of Governors of the IBBA and Co-chairs the Member Engagement Committee of the IBBA.

Joe Buzzello, Sales guru, Author and Speaker

Joe Buzzello has dedicated over forty years of his professional life to entrepreneurial pursuits, B2B sales and organizational leadership. Joe has served in executive level roles for companies such as Aflac and Transamerica. He has built hundred million business units for several Fortune 500® companies and has been a corporate Hall of Fame inductee. In 2015 Joe stepped away from corporate related roles so that he could dedicate his time to writing, speaking, training and executive-level coaching. Joe is a 3-time published author.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaNovember 26, 2019Joe Buzzelo, CAP Equation, Tom Scarda, The Franchise Academy

Joe Mathews, Author, Speaker, Franchise Thought Leader

Mathews has been in franchising since 1985 after accepting his first position right out of college, recruiting franchisees for a 20-year old regional sandwich chain with just under 400 restaurants. That chain was Subway. While it had taken Subway 20 years to open 400 restaurants, they opened 3,000 restaurants over the next few years.

Mathews had four key takeaways from his early experience with Subway, which FPG still incorporates in its business model today.

First, he learned how to use franchising to create tremendous brand acceleration and market dominance.

Mastering Fear with former Navy SEAL, Brandon Webb

Brandon Webb is a former US Navy SEAL sniper, Entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and Avid Pilot. He’s the founder of Hurricane Group, a Men’s lifestyle company with digital publishing and ecommerce brands that reach over 50 Million monthly. He is also a co-founder at GSD Logistics, a third party fulfillment (3PL) company focused on global ecommerce fulfillment. Brandon is a member of the New York YPO (Young Presidents Organization) chapter, and was proud to serve as an appointed board member on the Veterans Advisory committee to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaNovember 2, 2019Brandon Webb, Navy SEAL, Tom Scarda, The Franchise Academy

Barry Moltz - Business Guru

Barry gets small businesses unstuck.

As a small business expert, Barry Moltz gets owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential. With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own business ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward. As a small business expert, Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change.

Adam Fridman, CEO ProHabits

Adam Fridman is a seasoned entrepreneur, startup veteran, and founder of the digital branding agency, Mabbly, who believes that brands are a reflection of culture and exceptional cultures happen when people pursue purpose together. As the co-author of Best Selling book, The Science of Story, and creator of ProHabits, a technology to operationalize values, Adam inspires organizations to transform and create more engaged cultures through supporting their people’s personal and professional growth.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaSeptember 12, 2019Leadership, The Franchise Academy, franchise savvy, Business CultureComment

What Corporation Type is the Best Entity for you and Your Business?

Understand the laws around corporations. You could be losing money to the tax collector if your business is set up incorrectly.

How to get free PR with Steve Harrison

Steve Harrison has helped more than 15,000 entrepreneurs, authors and expert get free publicity on radio, TV, print and online. He is the co-founder of the National Publicity Summit where previously unknown entrepreneurs have landed appearances on Fox News, Today Show, Good Morning America, and many other media outlets. His company helped launch such bestselling books as Rich Dad Poor Dad and Chicken Soup for the Soul. For three FREE publicity tools go to www.bestsellerpublicitytools.com.

The Most Common Tax Deduction Franchise Owners Overlook

Tab Burkhalter is a CPA, tax and business strategist and the managing partner of The Burkhalter Group, which includes Numbers House, a business start-up and back-office service provider based in Knoxville, TN.

Storytelling 4 Steps to Telling Your Story Now

The Story of Transformation and how to tell what you do.

Scene 1: Context and background ending with an incident
Scene 2: The calamity, the disruption the fall
Scene 3: The epiphany, the light bulb moment, the hero’s journey
Scene 4: Your mission now based on your experience

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaJune 23, 2019The Franchise Academy, Franchise OpportunitiesComment

The Voice of Social Sales - Chelsea Peitz

Want to learn about how to build a brand using a camera? Chelsea a the leading national authority on social media branding. In this episode we talk about the best platform for your message.

Enlightened Negotiation with Dr. Mehrad Nazari

Dr. Nazari teaches techniques in win/win spiritual negotiation and clearly explains the difference between haggling and negotiating. There is a major difference.

How to Franchise Your Business

On this episode, hear from Harold Kestenbaum, a franchise attorney who has been practicing franchise law for 42 years.

How to Use Storytelling to Transform Your Business

Geoffrey Berwind is one of the foremost experts about how to use the power of story to make you more relatable, influential and take your presentations to the next level.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaApril 27, 2019The Franchise Academy, franchise marketing

CEO Blog Nation Founder Gresham Harkless

Gresham “Gresh” W. Harkless Jr. is the founder and Blogger in Chief for CEO Blog Nation (CBNation.co) and is the founder and digital marketing specialist behind Blue 16 Media.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaApril 27, 2019The Franchise Academy

Attracting Millennials to Your Franchise

Mary is currently a Director of HR Consultant for Portnoy, Messinger, Pearl & Associates, Inc., a Labor Relations and Human Resources consulting firm on Long Island, NY.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaApril 27, 2019Franchise Opportunities, The Franchise Academy

Sexual Harassment Policies for Franchises

Sexual harassment at the workplace as always been an issue. Now, against the backdrop of the #metoo movement in America, all business owners including franchise companies and franchisee owners need to know how to handle situations when they arise.

Trav Bell: The Bucket List Guy

Do you know what a Bucket List is? It’s all the things you want to do before you die…or ‘kick-the-bucket’. Our guest on this show is Trav Bell is The Famous Bucket List Guy…The Worldʼs #1 Bucket List Expert!