EnterpriseAlumni - CEO and Co-Founder, James Sinclair

James Sinclair is the Chief Executive & Co-Founder of EnterpriseAlumni, the market-leading Alumni and Retiree Engagement Platform. Their software powers the corporate alumni networks of both medium-sized businesses and the world’s largest companies, including Google, LinkedIn, Citi, and Coca-Cola, leveraging a vast untapped pool of people for talent, sales, marketing, and community. EnterpriseAlumni helps companies looking to access a contingent labor pool, drive referrals, boomerang hires, accelerate business development, drive sales or just create a positive evangelist community.

James has a background in large enterprise innovation, having worked for companies including IBM, SAP & EDS. With a love of business acceleration, James also has a great deal of experience and expertise in creating, developing, and bringing brands to market and revitalizing those that need a little refresh. Outside of his day job, he contributes to the media on the future of work, large enterprise innovation, and entrepreneurship, and his upcoming book, The Alumni Advantage: How Innovative Companies Leverage Their Former Employees, will be published in July 2021.

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What is an LLC?

Today we speak with Deborah Sweeney, founder of MyCorporation.com. Deborah shares the differences between an LLC and a corporation and the reasons why a “C” corporation is needed when a retirement plan is used for financing. In addition, we speak about why someone needs an entity for their business. MyCorporation.com

Credit Score Secrets Revealed - Move your Score 30 Points Today!

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Tom Scarda on the Business Bros podcast

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Avoid Bankruptcy with Second Wind Consultants - Rob Dinozzi

Second Wind Consultants is a business restructuring firm helping business owners resolve business debt and preserve businesses while avoiding bankruptcy. Second Wind works with franchisees, brands, and systems across the US in all categories with a solution to distress available under the Uniform Commercial Code.

For the brand, this means preserving a location, while avoiding closure or bankruptcy filings, giving the location a truly clean slate and a fresh start.

This streamlined out-of-court solution is understood in financial communities, but not widely known in the small business community.

The core concept is simple: When a business is preserved rather than liquidated, all parties benefit, including creditors.

*Photo by Taylor Young on Unsplash

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Giuseppe Grammatico - Franchise Consultant

Giuseppe Grammatico is a franchise veteran, coach, author, speaker & consultant who simplifies the process of franchising and excels at guiding his candidates to the business model that best suits their desired lifestyle. His greatest joy is helping people realize the American dream and sharing the freedom that comes from franchising.

Giuseppe is the author of Franchise Freedom: A New Manifesto For Your Financial And Time Freedom.

He is also the host of his own podcast: Franchise Freedom.

Dr. Joni Carley, author of The Alchemy of Power: Mastering the Invisible Factors of Leadership

Dr. Joni Carley, author of "The Alchemy of Power: Mastering the Invisible Factors of Leadership,” advises and consults with business, non-profit and governmental leaders and also writes and speaks about values-driven leadership and cultural development. She holds a doctorate in The Reinvention of Work and is a United Nations ECOSOC Consultant.

Dr. Joni works with private and public sector leaders who want to do well and do good. Her leadership advisory services and cultural transformation articles and talks are geared toward a robust quadruple bottom line– Prosperity, People, Planet, Partnership, and Peace.

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Loral Langemeier - 5 Time Bestselling Author and Wealth Expert

Loral Langemeier is one of today’s most visible and innovative money experts. She accelerates the conversation about money, sharing how to, not just survive this tough economic climate, but how to succeed and thrive. Loral is a money expert, sought-after speaker, entrepreneurial thought leader, and best-selling author of five books who is on a relentless mission to change the conversation about money and empower people around the world to become millionaires.

https://justmetloral.com/franchiseacademy

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Ghost Kitchens - A Fad or Here To Stay?

Gary Occhiogrosso is the Founder of Franchise Growth Solutions, which is a co-operative based franchise development and sales firm. Their “Coach, Mentor & Grow Program” focuses on helping Franchisors with their franchise development, strategic planning, advertising, selling franchises, and guiding franchisors in raising growth capital. Gary started his career in franchising as a franchisee of Dunkin Donuts before launching the Ranch *1 Franchise program with its founders. He is the former President of TRUFOODS, LLC a multi-brand franchisor, and former COO of Desert Moon Fresh Mexican Grille

Scott Greenberg - Author of The Wealthy Franchisee

Scott Greenberg helps companies and franchise brands boost unit-level performance. For more than two decades he’s worked full-time as a speaker, consultant, and coach, giving presentations in all 50 states and throughout the world with franchise clients that include McDonald’s, Great Clips, Anytime Fitness, Wyndham Hotel Group, RE/MAX, Smoothie King and countless other emerging, mid-sized and large franchise organizations.

For ten years Scott was a multi-unit franchisee with Edible Arrangements. In addition to building a top-ranked flagship location in Los Angeles, Scott acquired a second struggling location and made it profitable within the first year. His operation won the Edible Arrangements “Best Customer Service” and “Manager of the Year” awards out of more than 1000 locations worldwide.

Scott sold his enterprise in 2015 and today focuses full-time on speaking, coaching, and writing for the franchise industry. Scott is the author of the book The Wealthy Franchisee.

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Jeff Shafritz - Owner of Franchise Guidance reveals secrets of choosing the right franchise

Throughout Jeff’s 25+ year career in franchising, he has helped hundreds of individuals realize their dream of business ownership. He began his career in franchising directly out of college in 1992 as a franchise sales assistant and after several years and promotions, he ended his career there as the Director of Franchise Development for the Americas. Jeff was recruited away from The Athlete’s Foot in 2001 to lead the franchise development efforts of a publicly-traded company that had decided to continue to expand through franchising. This gave Mr. Shafritz a unique opportunity to help develop a franchise system from the ground floor taking part in all aspects of building the division. For the past 18 years, Jeff has been a franchise consultant with FranChoice helping individuals find opportunities that match their goals, skills, and investment criteria.

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Kim Daly - The DalyCoach.com Franchise Expert

Kim Daly is one of America’s Top Franchise Consultants who has helped

thousands of people explore franchise opportunities. For more than 20 years, she has

traveled the country as a keynote speaker and business break out leader and has

hosted her own live events educating, motivating and inspiring Americans to the

dream of small business ownership through the proven systems of a franchise.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaOctober 4, 2020Kim Daly, FranChoice, Franchise opportunites, Tom Scarda

Evan Knox - Caffeine Marketing - Technology and Business

Evan is the Founder of Caffeine Marketing and small business investor. Caffeine Marketing makes profitable marketing easy for small companies.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaSeptember 2, 2020digital marketing, Evan Knox, caffeine Marketing

Matt "The Franchise Guy" Stevens

Matt entered the franchise industry in 1988 and has experienced diverse and formidable achievements as a franchisee, company executive and general manager, brand developer, trainer and teacher, consultant, and matchmaker. Coast to coast, Matt’s helped hundreds of people identify, evaluate, and succeed in the right businesses for them, and will show you how you can leverage your existing interests, skills, and abilities to achieve your goals and live your priorities. Matt also co-authored the book with Tom Scarda, The Road to Franchise Freedom.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaAugust 23, 2020Franchise opportunites, Franchise Consultant, FranChoice

Special Interview with Kari Schwear, Founder of Gray Tonic and Question the Drink

Kari is a perpetual life-learner, a 7x career-path conqueror, speaker, author, coach, mom, and a happy wife to a super cool guy.

I’m also a former gray area drinker that used alcohol as a coping mechanism.

My drinking career took off when I was in the Food & Beverage industry as a server, bartender, and later as an F&B Manager. I loved all things wine! The more expensive, the better. I became obsessed with wine, but soon the wine was obsessing me. What started off with just one glass, my nightly ritual turned into three glasses or more every night. And let’s be real, shall we? Some of my pours were closer to 8 or 9 oz*, depending on the size of the glass. Can you relate?

(*standard serving size is 5 oz of wine)

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaJuly 3, 2020GrayTonic, Kari Schwear

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.

Pandemic Depression - how to avoid going into a downward spiral

Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian, and Suicide Prevention Speaker works with teams to develop effective social isolation strategies for their teams. Listeners learn how to recognize warning signs associated with isolation and understand how to start a conversation on reducing physical distance while staying connected. By listening to this episode, you have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of both team members and their families.

As a former writer for the Tonight Show for 20 years and a fulltime speaker and comedian for 34, Frank knows how to infuse humor into his content and uses his personal experiences to highlight the importance of maintaining your mental health in troubled times. Frank illustrates how holistic self-care practices can reduce harm, and facilitate a healthier, more productive, and profitable sheltering-in-place situation. Listeners will gain an understanding of the mental health challenges during social distancing, how to reduce stress, how to maintain a positive and profitable workplace culture, how to reduce stress and promote both team and management well being.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaApril 16, 2020Depression, Covid-19, coronavirus

Julie Ann Sullivan - Communicating During Pandemic Times

Julie Ann Sullivan’s diverse background gives her a unique perspective as a business culture expert. She earned a BA in Psychology and an MBA in Accounting, earning the designation of CPA. Julie Ann is an international best-selling author and her current book is titled, Catalysts of Culture – How Visionary Leaders Activate the Employee Experience. It is based on what she has learned from her experience and vast research including hosting the Businesses that Care podcast. Julie Ann is also a Certified Laughter Leader and Trainer. When she is not speaking, training, podcasting or coaching, she lives in Pittsburgh with her Wonder Dog, Joy.

Franchise ResourcesTom ScardaApril 5, 2020Franchising, franchising during pandemic

How to sell memberships - Erik Russell

Erik Russell is an international best-selling author, award-winning salesperson, and business growth consultant. His membership sales method has generated multiple millions of dollars in membership sales all over the world.

In 2015 he published his first book outlining his "no pressure, no convincing" process for membership sales called 'The Art of Selling Memberships'. The book reached #1 across multiple Amazon sales categories in the United States, Australia, and Germany. This secured him the number 86 spot on the top 100 best-selling authors in Business & Money.

'The Art of Selling Memberships' continues to be a best-seller to this day and has made Erik a sought after sales trainer for the fitness industry. His customers, clients, and students include thousands of independent owners and salespeople, fitness marketing gurus, and some of the biggest brands in the fitness industry, including four of the top five clubs on Club Industry's Top 100 Clubs list.

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