Best Franchise Brands Podcast James Butler

In this episode, I talk with Steve Hart, who is the founder and CEO of Property Management Inc (PMI) based in Lehi, Utah. Steve and his partner Christopher Layton started PMI in 2008 and today have over 425 franchise locations around the United States and a few international locations. Steve shares his story about how they got started in property management and how they have built four pillars of opportunity for franchisees in residential, commercial, short-term, and association management with their franchise brand. Steve shares why he feels that PMI has grown so widely across the country and why property management is such an appealing opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs.

In this episode, I talk with Jeff Dudan, CEO of Homefront Brands in Huntersville, North Carolina. Jeff talks about how he got into franchising and lessons he has learned about how to help franchisees get off to a great start over the past thirty years in multiple brands. He also details about their five franchise brands (Window Hero, Top Rail Fence, Temporary Wall Systems, The Designery, and Yard Patrol Pros). He also shares how he is coaching new franchise candidates and helping owners through his weekly and monthly coaching sessions and how their discovery process works. His mantra of "Start Well, Go Well" is a key part of what has helped them grow their franchise brands so successfully over the past few years. 

In this episode, I talk with Paul Flick, founder and President of Premium Service Brands (PSB) on new innovations that are benefitting franchise partners across their nine brands. He shares updates with their customer acquisition app Nesto (which is launching in April of 2024) and the innovative changes they've made with their onboarding and training processes that have benefitted the new 124 franchise locations that were added in 2023 and those who are stacking brands within PSB. He shares insights and examples of how Nesto works, how Kid's Lift is impacting local franchise partners, and the excitement of franchise partners about what was launched at their most recent convention to help franchise partners get an immediate impact in their businesses.

In this episode, I talk with Cliff Kennedy, CEO of FRIOS Gourmet Pops, about how he became a franchisee of FRIOS and then ended up buying out the franchisor. He talks about lessons he has learned from becoming a franchisor, how he supports his franchisees, the benefits of the FRIOS franchise opportunity, and how their organization has grown so rapidly to nearly 100 franchise locations since he became the CEO.

In this episode, I talk with David Sauers, Founder and Co-Owner of Royal Restrooms about their unique franchise concept that has been in business for over twenty years. He shares his story about how they got started, lessons they've learned as they've grown across the country, some of his favorite experiences and memories as the brand has grown, and what he is most excited about seeing implemented in the future in the Royal Restrooms franchise.

In this episode, I talk with Devan Kline, Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and Visionary of Burn Brands and Burn Boot Camp. Devan and his wife Morgan have build a remarkable franchise business located in 41 states with over 400 franchisees in 550 territories around the country. Devan shares their story about how they got started, how they grew their business so quickly, and the power of systems in accountability in helping their franchise partners succeed.