Jon Ostenson is a top 1 percent Franchise Broker, Consultant, Investor, and Author of the book 'Non-Food Franchising'. Jon is CEO of FranBridge Consulting, an Inc 5000 company. draws on his experience as a former Inc. Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in serving his clients.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Non-sexy is the new sexy. The best franchise opportunities aren’t trendy, they’re recession-resilient and rooted in everyday needs like home services, senior care, and wellness.

2. Franchising vs. buying a business. Many aspiring entrepreneurs spend years chasing existing businesses. Franchising can offer a faster, proven path with built-in support and less risk.

3. You don’t need millions. Most franchise opportunities range from 150K – 400K and can be funded through SBA loans or retirement accounts, making business ownership accessible.

Checkout their website, schedule a discovery call and download the book Non-Food Franchising for free - FranBridge Consulting

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Alex Smereczniak is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Franzy, making franchise ownership more accessible. Built 2ULaundry & LaundroLab, selling 100 plus franchises. Passionate about helping others take big swings in business and life.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. You don’t need to start with passion to become successful-obsession, commitment, and consistency can forge it over time.

2. Franchising offers a lower-risk path to entrepreneurship with higher long-term success rates than starting from scratch.

3. Fit is everything-choose a franchise based on your personal goals, operational style, and long-term vision.

Visit Franzy and take the Franzy Fit Score - Franzy Website

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Scott Marr, franchising titan and Founding Principal of Franchise Altitude, has built nationally recognized brands and helps entrepreneurs scale theirs with proven strategies, industry insight, and access to growth capital.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Success isn't about doing more - it's about doing fewer things better through ruthless prioritization.

2. A bestselling book title or status is leverage, not a financial strategy - look beyond sales to build real impact.

3. The path to financial independence starts with high-ticket value, lean business models, and reinvesting profits for long-term freedom.

Visit the website for free resources and next steps - Franchise Altitude

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Ted McGrath helps entrepreneurs master the digital game of business and money. He has a passion for sharing, speaking, and performing.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. The No.1 key in speaking and communicating is storytelling.

2. Stage is defined as the one to many model because you can close 5, 10 , 50 or 100 people at once with it.

3. The key to the close is many calls to actions and making different variations on those call to actions.

The Community of Mavericks who have the message, the marketing and millions to make their dreams come true - Ted McGrath Website

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Jake Larsen is the founder of Video Power Marketing, a performance video ad agency specializing in YouTube ads that turn views into sales. Their campaigns average 3X return on ad spend.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. There is always something broken in your business and your life and that is okay. Optimization is a constant process when there is something that is always broken. Come in peace with it and just get really good at solving problems.

2. In YouTube ads, you have the ability to get your product , story and service seen in front of millions of people in a very low cost. It’s the most affordable way to advertise to reach your audience.

3. Your product or service isn’t for everybody so if they skip it that is good because you don’t want to waste their time and waste your ad spend to people who are not interested.

Unlock a Consistent Flow of Qualified Leads and Sales Without Wasting Time and Money. Check out Jake’s website - Video Power Marketing

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Kevin Donahue is the founder of Stealth Family a company that protects the entrepreneurs, executives and their families from becoming victims of the tsunami of cyber crime.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1) Book the ticket and the rest will work itself out.

2) The first step is to get educated because the most vulnerable victim is the one who is uneducated.

3) Good cyber hygiene starts at home. You have a responsibility to protect your family, organization, employees and customers personal data.

Protect Your Vulnerable Loved Ones from Cyber Criminals Today. Discover the Secrets to Keeping Your Family Safe from the Digital Dark Side with Scott Augenbaum and Kevin Donahue - Stealth Family

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Colin C. Campbell is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded over a dozen multi-million dollar companies. Number 1 Best Selling Award winning Author, speaker, and founder of Startup Club, helping entrepreneurs globally through his book Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. A lot of entrepreneurs think that they have the best ideas and that ideas always come from them but ideas come from everyone.

2. Core Values are the ‘guard rails’ to assure that your company doesn’t go into the gutter.

3. Core values are critical for scaling your company. Having a set of beliefs will assure you that your company will scale in the right way and not go off the rails.

Get a copy of Colin’s best selling book in Amazon - Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.

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Jeff Oddo is the CEO and Owner of City Wide Facility Solutions, a management company in the facility maintenance industry, leading 104 franchises across the U.S. and Canada, targeting $2B in systemwide sales by EOY 2030.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Franchising is an amazing business model because it is a proven plan and a business in a box.

2. You don’t have to bet all your chips on block chain. If you have the drive, desire and work ethic and skill sets is more important than going all in.

3. Start with the end in mind if you use franchising to build wealth and legacy.

Go and check Jeff’s website for all their services. - City Wide Facility Solutions

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Ray Reddy is VP of Retail at Shopify, leading the company's retail business and championing local entrepreneurs. With a career focused on leveraging technology for commerce, he previously co-founded Ritual, a mobile commerce platform supporting local restaurants, and PushLife where he later led mobile product management for shopping and commerce. He is passionate about building products that simplify complexity and create new opportunities to help local entrepreneurs win.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. A unified retail system - built from the ground up, not stitched together - is essential to compete in modern commerce.

2. Small UX upgrades, like intuitive navigation and smarter search, drive major efficiency wins for store staff.

3. AI will soon make POS customization as easy as creating a TikTok - massively empowering small retailers.

Visit Shopify to explore POS 10 and see what’s possible - Shopify

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Alex Draper, founder of DX Learning, is a leadership expert dedicated to eradicating workplace toxicity. Through his CARE to Win playbook, he’s transformed 60,000 plus leaders, fostering psychological safety, emotional intelligence, and people-centered leadership worldwide.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. You are winning with culture if there is a lot of conversation, healthy conflict and continuous improvement day in and day out.

2. Sometime we forget that our customer satisfaction can’t be higher than our internal customers satisfaction. Employee engagement drives the customers engagement and that can get lost sometimes which is an important factor.

3. Autonomy is about empowering others and giving them your trust. The gift of autonomy is letting others speak.

The 4 Leadership Habits to Build High-Performing Teams. Check out Alex’s book in Amazon - Care to Win

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