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🎙️ Episode 292 - On this episode of the Franchising 101 Podcast, host Tim Parmeter sits down with Kelli Schroeder for a wide-ranging conversation about franchising, entrepreneurship, and what it really takes to succeed in home services.

Kelli shares her remarkable journey through the franchise world, from global development roles with major brands to helping scale a safe drinking water franchise across Africa. She reflects on the lessons she learned building franchise systems in challenging environments, why franchising became a lifelong passion, and how those experiences shaped her perspective as both a franchisor and now a franchise owner herself.

The conversation dives deep into Threshold Brands and its portfolio of 10 home service franchise concepts, including everything from insulation and pest control to grout restoration and surface refinishing. Tim and Kelli unpack the advantages of joining a multi-brand franchise platform, including shared purchasing power, stronger support systems, operational expertise, and long-term expansion opportunities for franchisees who want to build multi-unit or multi-brand empires.

In This Episode

✅ Why home service franchises continue to attract corporate professionals

✅ The realities of licensed vs. non-licensed service businesses

✅ How franchisors support owners with training, systems, and ongoing coaching

✅ The surprising business opportunity behind niche brands like grout restoration

✅ Why franchise validation calls matter so much

✅ The power of franchise community and peer support

✅ How franchise resale opportunities can help owners expand faster

Kelli also shares candid insight from her own experience becoming a multi-unit franchise owner and why taking the leap into business ownership was one of the most rewarding decisions she’s ever made.

If you’ve ever wondered whether franchising could be the path to greater freedom, wealth-building, or career reinvention, this episode delivers an inside look at what successful franchise ownership really looks like.

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