Modrn Business

In this episode, Zack welcomes back the Co-Founder & CEO of Scenthound, Tim Vogel. We dive deep on how they're at the forefront of pet wellness through their technology, their approach and their hiring practices. Additionally, we talk about the evolution of the pet space, ideal franchisee targets, their move towards providing products within locations and their march to 100 locations!

In this episode, Woven CEO Matt Goebel discusses his innovative platform that helps franchisees streamline local communications and operations.

Matt Goebel is the founder and CEO of Woven, the leading multi-unit business management software. After spending more than a decade consulting in the franchise industry, Matt recognized numerous deficiencies in how technology was meeting the needs of operators. He started Woven in 2017 to address those deficiencies. In addition to Woven, Matt is a multi-unit franchisee in the salon & spa vertical and the founder of LumArc Solutions, a custom software design agency.

About Woven: Woven is a multi-unit business management platform for franchisee and independent owners, enabling them to manage people, operations and locations from one seamless platform.

In the episode Matt shares "How To Save $1M+ Per Year By Consolidating Your Operational Tech Stack"

1. Operational cost savings Woven can produce at scale for large multi-unit operators

2. Failing to prioritize the consolidation of your operational tech stack is:

a. Crushing your unit-economics

b. Burning out your management team with redundant, non-growth tasks

c. Preventing your business from achieving peak performance

Register for Young Conference: www.franchiseyoungconference.com

Connect with Woven: https://franchisesuppliernetwork.com/featured-supplier/woven/

In this Modrn Business episode, Zack chats with a new type of franchise brand in the "non-emergency transportation" space, Tootl. We discuss with Co-Founders Michelle & Tom Dacy alongside industry veteran, Steve Greenbaum about the appeal of this new industry within franchising, the types of franchise candidates they'll be looking for, what types of customers they can expect and growth plans for 2023.

In this episode we break down a very important topic: Google Maps. We dive deep into a set of best practices as it relates to what you can do to get your business more organic visibility on the worlds number 1 search engine.

Register for YoungConference: www.franchiseyoungconference.com

Connect with Map Ranks: https://franchisesuppliernetwork.com/featured-supplier/map-ranks/

Cheers,

In this episode of Franchise Supplier Wire, Heather Anderson shares how franchise systems can leverage machine learning and AI to empower and enhance digital marketing campaigns. Eulerity has a technology that specializes in working with in-house marketing teams to help deploy their consumer and FD ads in an effective manner.

For this Women's History Month episode, we're highlighting a tech-forward massage concept, Squeeze Massage, and one of its co-founders, Brittany Driscoll. We discuss how their proprietary technology helps them gain an edge over more traditional competitors, how they motivate therapists to work for Squeeze, their other differentiators and why now is the right time to invest in the massage space.

In this episode of Franchise Supplier Wire, CEO Trevor Rappaleye breaks down how Franchise Filming helps franchisors tell their story to franchise candidates through video content. Trevor gives tips and advice, and breaks down how their service aligns with franchise organizations.

Check out our conferences and events: www.franchisors.com

- Springboard: *the event for emerging franchise brands* September 27-29

-UnConference: * An extreme networking event* March 22-24

-YoungConference: *Americas top Next generation Franchise leaders* May 10-12, an invite only event

Cheers

Zack discusses a new trend in franchising, bar entertainment, with CEO & Founder of Hoppin' Brands, Rich Moyer. We talk through real estate footprints for, the idea of being a "third place", how their technology streamlines their business, their plans for franchising and their typical target demographic.

Zack discusses his favorite cuisine, Greek, with the Co-Founder of the hot upstart brand Apola Greek Grill, Yianni Kosmides. We cover how to balance authenticity with efficiency, differentiators from other Greek fast casual brands and their ideal real estate model for multi-unit operators.

At IFA Convention 2023, Super Bowl Champion and multi-brand franchise investor Drew Brees joined Modrn Business Podcast with Stretch Zone CEO Tony Zaccario for an exclusive conversation to lay out a playbook for success in franchising.

Modrn Business podcast hosts Ryan Hicks and Zack Fishman have published over 400 episodes featuring stories and learnings from prominent franchise leaders over the past 5 years.

Resources mentioned:

- www.modrnbusiness.com *get connected with brands*

- www.franchisors.com *3 epic franchise events*

- www.franchisesuppliernetwork.com *Find best-fit suppliers*

Modrn Business is known for its laid-back discussions covering everything from rags-to-riches stories from franchisees and franchisors, year-end-reviews, and exploring next generation technologies, brands and trends.