Summary:

In this episode, David Burchett shares his journey from special education teacher to building a successful printing franchise with over 6 locations. 

Discover his tactics for leveraging local shops, creating an online marketplace, and achieving profitability in under a month. Find out how he educated himself affordably and scaled strategically through franchising. 

David shares priceless lessons on partnership over competition, bootstrapping growth, and bridging offline and online. This episode provides a step-by-step blueprint for building a business from the ground up through value-adding partnerships and continuous education. 

Highlights:

00:00 Intro

00:47 David Burchett’s background

02:28 Getting into business and franchising

04:53 Print-on-demand and natural traffic flow

06:58 Finding a customer base

08:49 Who needs my services vs. who makes the money

10:15 Working together and adding value into the industry

11:51 Setting your prices based on expenses

15:23 What is GPO?

16:52 The importance of turnaround time

18:18 David’s decision-making process

22:18 How franchising work?

26:43 Building a successful online platform

35:00 Dream big, start small, build strategically

38:49 Where can people find David?