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In this Fempire Rising Season 3 episode, Trudy Heins interviews Susana Hands, a Certified Fempire Coach becoming known as “the franchise lady”, bestselling author of The Optimal Franchise System, about what it really takes to franchise successfully.
Susana shares her 15-year journey from franchisee to franchisor, including early mistakes like focusing only on legal documents and manuals without building the infrastructure, systems, team, and step-by-step SOPs needed to support franchisees, culminating in being sued by a franchisee.
Trudy and Susana discuss common misconceptions, especially underestimating complexity, regulation, and franchisor responsibilities, and key readiness tests like whether the business can run profitably without the owner.
Susana outlines essential foundations (team, POS/CRM, scalable website, modeling fees/royalties and ROI), risks of overreliance on specialized talent, and realistic costs of roughly $50k–$100k plus expert support.
If you’re thinking of moving into franchising or wondering what goes on behind the scenes to start franchising a business. Susana pulls the curtain back on what the real deals are when franchising and doing it the right way in order to protect yourself and your business.
Click here to join the Academy and use the code RISING for 25% off!
Click here to register for our next FEMPIRE Masterclass for practical strategies to gain clarity and take focused action in your business
02:09 Meet Susana Hands
03:40 Franchising Lessons Learned
06:04 Franchisor as Coach
07:47 Personal Brand Sells
08:45 Franchising Misconceptions
11:45 Foundations Before Scaling
13:18 Model the Franchise Numbers
15:00 Avoid Overqualified Hiring
16:30 Rogue Franchisee Reality
17:10 Remote Island Readiness
19:02 Service Licensing Workaround
19:34 Franchise Duplication Systems
19:52 Academy Program Pitch
20:36 Expansion Mistakes Costs
21:30 Franchise Setup Budgeting
23:48 Build Your Expert Team
24:51 CRM Automation Essentials
25:30 Growth Planning Market Tests
27:22 Second Location Proofing
28:18 Rapid Fire Core Questions
31:19 Pricing Knowledge Confidence
32:06 Support Networks Intuition
Visit Our Website
Follow Us on Facebook
Connect with Susana
Support the show
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In this Fempire Rising Season 3 episode, Trudy Heins interviews Susana Hands, a Certified Fempire Coach becoming known as “the franchise lady”, bestselling author of The Optimal Franchise System, about what it really takes to franchise successfully.
Susana shares her 15-year journey from franchisee to franchisor, including early mistakes like focusing only on legal documents and manuals without building the infrastructure, systems, team, and step-by-step SOPs needed to support franchisees, culminating in being sued by a franchisee.
Trudy and Susana discuss common misconceptions, especially underestimating complexity, regulation, and franchisor responsibilities, and key readiness tests like whether the business can run profitably without the owner.
Susana outlines essential foundations (team, POS/CRM, scalable website, modeling fees/royalties and ROI), risks of overreliance on specialized talent, and realistic costs of roughly $50k–$100k plus expert support.
If you’re thinking of moving into franchising or wondering what goes on behind the scenes to start franchising a business. Susana pulls the curtain back on what the real deals are when franchising and doing it the right way in order to protect yourself and your business.
Click here to join the Academy and use the code RISING for 25% off!
Click here to register for our next FEMPIRE Masterclass for practical strategies to gain clarity and take focused action in your business
02:09 Meet Susana Hands
03:40 Franchising Lessons Learned
06:04 Franchisor as Coach
07:47 Personal Brand Sells
08:45 Franchising Misconceptions
11:45 Foundations Before Scaling
13:18 Model the Franchise Numbers
15:00 Avoid Overqualified Hiring
16:30 Rogue Franchisee Reality
17:10 Remote Island Readiness
19:02 Service Licensing Workaround
19:34 Franchise Duplication Systems
19:52 Academy Program Pitch
20:36 Expansion Mistakes Costs
21:30 Franchise Setup Budgeting
23:48 Build Your Expert Team
24:51 CRM Automation Essentials
25:30 Growth Planning Market Tests
27:22 Second Location Proofing
28:18 Rapid Fire Core Questions
31:19 Pricing Knowledge Confidence
32:06 Support Networks Intuition
Visit Our Website
Follow Us on Facebook
Connect with Susana
Support the show