Today’s conversation on The Franchise Woman Podcast is between cohosts Rebecca Monet and Tracy Kawa.

Learn a bit more about Rebecca Monet, CEO and Chief Scientist at Zorakle Profiles and community advocate, speaker, author, and entrepreneur Tracy Kawa.

In this episode Rebecca and Tracy talk about their shared passion for seeing others succeed. They discuss the vital role Emotional and Social Intelligence plays to business owner success and dangerous societal and psychographic trends that will affect the future of franchising. Listen in to an enlightening conversation one that will certainly encourage future discussions.

How to Recognize the Next Big Thing.

Dan Rowe, specializes in finding the next big thing and for over 20 years has identified and grown brands like Five Guys Burgers & Fries, QDOBA Mexican Grill and The Halal Guys from small unit businesses to the powerhouse chains they are today.

Dan Rowe is the Founder & CEO of Fransmart and Co-Managing Partner at The Kitchen Fund and FranInvest which have invested in Sweetgreen, Cava, by Chloe, Inday, eegee’s, to name just a few, and is an active board member of YPO and the National Restaurant Association.

Today he joins us on The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide to discuss:

·         How he recognizes the ‘next big thing’

·         His #1 passion, purpose and priority: Getting Rich While Making Others Rich

·         Why and how he diversifies his portfolio of franchise concepts

Listen in to this fascinating and enlightening conversation. 

Multi-lingual Judy Walker is a 2nd generation immigrant with an incredible story. Raised in New York by an Italian mother, Judy learned adaptability was key to a happy and successful life. 

In this episode, Judy shares how being adaptable took her from being the Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing for Windows on the World Restaurant in New York City, to full-time motherhood, to a telemarketing job, to her present position as Senior Vice President of Sales at Anago Cleaning Systems. 

Listen to the full episode and you’ll hear Judy speak beautiful Italian and share some of her secrets to a fulfilling life and career.

We asked, who are you Nicole Durio?

I’m a winner, she said. I’m a champion. Winners do not make excuses. Winners find a way. I adjust but I do not change. I live on purpose. I live intentionally.

I’m called, assigned and commissioned.

Nicole Durio, Founder of Madison Brothers Consulting Group, is a tough leader of money and finance, who decided to merge her love and knowledge of economics to her ministry. As a result, Nicole has mentored over 250 women to six-figure income status and she is on track to propel 25 women to seven-figure incomes in the next five years.

Listen in to this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide.

Madeleine (Park) Zook’s theme in life is simple:

Getter done because and in spite of!

Try that on for a while and see how your life changes! Because … and in spite of. That’s a no excuses mentality if I ever heard of one.

Who is Madeleine? She’s a multi-unit, multi-brand franchisee, podcast host of The Art of Franchise Marketing, the Director of Marketing at Netsertive and the owner and founder of a 501(c) 3 nonprofit.

Listen to this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide. 

Adriann Dalton, COO of Honest Abe Roofing, talks about adaptability, impact and team on this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide.

Adriann comes to Honest Abe Roofing with more than 25 years sales, customer engagement and operations experience working at companies like DentalPlans.com and Neighborly.

What Tracy Kawa and Rebecca Monet were particularly amazed at is Adriann’s ability to take risks when she sees that she can have a direct, long-term positive impact.

Listen in here. 

Shelly Sun, CEO and founder of BrightStar Franchising, on this week’s episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide.

There is much to admire about Shelly, her ability to see the future and plan accordingly, her love of her franchisees and business partners, her generous heart and her steadfast, maternal nature when raising her boys (now college age).

We discussed much as you might expect. Two things stood out:

Her ‘in-YOUR-shoes’ leadership style whether that be the elderly parent and his/her family, the franchisee as they grow their territory or the care provider whose difficult job is so vitally needed.

Her desire to be a bridge for the next generation of business owners through her generous contribution in creating a franchise program at her alma mater the University of Tennessee. 

Listen in to this episode and be inspired.

Megan Rosen, Chief Development Officer, joins Rebecca Monet and Tracy Kawa on this episode of The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion and Purpose Collide.

Megan talks about feeling ‘embarrassed’ that her family provided her so much opportunity when others may not have that same luxury. These feelings sent her on a self-discovery process. Listen in as she shares her journey, the mentors and education along the way and her now clear sense of identity and purpose.

Faith, family and FOS is what I think of when I think of Gerry Henley, founder of Launch to Growth. Our conversation with Gerry on The Franchise Woman podcast revealed a tender heart wrapped in a getter done mindset. But not in a run fast, stir up some dust, and do a bunch of things way. But instead in an organized, global to specific, FOS (Franchise Operating Systems) way.

Listen in to learn more about Gerry Henley, and his motto “Scale to Get Better before You Scale to Get Bigger”.

Nora Farhat does not reinvent the wheel instead she embraces, leverages and scales. Nora Farhat has built a multi-brand, multi-million dollar enterprise. Franchise brands included in her portfolio include British Swim School, Mathnasium, Pool Scouts, Grand Illuminations, Code Learning and Real Property Management.  

Nora knows exactly what her skill sets are … and are not. She has learned to channel her strengths when building her businesses. Listen to this great interview right here on The Franchise Woman podcast: Where Passion & Purpose Collide.