Modrn Business
Co-hosted by the dynamic duo Ryan Hicks & Zack Fishman, Modrn Business is an award-winning, interview-style podcast that spotlights franchising's brightest executives. Follow along each week as we uncover franchising's top technology trends, the hottest franchise industries to invest in, ways to improve your own franchise business and how to potentially become a franchisee.
Episodes
April 22, 2024 • 50 mins
In this episode, Zack opens up the Modrn Business audience to the world of “red light therapy” with CEO & Founder, Terri Simpson and President, Andrea Dobkin, of Avanti Body. We discuss the founding story, the viability of red light therapy, how they educate their customers/franchisees/land lords about the industry, an exciting new announcement and all about where they’re opening across the USA. To learn more, visit www.avantibody....
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April 16, 2024 • 32 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, FSN VP of Business Development Jake Fishman chats with Lizzy Young, Director of Franchise Engagement for DevHub. DevHub is a CMS truly built for franchises - where you can scale and integrate freely with the support you need, when you need it.
Jake & Lizzy discuss Lizzy's years of experience in franchising, and how DevHub's world-class CMS helps Zors and Zees scale & ...
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April 9, 2024 • 36 mins
In this MB episode, Zack chats with Paul Flick, founder of one of the original home service platforms, Premium Service Brands. We discuss the secret behind his shared service model, how he’s adding revenue streams for his franchisees, his investment thesis, how they’re taking advantage of the current economic climate and how they use technology to gain an edge.
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April 4, 2024 • 43 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, FSN VP of Business Development Jake Fishman chats with Oscar Wimshurst, Senior Partnerships Manager of NiceJob. NiceJob is a Reputation Marketing platform helping franchisees get 4x the reviews and 2x the sales.
Jake & Oscar discuss Oscar's background, what "reputation marketing" is, and how NiceJob drives franchisee revenue.
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March 26, 2024 • 35 mins
In this MB episode, Zack returns to the children’s service space, this time with Jamie Krasnov, CEO of Apex Leadership. We discuss the viability of the children’s service space as a whole, where Apex plays a role in its success, the massive addressable market for school fundraising, their ideal franchise candidate and much more!
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March 20, 2024 • 37 mins
In this special Modrn Business episode series "Inside the Mind of a Brand President" Zack speaks with Paul Ebert, President of HFC's Aussie Pet Mobile and Two Maids.
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March 18, 2024 • 36 mins
Zack welcomes back Bloomin’ Blinds to the show, this time with COO Kris Stuart! We dive deep into the “build” vs “buy” technology stack discussion, how they’ve implemented AI in the brand, why Bloomin’ Blinds is a viable investment today and updates on the brand since they last were on MB in 2020.
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March 13, 2024 • 37 mins
In this Modrn Business episode, Zack chats with restaurant aficionado Robin Gagnon (CEO & Co-Founder, We Sell Restaurants) to discuss all things F&B. We dive into trends we’re seeing in the QSR, FSR, Fast Casual & LSR spaces, how macroeconomic pressures are playing a role in what MUOs are gravitating towards, how technology is helping MUMBOs decide which brands to invest in and why resales/transfers will become more prominent in t...
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March 6, 2024 • 46 mins
In this episode, Zack gets inside the mind of Burn Boot Camp’s Visionary Co-Founder, Devan Kline. We discuss his humble beginnings, how his athletic career translated to a successful franchisor, how Devan and his Co-Founder, CEO (and wife), Morgan, conquer franchising together and his opinions on the mark he wants to make on franchising as a whole.
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February 20, 2024 • 34 mins
In this episode Ryan chats with franchise veteran Keith Gerson.
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February 15, 2024 • 49 mins
n this episode, Zack chats with the CEO & Founder of franchising’s first “mobile group fitness” concept, OutFit’s Randy Hetrick. Being the Founder of TRX (based on his multiple decades as a Navy Seal), Randy and I discussed his ideal franchisee, the founding story, his growth strategy, why this brand is ripe for explosive growth and how he plans to handle bad weather & seasonality.
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February 13, 2024 • 54 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, Ryan Hicks chats with Raphael Rajan & Shray Mehra, Co-Founders of EZee Assist. EZee Assist is a platform that amplifies support and strengthens franchise relationships, by using AI to provide around-the-clock support to franchise owners and staff on all operational topics.
Ryan, Raphael & Shray discuss why AI is the future of franchising, supporting franchisees better...
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February 8, 2024 • 28 mins
This is a must listen for those in franchising. Matt Haller gives the State of The Union for Franchising, we double click on the upcoming IFA Convention, we discuss Matt's top tips for getting the most out convention and IFA membership, we discuss the subject of what responsible franchising means and how to measure it, and much more.
IF YOU"RE ON THE FENCE ABOUT REGISTERING FOR CONVENTION, THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD!
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February 5, 2024 • 33 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, Ryan Hicks chats with Dan Broudy, CEO of Clayton Kendall. Clayton Kendall's marketing supply chain program helps franchise communities and multi-location businesses scale rapidly, save money, and better manage their promotional products, signage, apparel, POP kits, and marketing collateral.
Ryan and Dan discuss why it's more important than ever to centralize your mark...
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February 1, 2024 • 19 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, Ryan Hicks chats with Romain Dudek, U.S. Business Developer of Smappen. Smappen is the quickest and easiest territory mapping software you’ve ever had. Their all-in-one online platform helps you choose the best location by providing detailed demographics and competitor analysis.
Ryan and Romain discuss Smappen's cutting-edge territory mapping solution, and what your f...
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January 29, 2024 • 20 mins
In this episode, Zack previews conferences, trends and exciting new Modrn Business announcements in Q1 of 2024
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January 17, 2024 • 41 mins
In this Supplier Wire Series episode of Modrn Business Podcast, Ryan Hicks chats with Aditya Varanasi, Founder & CEO of Awarity. Awarity is an AI-powered advertising platform that helps brands reach their ideal customers more efficiently than other forms of awareness advertising, driving industry-leading ROI.
Ryan and Aditya discuss Awarity's cutting-edge franchise advertising solutions, and how they are using automation in a game...
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January 16, 2024 • 59 mins
Zack chats with Entrepreneur Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief, Jason Feifer, to go into all things 2024 Top 500!
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December 30, 2023 • 37 mins
In this episode, Zack revisits his early 2023 conversation with Youth Athletes United CEO & Co-Founder, Adam Geisler. We hear about his learnings, his successes and his exciting initiatives for 2024.
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December 27, 2023 • 23 mins
Zack takes a trip down Wellness 2.0 Lane once again with Ryan Vesce of Matterhorn Fit. We discuss their place within this revolution, why franchisees should be scrambling to their concept, his connection to the sports world and of course, his favorite hockey team.
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