The Franchise Champion Show
The Franchise Champion Show provides practical education on franchising and what it takes to succeed as a franchise business owner. Hosted by Alan Regala, former D1 athlete and successful franchise owner who built and sold a multi-million dollar business using high-performance principles. Each week, Alan interviews successful franchise owners, franchisors, and industry experts to share real strategies, insights, and stories that can help you find the right franchise opportunity and become a champion in your business. Whether you're exploring franchise ownership for the first time or looking to grow your existing business, you'll discover actionable advice from people who've achieved real success. If you believe you were meant for something more and want to build generational wealth while having control over your time, this show is for you.
Episodes
Jesse Rorvig left school counseling to buy a Fitness Machine Technicians franchise in Portland. He shares how sales, cash flow, and hiring shaped his first seven years.
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🎤 Episode 59 - Alan sits down with Jesse Rorvig, owner of Fitness Machine Technicians in Portland, a franchise that maintains and repairs the small fitnes...
Scenthound co-founder Tim Vogel almost quit six months into mobile grooming. He explains why franchise brands stall before 100 units and how his got there in four years.
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🎤 Episode 58 - Alan sits down with Tim Vogel, co-founder and CEO of Scenthound, a dog hygiene franchise built around a monthly membership covering skin, ...
Ty McBride built Preservan, a franchise that repairs wood rot with epoxy instead of costly window and door replacement, often finishing the job in a single day.
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🎤 Episode 57 - Alan sits down with Ty McBride, Founder and CEO of Preservan, a franchise that repairs wood rot on windows, doors, siding, and more using a proprie...
Steve Anschutz signed with Square Cow Movers back in May. Since then: federal delays, a lease that changed overnight, and a launch date that keeps moving.
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🎤 Episode 56 - Alan sits down again with Steve Anschutz, a returning Square Cow Movers franchisee last on the show in Episode 43,...
Jim Dunn built his consulting practice completely on his own, no franchise, no system, just an LLC and a website. Six months later, once it was already working, he joined FocalPoint Business Coaching anyway.
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🎤 Episode 55 - Alan sits down with Jim Dunn, a FocalPoint Business Coaching ...
Hallie Savannah spent 15 years in freight logistics before a layoff. Three weeks into her ERA Group franchise, she shares the real, unfiltered start of building it.
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🎙 Episode 50 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Hallie Savannah, a 15-year freight logistics veteran who never planned...
Jon Sieber didn't know how to play chess when he started Story Time Chess. It's now a Time Magazine winner and a mobile franchise with very little overhead.
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🎙 Episode 53 - Alan sits down with Jon Sieber, co-founder of Story Time Chess, the mobile children's chess enrichment brand that won Toy of the Year and ...
Alan spent 14 years building ShelfGenie into a multi-million dollar exit, and neither picture matched what year one looked like. In this solo episode, he breaks down the real hours, the hiring mistakes, and the mindset shift that made the difference.
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📋 Episode 52 - In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show...
Most franchise failures don't end in bankruptcy. They end with an owner who's stuck, undermaking, and can't walk away. Here's what that really looks like, and how to make sure it isn't you.
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Are you starting your franchise search by asking ChatGPT what the best franchises are right now? Most people do, and in this solo episode, Alan breaks down why that instinct, however well-intentioned, is exactly backwards.
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One client had everything ready to sign, until a real conversation with his wife changed his mind. Bringing your spouse in early changes the whole decision.
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📋 Episode 49- In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan opens with a real client story: a franch...
Alan Regala breaks down five franchise buying mistakes that quietly disqualify good candidates, before the money and the marriage are on the line.
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📄 Episode #48 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan walks th...
Alan gets honest about the four real disqualifiers for franchise ownership, and why most self-doubt is unfamiliarity, not a sign you're actually not capable.
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🎙️ Episode 47 - In thi...
Alan breaks down exactly how franchise coaches get paid, why referral fees shift by brand, and the real signals that tell you if a coach is educating you or selling you.
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I subscribed to Entrepreneur Magazine for years. Every issue, I flipped right past the franchising section. I believed franchising wasn't for real entrepreneurs. Here's what changed my mind and what I got wrong.
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Rocky Hensley built and sold 13 businesses before founding 1-Tom-Plumber, growing it past 100 locations in just four and a half years before selling to private equity.
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🎙 Episode 43...
SquareCow Movers franchise owners Steve and Iara Anschutz just signed. Two weeks in, a bank mixup nearly stalled their truck loan. Here's how they handled it.
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Episode 43 - Steve Anschutz spent 14 years coaching Div...
Matt Martin built Satellite Teams Global to solve his own problem. Now it's a franchise helping businesses hire top global talent and save up to 70%.
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🎙 Episode 42 - In this episode...
25 years coaching franchisees at Dairy Queen, Great Clips and Planet Fitness. Then Jon Steward crossed the table. That's when he discovered what expertise alone can't teach you.
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🎙 Episode 41 - Jon Steward spent over two...
This couple went from corporate layoffs to running the fastest-growing Two Maids franchise ever, hitting $1M in just 16 months. Here's exactly how they did it.
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🎙 Episode 40 - Jare...
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