The Franchise Champion Show

Kyle Mercer, creator of The Inquiry Method, shares how present satisfaction, clear accountability, and a coachable mindset help owners lead stronger teams and prepare for franchise ownership. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit   🎤 Episode 60 - Alan sits down with Kyle Mercer, creator of The Inquiry Method, a questio...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎤 Episode 58 - Alan sits down with Jesse Rorvig, owner of Fitness Machine Technicians in Portland, a franchise that ma...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎤 Episode 58 - Alan sits down with Tim Vogel, co-founder and CEO of Scenthound, a dog hygiene franchise built around...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎤 Episode 57 - Alan sits down with Ty McBride, Founder and CEO of Preservan, a franchise that repairs wood rot on windows, doo...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎤 Episode 56 - Alan sits down again with Steve Anschutz, a returning Square Cow Movers franchisee last on the show in Episode 43, mi...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎤 Episode 55 - Alan sits down with Jim Dunn, a FocalPoint Business Coaching fra...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the free Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎙 Episode 50 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Hallie Savannah, a 15-year freight...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 🎙 Episode 53 - Alan sits down with Jon Sieber, co-founder of Story Time Chess, the mobile children's chess enrichment brand that wo...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the Franchise Readiness Assessment today at https://athletetoowner.com/fit 📋 Episode 52 - In this solo ep...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the free Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://www.athletetoowner.com/fit 🎙️ Episode 51 - In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan Regala gives an...

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.   ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Get a read on where you stand, take the free Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://www.athletetoowner.com/fit   🎙 Episode 5...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take the free Franchise Readiness Assessment today at https://www.athletetoowner.com/fit 📋 Episode 49- In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan opens with a real client story: a franchise...

Alan Regala breaks down five franchise buying mistakes that quietly disqualify good candidates, before the money and the marriage are on the line. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Find out where you stand at https://www.athletetoowner.com/fit 📄 Episode #48 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan walks through the five mistakes he has watched cost franchise buyers real time, mo...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙️ Episode 47 - In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan gets real about self-doubt and readiness before you buy a fran...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Take our free Franchise Readiness Assessment at https://www.athletetoowner.com/fit 🎙️ Episode 46 - In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan answers the question almost every p...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://calendly.com/aregala/introcall 🎙 Episode 45 - In this solo episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan tel...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙 Episode 43 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Rocky Hensley, founder of 1-Tom-Plumber, to...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Reach out to Alan for an introduction at https://athletetoowner.com/ready Episode 43 - Steve Anschutz spent 14 years coaching Division III college tennis, worked 30 to 35 weekends a year away from his fa...

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%. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready   🎙 Episode 42 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Matt Martin and Tammy Romage of Satellite Teams Global...

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. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙 Episode 41 - Jon Steward spent over two decades as a franchise business coach, working alongside hundreds of owner...

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.   ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at   https://athletetoowner.com/ready     🎙 Episode 40 - Jared and Chantel Trujillo had no cleaning experience, no industry background, and no guara...

A former Starbucks VP retired at 54, got bored, and bought a Spavia Day Spa franchise instead. Now he reveals what corporate never taught him about building real wealth. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙 Episode 39 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Paul Groshko, a former Starbucks executiv...

Mike Sarfity left Big 4 consulting to own Five Star Bath Solutions — despite zero handyman skills. He generated $4.3M in year two. This is his playbook. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙 Episode #38 - Mike Sarfity was grinding 60 to 80 hour weeks as a Mergers and Acquisitions Director at a Big Four consulting firm, chasing a...

Dave Tasto left a 20-year engineering career to build an Assisting Hands Home Care franchise in Boston and found the most meaningful work of his life. ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎬 Episode 37 - In this episode of The Franchise Champion Show, Alan sits down with Dave Tasto, an eight-year Assisting Hands Home Care franchi...

Aaron Harper turned down $860K a year to franchise Rolling Suds — and scaled it to nearly 300 locations in just 18 months. Here's his exact playbook.  ⭐ INTERESTED IN FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP? Schedule a call with Alan today at https://athletetoowner.com/ready 🎙 Episode 36 - Aaron Harper was offered nearly a million dollars a year to keep doing what he was already great at. He said no. He had a p...