Franchise Business Real Talk

About Franchise Business Real Talk

Welcome to The Franchise Scale Up Show hosted by Guy Coffey. Guy is an entrepreneur, franchise veteran, and co-founder of a successful franchise brand. Join Guy as he dives into real-world stories, strategies, and insights from inspiring entrepreneurs, industry experts, and thought leaders. Discover actionable advice on launching, scaling, and sustaining a meaningful business while thriving in life. From solo episodes breaking down simple, effective strategies to candid interviews uncovering challenges, breakthroughs, and success secrets, this podcast is your go-to for honest, practical guidance. Whether you’re just starting out or scaling to the next level, The Franchise Scale Up Show will empower you to build a business, and life, you love.

Publisher

Guy Coffey

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Dec 2022

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

33 of 89 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Opening a Fitness Studio? Don't Make This Budget Mistake

   Michael Ramsey, founder of STRONG Pilates, shares with host Guy Coffey how pre-sale strategy drives successful fitness studio launches and international franchise expansion.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Buying a Business? What the Spreadsheet Won't Tell You

   Host Guy Coffey interviews Guy Bartlett about the crucial human elements and systems beyond spreadsheets when buying a business.

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Before You Sell More Franchises, Fix These Blind Spots

   Selling more franchises can look like progress. But can your franchisees operate the model successfully, and are customers coming back? In this episode of The Franchise Scale-Up Show, Pete Ricciardi and I start with a $75,000 question: should an emerging franchisor join a broker network or hire an experienced franchise adviser? That opens a bigger conversation about what needs to work before you scale: your systems, franchisee selection, unit economics and customer experience. We dig into pro...

Inside a recent episode

The AI Mistake That Made an Airline Fire Its Whole Support Team

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah. So it's really interesting because, uh, So XR, first of all, is extended reality, and that's just the umbrella term for virtual reality and augmented reality. And VR, virtual reality, is when you are in a completely virtual environment. Augmented reality is when you are layering a virtual element on top of your actual space that you're in. And a key use case for that would be, so one of the franchisor women that I talked to at one of the events said, could I do soft skill training? And I was like, yeah, talk to me more about that. She said, I personally want to teach. I want to train all of my sellers to, you know, do her method or how to handle objections. […]

Who has been a guest on Franchise Business Real Talk

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Michael Ramsey
• Guy Bartlett
• Pete Ricciardi
• John Gelastopoulos
• Kate Nelson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

19,493

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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