Franchise Empires

About Franchise Empires

Most startups are doomed to fail. But there’s an alternative route to financial freedom for hungry entrepreneurs. One that involves far less risk, far more work-life balance, and just as much profit. Franchises. Franchise Empires gives aspiring franchise owners the playbook to build a multi-unit franchise empire of their own. Every episode we hear from guests who are building their franchise empire: Franchisees who started with one unit and aren’t stopping until they get to dozens, hundreds, or even thousands more locations. Hosted by The Wolf, you’ll hear exactly how to turn your ambition into tangible actions and take your first steps up the franchise ladder. We’ll break down the steps you need to take open your first franchise, your second location and beyond, along with the many pitfalls to avoid. Wolf answers all your questions about owning and running your franchise, and interviews guests with first hand experience like Greg Flynn, the multi-billion dollar restaurant franchisee, Jamie Weeks, the largest OrangeTheory franchisee in the world who’s launching his own fitness franchise SweatHouz, and Jason McGowan, Co-founder and CEO of Crumbl cookies. Want to get started on your franchise owning journey? Tune in every Tuesday for a new episode. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Interested in participating as a guest at Franchise Empires? Submit your request here!

Publisher

The Wolf, A Workweek Friend

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Feb 2022

Latest episode

17 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

30 of 123 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Sept 2024TRANSCRIPT

   S10 E6: From 0 to 350: The Rapid, Explosive Growth of Koala Insulation

   Host "The Wolf of Franchises" interviews Cory Lyons, CEO of Koala Insulation, about achieving explosive franchise growth and key success systems.

2. 

   20 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   S10 E5: How F45's Unique Fitness Concept Became a Global Phenomenon

   Host The Wolf interviews F45's Tom Dowd and Janina Czado about their unique fitness concept's global success and new brand Vora.

3. 

   13 Aug 2024TRANSCRIPT

   S10 E4: Watch Out Crumbl— Because THIS is Dessert’s Next Big Franchise

   The Wolf of Franchises reveals a surprising new dessert franchise and dissects common marketing tactics used by franchisors in this solo episode.

Inside a recent episode

S10 E6: From 0 to 350: The Rapid, Explosive Growth of Koala Insulation

Published 17 Sept 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And then, you know, also crawl spaces, you know, crawl space and encapsulation is a big, big part of our business as well. And then, you know, a lot of the consumers, you know, about, you know, with insulation, a lot of the consumers don't think about insulation. It's behind walls and it's in the addicts, right? You're not seeing it, it's out of sight, out of mind. And, you know, so part of our, you know, marketing is that educational component about insulation and building efficiency too. So, you know, oftentimes when a, you know, what a customer calls us, they've already self identified an issue in their homes as well, you know, whether it's, you know, they've got, they have drafts in their homes or one room is a lot hotter, they're colder than the other rooms in their homes or their furnace or air conditioner is constantly running and they're losing, you know, all of the conditioned air, you know, about 25 % of conditioned air in homes goes straight through the addict. […]

Who has been a guest on Franchise Empires

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

• Cory Lyons
• Tom Dowd
• Janina Czado
• Steve Zhao
• Alexandra Spitz

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

51,375

Score snapshot 3 Jul 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

42 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

51 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

27

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