Franchise Snacks

About Franchise Snacks

Franchise Snacks is hosted by George Knauf, Franchise Investment Strategist, creator of Knauf's Hierarchy of Franchising, and founder of Orca Franchising — The Franchise Portfolio Enterprise. George is a contributing expert columnist for Franchising Magazine USA, keynote speaker at the IFA World Franchise Show, and author of The Last Employee: The Rise of Ownership. Each episode delivers straight talk on franchise ownership, franchise investing, and building toward the owner class — from someone who has spent thirty years at the intersection of human ambition and franchise opportunity.

Publisher

George Knauf - Franchise Investment Strategist, IFA Keynote Speaker, Founder Orca Franchising

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2025

Latest episode

18 May 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 May 2026

   Franchise Snacks — S2E15: The Franchise Multiplier | George Knauf

   Ten thousand Baby Boomers retire every single day. They own forty-one percent of all small businesses in America. Less than a third have a succession plan. That is ten trillion dollars in private business assets that need new owners — right now, over the next decade. In this episode George Knauf introduces the Franchise Multiplier: the strategy of identifying independently owned businesses coming available in the Boomer transfer and converting them to franchise units — capturing the EBITDA di...

2. 

   12 May 2026

   Franchise Snacks — S2E14: What Most Franchise Consultants Won't Tell You | George Knauf

   The franchise consulting industry has a conflict of interest problem. Not a small one — a structural one baked into how most consultants are compensated and how most candidates end up in conversations with people whose financial incentives are not aligned with their outcomes. In this episode George Knauf names it directly. The three types of franchise consultant. The seven questions that reveal who you are actually dealing with. The red flags that should send you elsewhere. And what you...

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   11 May 2026

   Franchise Snacks — S2E13: Is Franchise Ownership Right For You? | George Knauf

   After thirty years in franchising the question George Knauf hears most is not which franchise should I buy. It is: is this right for me? In this episode he gives the honest answer — not the sales version, the version he gives in the first real conversation. The five questions that matter more than any brand research. Why the most prepared investors outperform the boldest ones. And what fit actually means when you strip away the passion and the enthusiasm and look at wh...

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