From A to Franchisee: The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying

About From A to Franchisee: The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying

Franchise Business Review is the trusted, independent source for franchise research. Join FBR President and COO Michelle Rowan as she demystifies the franchise buying process. From funding to franchisee satisfaction, she covers everything you need to know about buying and running a successful franchise. Michelle’s not going it alone, either. With 20 years in market research, Franchise Business Review has insights from hundreds of thousands of franchise owners to uncover the highest-rated brands.

Publisher

Franchise Business Review

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Aug 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Interview with Slutty Vegan Founder Pinky Cole

   Send us Fan Mail Hosts: Allison Dudas & Mariah Morgan, Franchise Business Review Guest: Aisha "Pinky" Cole Hayes, Founder & CEO of Slutty Vegan Pinky Cole has lived the full arc of restaurant entrepreneurship, from lines down the block and a $33 million investment to a restructuring that left her without her company for 43 days. She joins Allison Dudas and Mariah Morgan to share how she bought Slutty Vegan back and rebuilt it as a franchise system. She also speaks candidly about the m...

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Top 10 Food & Beverage Franchises of 2026

   Send us Fan Mail Hosts: Allison Dudas and Mariah Morgan, Franchise Business Review Coffee, chicken, pizza, and ice cream all made the cut. In this episode, Allison Dudas and Mariah Morgan reveal FBR's Top 25 Food & Beverage Franchises of 2026, ranked by more than 11,000 real franchisees across 52 brands. They dig into the data behind the rankings, what franchisees love, where brands are falling short, and what income actually looks like in this space, before counting down to this year's n...

3. 

   21 Sept 2026

   From Employee to Owner: Tax Moves That Set Franchisees Up to Win

   Send us Fan Mail Host: Michelle Rowan, President, Franchise Business Review Guest: Paul Kuskowski, IRS Enrolled Agent and Founder of Cobalt Tax Services Making the leap from employee to franchise owner means more than swapping a paycheck for a P&L — it means rethinking how you find business, manage cash flow, and structure your company from day one. In this episode of From A to Franchisee, host Michelle Rowan sits down with Paul Kluskowski, an IRS enrolled agent and founder of Cobalt Tax ...

Who has been a guest on From A to Franchisee: The Podcast for Smarter Franchise Buying

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• Tamra Kennedy
• Tam Kennedy
• Tony Lamb
• Paul Pickett
• Mark Jameson

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