Pete was a corporate executive who left to start a franchise. Nat has opened several businesses on his own and invested in his first franchise twenty years ago. They have seen concepts evolve and change over the years and they now how their top ten reasons to invest and own a franchise this year. Listen to their ten reasons, from retirement to schedule and how franchise ownership can fundamentally change your future.

Mental health has become a huge need across the nation. Trying to find a therapist has become incredibly hard for many people. You often have to wait months for an appointment. Ellie Mental Health is changing that. They are the first mental health franchise at their scale and reach. Hear how this new franchise is breaking onto the scene by providing great care for patients and finding enough therapists to serve a huge segment of the population.

Building a business from scratch is always hard. Imagine getting $40 dollars in college, being told to start a business and eventually making that business a franchise. Now imagine wanting to onboard five new franchisees in your first year, and having such a strong concept that you blow that metric out of the water. Meet your new laundry overload Dan Daquisto from LaundroLabs. He talks with Nat and Pete about the opening for franchising in laundromats and how LaundroLabs is setting out to own the market.

Around 50, most corporate execs... or well, everyone... start considering or thinking about what they will do to retire. Not only what you are going to fill your time with, but how you will actually afford it. What if you never had to touch the principal of your investment–you could just live off the interest? There is a way to do that. Pete and Nat explain how.

There are many massage concepts out there. Some have been around forever and some are coming onto the scene now. The Now Massage is a new concept that started just before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the course of 2020 added over 100 new franchise locations. The focus on the experience, which is what Jen Olson explains to Pete and Nat on this episode.

You just invested thousands of dollars in your new business. It's your new job, your retirement plan, you life-long dream. Then it fails. Why? Well, there are several reasons why this would probably happen. Nat and Pete are here to give you some advice to make sure it doesn't happen to you!

Our annual "what's hot" episode is out. Do you want to know what to look for next year in a franchise? Ready to invest but want to try and learn where the growth is? Pete and Nat have their ears to the ground, have talked with franchisors, and seen the trends.  Now they are here to tell you!

There are only a few franchise lawyers out there. Most of them work for franchisors. Some of them work for franchisees, but mostly it's for litigation. That leaves the average franchise candidate high and dry. But there is a firm out there to fill the void. This all-female law group is out there to help franchisees get started from FDD review, to incorporation, to leasing a space. Nat and Pete are joined by Nancy Lanard of Lanard and Associates to discuss the ins and outs of how lawyers can help franchisees succeed.

The uber of massages? That's what Pete thinks about Squeeze massage. They are disrupting the market through customizations and a great app. If you've ever gone for a massage, you know how important getting the right amount of pressure is, or having the right music in the room. Squeeze takes care of that. The guys are joined by Brittany Driscoll, the co-Founder and CEO of Squeeze Massage, on this episode.

248 new franchisee licenses awarded in Q3 of 2021. Ten different brands. 5 quarters of growth in a row. No permanent closures during COVID. Sounds like an awesome company, right? We bring back a previous guest to talk about the franchise company he works with and how they achieved those numbers.