Martha Harper – The Mother of Franchising
You’ve never heard of any of this. It’s a travesty. At age 7, she was rented out to be a house servant. By 1914, she has franchises in 128 cities.
You’ve never heard of any of this. It’s a travesty. At age 7, she was rented out to be a house servant. By 1914, she has franchises in 128 cities.
It was never intended to be an empire, she just wanted to make her work easier. Next thing you know, Gillette comes knocking.
This is what you do when you have a strange name and need everyone to remember you.
With location as an obstacle, Dave figured out how to become famous for Bar-B-Que.
Behind the scenes including the girl who inspired their famous brand, Little Debbie. She now sits on the board of directors.
The story went from a Monkey to a Mogul to the birth of a new Music Medium.
Culver’s has over 900 locations and is one of the most profitable per-store franchises in the US.
The origin story of the beer that made Milwaukee famous and the character behind it.
He put trading cards into the packages which protected the cigarettes during transportation.
The next time you look at the powdered donuts through the clear window in the box, pay a little homage.
I just gotta sell ten thousand mattresses. How hard can that be?
Luck favors the heroin addict that refuses to give up! Just ask Disney.
They lost the idea competition at the Warton School.
How pivoting after an early discovery with customers led them to sell in just two years for a billion dollars.
How do two arts graduates with no travel or tech experience build a six-billion-dollar empire in only fourteen years?