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.
Franchise Snacks
Latest Episodes
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Franchise Snacks — S2E12: What The Last Employee Revealed | George Knauf
Four days after launch. Five star rating. #1 in Business Franchises eBooks. #3 in Career Advancement and Professional Development eBooks on Amazon — sitting alongside Deep Work and Love and Work in a category that has nothing ...
Franchise Snacks — S2E11: The Orca Story | George Knauf
The biggest fortunes in franchising are not made in royalties. They are made in exits. And exits are engineered — not discovered.In this episode George Knauf tells the full Orca story.What he saw on the stage of the inaugural IFA ...
