The Upreneur podcast has partnered up with SCORE, hosted by Jeremy Straub, to help bring engaging conversations with today’s top leaders and business owners. On today’s episode, we sat down with David McKinnon to get his insight on how being a franchisee is a safe business investment, how one weekend changed his life forever, and how finding the right business partner can help you succeed.
David McKinnon, is currently the Chairman for NextGen Franchising, TriniD Capital, and TriniD Ventures. He is also a founding partner for Premier Franchise Advisors. McKinnon began his franchising career in 1982 when he and a partner purchased a ServiceMaster franchise in Toronto, Canada. He is the former CEO and Co-Founder of Service Brands International. Together they built the largest commercial carpet cleaning franchise in North America. In 1984, McKinnon acquired the rights to Molly Maid, then a start-up residential cleaning franchise in Canada. McKinnon relocated and established the corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Today, Molly Maid has grown to more than 800 franchises in the U.S., Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, and Portugal. In the late 1990s, David recognized that other segments of the home service business were highly fragmented, and homeowners were both time-starved and unwilling or unable to maintain their homes without outside help. After exploring additional home services, Service Brands International (SBI) was created in 2001 as an umbrella organization. SBI grew to include Molly Maid; 1-800-DryClean, a pick-up, and delivery dry clean business; Mr. Handyman International, America's No. 1 professional handyman service business and ProTect Painters, an expert residential and commercial painting business. Alumni SBI brands include Ductz International and CRDN (Certified Restoration Dry Cleaning Network), which were divested. In 2007, McKinnon and his partners acquired a major stake in PuroClean, a Florida-based franchisor of restoration services with over 200 franchisees, serving both the insurance industry and homeowners
Along the way, McKinnon has been personally recognized for many outstanding achievements, which include: The Blue Chip Enterprise Award in 1995, Crain's Detroit Business "Top 40 Under 40" entrepreneurs in the state of Michigan in 1995, Co-Founder of The Ms. Molly Foundation, and The International Franchise Association's prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001 and in 2013 he was inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
Website:
http://www.mollymaid.com/
http://www.mrhandyman.com/local-handyman-service/mo/st-louis-west-county.aspx
http://www.protectpainters.com/
http://www.1-800-dryclean.com/
http://trinid.com/trinid-capital/
https://trinid.com/trinid-ventures/
http://nextgenfranchising.org/
http://www.premierfranchiseadvisors.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mckinnon-0990518/
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