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Entrepreneurs on Fire · 2025-05-31 · 22 min · 4,699 words

Why Smart Money Is Moving Into Non-Food Franchises in 2025 with Jon Ostenson

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Boom, shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, the only daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs seven days a week. Today we'll be breaking down why smart money is moving into non-food franchises in 2025. To drop these value bombs, I have brought John Austin into EOFire Studios. John is a top 1% franchise broker, consultant, investor, and author of the book Non-Food Franchising.

He is the CEO of Fran Bridge Consulting, an Inc. 5000 company, and draws on his experience as a former Inc. franchise president and multi-brand franchisee and serving his clients. And today we'll be chatting about who is getting involved in franchising and why. We'll also talk about the cost to launch a franchise and the funding options available, some examples of great franchises that are crushing it right now and

Oh is so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to John and our sponsors. Take control of your data and keep your private life private by signing up for Delete Me, now at a special discount for our listeners. Today get 20% off your Delete Me plan when you go to joindeleteme.com slash EOFire and use promo code EOFIRE at checkout John say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

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