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Alex Smereczniak

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
758 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

We were selling, yeah, the time, peace of mind, but like they were ready.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

It was just like, I couldn't believe how much revenue we did those two weeks.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

It was, you know, a couple hundred thousand dollars in a two-week period of orientation.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Wow.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Up from 28-ish thousand.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Yeah.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Sorry, it was 20-ish thousand that they were doing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Unbelievable.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Not really, because they had left and we were like, this is the whole thing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

They left and it's our thing.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

But they were working their corporate job.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

But they were in your fraternity, I thought, right?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

So they graduated, though.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

So this was our first year after.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

They were seniors when we bought it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

So they knew, but we were like, hey, guess what?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Because the margins were unbelievable.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

I kept in touch with some of them because they went on to go do finance at GE.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Oh, man.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Startup to Franchise: What Actually Works with Alex Smereczniak

Okay, that's a good job.