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Alex Smereczniak

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
758 total appearances

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

So you have to go get that first, build all that out.

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

And same thing, the brands don't want to be listed or participating in the marketplace if we don't have good leads.

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

It is like all AI.

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

So we have 4,000 brands on the platform, 4,000 franchise brands.

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

We scraped 26,000 what are called FDDs, Franchise Disclosure Documents.

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

It's like a SIM.

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

Yeah, I know what it is.

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

So you've got audited financials, all this stuff.

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

So we indexed every word, every number.

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

Yes.

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

There's useful information.

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

So we pulled 26,000 of those.

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

We have trend data across the 4,000 brands over multiple years.

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

You can see stores opening, closing, which is a good indicator of the health of the system.

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

Then we're also pulling in census data, Bureau of Labor Statistics data, all these data points.

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

We have this massive data set now.

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

So then when John comes through,

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

We're asking you, what's your risk tolerance?

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

What's your financial readiness?

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

What are you good at?