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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

You shouldn't tell us to take it out.

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

Like the whole point of this is to make transparency in this otherwise very opaque market.

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

And that's a problem.

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

People are making huge life decisions or investing.

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

Some people are doing Rob's role.

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

You know, Rob's rollover is you can borrow, you can take retirement assets tax-free, no penalty to buy a franchise businesses.

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

I think independent businesses.

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

Self-directed or like a company 401k, you can pull money out penalty free to buy a franchise business.

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

It's called a Rob's rollover.

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

I had no idea.

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

It's a, I didn't know until franchising.

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

It's, it's, I kind of like it.

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

The government's like, if you can invest your hard earned retirement money into a corporation that might tank and why can't you invest in yourself?

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

That's America.

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

They let you do it.

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

I love that.

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

So people are doing that.

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

They're taking half of their retirement savings and they're buying a business, but with incomplete information or the brokers, they don't realize are being paid 60% on the backend.

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

Cause there's no, unlike real estate, you don't have to get a state license.

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

You don't have to take coursework.