Michael Stone
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827 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2011
last heard Nov 2015
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We are an education-based initiative.
But
had that initiative, and we had a lot of athletes who missed the initiative or who came and couldn't stay the whole time and wanted to know more, wanted to continue a dialogue about franchising.
So immediately afterwards, we began the work of building a full resource, something a guy can call any day of the week and begin exploring the franchise industry.
So we began about, I would say, four or five months ago.
began developing our programs and what we felt like the resource would provide to the athletes and to the franchise community because I think it's both ways.
the core behind our business, Professional Athlete Franchise Initiative, is advocating in both directions.
We're advocating the value of the franchise industry to the professional athlete community.
other side of things, we're advocating the value of a well-educated,
a groomed athlete franchisee to the franchisor community because I think that, you know, when you really spend some time educating these guys and getting them prepared and managing expectations, you know, you've got a group of guys who are, one, retiring at a young age, 28 years old on average, have a little bit of expendable money so financing isn't as big of an issue even though it still is.
You have a diverse group.
You know, sports represents a very diverse background so you can really
open up some diversity outlets.
And at the end of the day, you have a group that has a little bit of PR strength coming from their past careers.
So I think that these athletes can be a great way of next-level franchisees,
what we're advocating for the franchisor community.
So our whole goal with our initiative is to be the bridge or the platform for
to where these connections are made, to where education happens, to where interaction happens.
And at the end of the day, over the next two to three years, we want to start developing ourselves as the entity that's creating a new wave of athlete franchisees.
Exactly, exactly.
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