Paul Segretto
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13,526 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2009
last heard Nov 2018
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That being said, I I I think it's a good segue to something that's just always on my mind, which of course is continuing to educate people.
about franchising.
And I'm not just talking about the general public.
I'm certainly not talking about the people that have chosen franchising uh as their career path, uh, whether it be from a franchisee standpoint or a franchise professional standpoint.
But I'm talking about, you know, at the government level, at the corporate level, because um
Each year a small business Saturday pops up.
Uh two to three months beforehand.
I'm I I just get this wild hair.
And it just perks me because a company as uh of behemoth
like American Express, you know, really doesn't recognize franchising for what it is.
And in the short story here, and a lot of our listeners already know about this, but I'm passionate about it and I want to repeat it again.
You know, four or five years ago when when small business had they started up
I was promoting it like crazy to our clients and to their franchisees until one of the franchisees brought me the agreement
from American Express and it said franchises excluded.
And I I was just appalled.
I couldn't believe small business Saturday and you're leaving out franchises.
It
It couldn't be more of a disconnect.
Lo and behold, two months of of pounding them on the phone and email and everything else to no response.
Um, I finally got somebody's attention on the day of the event by tweeting
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