Deal Alert 🚨 Have a friend who is looking to sell a small franchise—East Coast geography. 5 locations total, 3 franchised locations, 2 company stores. SDE of approx $750k....half from royalties, half from ops If interested, I can connect you directly to the seller

When the meth lab at my storage facility blows up, it’s makes my passive income feel not so passive

I believe sending young kids to 2-4 week overnight camps is one of the best investments you can make in your children. Yes, there will be tears the 1st year. BUT -it gets them out of their comfort zone -teaches them a lot about goal setting -they learn to work with other kids

The WNBA salary thing reminds me of the exact conversation I've had with my employees. 'I need a raise, this store did $2m in sales last year!' Me: 'Yes, it did do $2m in sales, but unfortunately, our cost to run the business was $2.5m, so we actually lost $500k' 'Oh' (goes

Something that's counterintuitive but true in QSR & just about every biz out there: It's WAY better to have -3 units that slightly lose money -4 average units -3 top performing units Then: 10 average units

The most common thing I see business buyers get wrong is obsession on multiple being paid. This is a$$ backwards. You need to be obsessing over: 1. How you’ll grow sales 2. How you can bring in better talent 3. How you can expand margins The multiple you paid is almost

Before/After First time doing a Picanha steak tonight. It did not disappoint (other two are Prime dry aged strips)

Good example of why you have to take consumer cellular data w/ a grain of salt & lots of context. $CMG 2Q same store traffic was (-4.9%)

Sometimes I post things that I'm not 100% sure about. I do this because the Twitter network has historically given me v helpful feedback &/or connected me with real experts. I'm working on a post now that I believe can be the greatest value add of my Twitter 'career' A true

The hardest part about interviewing is letting go of our own ego that we can see into the future. Even the very best interview methods (work sample tests) are just barely above a 0.54 R

Tomorrow I'll be doing a QSR magazine Power Hour Hosted by Editor Danny Klein Joined by Oliver Hurd, Managing Partner of a ton of Popeyes & Del Taco's No topics are off limits. Register below!

If I had to give people career advice, this would easily be my #1. -Get on my poop list if you need constant babysitting & affirmations -Get on my A team list if you 'figure it the hell out' & don't need constant guidance. Even if you make a bunch of mistakes

Getting close on SWTHZ #2 in Chapel Hill, NC. Hoping to get open sometime next month

Got a really nice reminder last week: Without our health, we have nothing. In a mere 20 minute span, I went from hanging out with Galapagos turtles & feeling completely normal to collapsing in the hotel lobby & taking a ride in a Bahamian ambulance. Spent the rest of the

The Cracker Barrel rebrand has gone to far!

I spent last week riding around w/ my banker. He has a $5 billion loan portfolio that he oversees. While riding around together I overheard a conversation about a line of credit on an all nude, gay, campground business. This obviously peaked my curiosity so I asked him,