Multiply Your Success with Dr. Tom DuFore
You’ve worked hard to build your business and now it’s time to grow. Join Tom DuFore, CEO of Big Sky Franchise Team, each week as he interviews leading entrepreneurs, executives, and experts who share their misses, makes, and multipliers. If you are a growth-minded entrepreneur, investor, or franchise company, then this is the podcast for you. Big Sky Franchise Team is an award-winning consulting firm and its consultants have advised more than 600 clients, including some of the largest companies in the world. Tom has the unique perspective of the “franchise trifecta,” by being a franchisor, a franchisee, and a franchise supplier.
Episodes
335 episodes
135. Building a National Franchise Brand Brick by Brick—Rich Peter, Founder, Mobility Plus
Have you ever thought about building a business slow and steady instead of fast and furious? We often times here of the fast growth companies in headlines, but those are the exceptions. I know it can be hard to wait for the slow growth and be m...
134. Top 5 Trends to Impact Your Business in 2023
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2023! This episode provides our Top 5 trends that we think you should be thinking about and how they might impact your business. 1. Stabilization of economic conditions2.&nbs...
133. Top Episodes of 2022
This is an episode to review the most popular episodes of the 2022 podcast year. We had some amazing guests this year, including the then Steve Robinson, the former Executive Vice President from Chick-fil-A, David Sellinger, the co-founder of R...
132. Keeping Your Small Business Safe from Cybercriminals—Scott Schober, CEO, Berkeley Varitronics Systems
How are you keeping your business safe from cybercriminals? Or have you ever thought about it? This is the time of year when we are busy spending on end-of-year deals, and customers are spending with us, whether they are spending some of their ...
131. How to Run Your Business From Anywhere in the World—Mikkel Thorup, CEO, Expat Money
Have you ever dreamed about running your business from the beach in some country around the world? Or wondered about what it would be like to offshore your business or investments? Our guest today is Mikkel Thorup, who is the world...
130. How to Use Stories to Lead, Teach, and Inspire—Mark Carpenter, Chief Storyteller, Master Storytelling
Have you thought about using stories to lead, teach, or inspire others? Maybe you have thought of using stories in your marketing, but what about in helping you lead your team? Our guest today Mark Carpenter, who is the author of th...
129. A New Way to Pay—Justin Clegg, Founder, AllSet
Have you ever described credit card and merchant processing fees as a cost of doing business? Or just accepted that credit card fees are what they are? If you have thought that then today’s episode is for you. Our guest today is Ju...
128. Are You Creating or Extracting Value—Andy McDowell, Founder, Generate Your Value
Happy Thanksgiving week! We are so thankful for you, our listeners, for being with us each and every week. Thank you for your continued support. Our episode today is fitting to have our guest today talk about value. And we talk abou...
127. The Power of Taking 10 Minutes—Lisa Burbage, CEO, Wellness Five
Have you ever thought about how important 10 minutes can be to your health and well-being? Just 10 minutes a day and how it can improve your mood, outlook, and general health? Our guest today is Lisa Burbage, who is a health and wel...
126. A Straightforward Guide to Email Marketing—Kyle Stout, Founder, Elevate & Scale
How are you using email marketing to build your business? Is it working for you? If you are wondering how to build a better email marketing system or be more effective with email marketing then this episode is for you. Our guest today, is...
125. Get Your Next Client Using Joint Ventures (A Free Marketing Strategy Explained)—Mac Attram, CEO, MindSpace Coaching
Have you ever used a joint venture to grow your business? Are you familiar with what a joint venture is? Our guest today, Mac Attram, shares with us how he has used joint ventures to generate $25 million in revenue in his business and how you c...
124. 5 Research-backed Ways to Have More Discipline—Dr. Abby Medcalf, Founder, Abby Medcalf Thriving, LLC
Is there something you have been thinking about doing or talking about getting started for a while now, but you haven’t yet? Maybe starting a home repair, starting that book you’ve been wanting to write, or maybe starting a new business? If you...
123. Pivoting an Emerging Franchise Brand Back to Success—Benjamin Woodruff, co-CEO, WOOPS! Macarons and Gifting
Think back to March of 2020 as the economy is getting shut down and imagine you have a business that is 80% mall based. What would you do? How would you address the situation? Our guest today, Benjamin Woodruff, shares with us how h...
122. Redfin Co-Founder Shares His Next Big Idea—David Selinger, CEO, Deep Sentinel
Are you someone who has created several successful business ideas? I am always impressed with people who are able to change industries and repeat success over and over again. If you find that interesting too then you are going to love this epis...
121. 3 Strategy Sprints to Increase Revenue Immediately—Simon Severino, Founder, Strategy Sprints
Have you been thinking about ways to increase revenue? Are you trying to navigate the current inflation and sorting out if and when you should raise your prices? If this sounds like you then this podcast episode is for you.Our guest toda...
120. Equipping and Inspiring Your Staff to Leave—Nelson Davis, Founder & Partner, Analytic Vizion
Have you ever thought about creating an exit plan for your employees? Essentially, setting them up to leave before they even start at your company? If you have, do you have a clear plan?Our guest, Nelson Davis, is equipping and inspiring...
119. How to Leave the Legacy You Want—Russ Clemmer, President, Legacy Advisory Partners
Have you thought about transitioning out of your business and passing your company down to the next generation? The next generation might be your daughter or your son or it might be the great young leaders at your company. Our guest...
118. Improving Brand Performance With Brand Tracking—Angeley Mullins, CMO & CGO, Latana
Have you ever wondered what the actual impression and awareness of your brand are in a market? Or maybe how to compare one region’s brand performance to another? If you have, then this episode is for you.Our guest today, is Angeley Mulli...
117. How To Be the First, the Best, or the Only and Why It Matters—Isabelle Mercier, CEO and Co-Founder, LeapZone
Have you positioned your company or one of your products/services as the first, the best, or the only? Do you know what benefits wait for you if you do? Our guest today is Isabelle Mercier who is the co-founder and CEO of LeapZone ...
116. The 5-Star Employee Rating System—Danielle Mulvey, Co-Founder, The ALL IN Company
Are you struggling to find top talent? Or keep and retain the great talent you have? If you are in this situation, you are not alone. It may be the biggest challenge facing organizations today. If you find yourself in this situation or maybe yo...
115. The Single Most Important Marketing Tool—Danny Decker, Founder Automatic Marketing Machine
If you had just one marketing tactic or strategy to use for the rest of your career what would it be? Any ideas? Our guest today is Danny Decker and he is the author of a new book called The Automatic Marketing Machine. Danny is a p...
114. Networking to Grow Your Franchise—Toni Harris Taylor, Network in Action & Drastic Results
When was the last time you went to a networking event? In-person or virtual? How did it go? Would you have rated it as time well spent? Have you ever thought about how networking can help you grow your franchise company? Our guest t...
113. Reducing Risk with Electronic Communication—Shiran Weitzman, CEO & Co-Founder, Shield
As remote work continues to expand, new challenges arise as a leader of an organization. Digital communication presents so many great benefits, but it also creates huge liabilities. Our guest today is Shiran Weitzman who is a digita...
112. Lessons in Leadership from the African Bush—Kim Troy, CEO, Civilis Consulting
Have you ever thought about volunteering at a local animal shelter in your community? Or how about doing so in the African Bush? Our guest today, Kim Troy, spent 10 years serving and learning life and leadership lessons while living in the Afri...
111. What is Strategic Narrative—Guillaume Wiatr, CEO, MetaHelm
If the phrase strategic narrative is new to you then you are not alone. Before recording this episode I had never heard the phrase before and could only guess what it actually meant. If you are in the same boat as me then you are going to...