Franchise Canada Chats

Today's guest, Steve Geddes, parlayed his combined furniture repair and sales experience into a franchise business with Fibrenew. As Geddes found through the pandemic, there’ll always be a need for repairs. He took over a Kelowna-based Fibrenew location and began growing the business from a stagnant location to a top-ranking powerhouse.   In moving from a technician role into an operational management role, Geddes found his life changing in more ways than one. You can expect these key takeaways from this episode: -The pros and cons of buying an existing franchise vs. a new build;  -Appealing to the highly educated consumers through the brand promise;  -Creating incentives and quality working environments in order to retain staff;  -and so much more!