Mike Samson Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, Us

Franchise FastLane’s experience, focus and specialty is franchise development. We are a gas pedal for growth!The most significant hurdle to franchise growth is finding and converting qualified leads. The FastLane team knows exactly how to structure your FDD, design your marketing materials, implement your development process and optimize your Discovery Day to bring in the right franchisees for success. This allows business owners to stay focused on what they do best (running their business) while avoiding significant investment into an internal sales team with no guaranteed results.You drive your business. We drive your growth.1. SAVE MONEY... pay nothing until we deliver.2. STAY FOCUSED... do what you do best.3. FAST-FORWARD... expedite your growth.4. PROFIT... tap into our experience.Our BrandsBodyBar Fitness, CarePatrol, Color World, ComForCare, D1 Training, The Exercise Coach, FlannelJax’s, Frenchies, Garage Force, Massage Heights, Monster Tree, Premier Martial Arts, Redbox+, SPENGAwww.franchisefastlane.commsamson@franchisefastlane.com

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Zee Sprout is a franchise incubator for small companies and young franchisors. We help create new franchisors out of existing businesses and help existing franchisors sell franchises. Our customers include individuals who want the freedom and benefits of self employment and are investigating to see if a franchise is right for them.As the Director of Franchise Development, my responsibilities include:- Oversee franchise sales and business and leadership development- Provide business consulting, sales and service support to both current and new franchise partners- Promote open, collaborative, respectful relationships between Zee Sprout and the brands that we represent- Developing and implementing franchise sales strategies that assist in increasing sales and growing the brands that Zee Sprout represents- Apply financial analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses in business models and new business opportunities- Leading, growing, and developing Zee Sprout sales team- Remain highly engaged in leadership, operations, sales, marketing, strategy planning and execution

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

Oversee the Connectivity Business Group (mobile, computers/tablets, MP3, health/fitness) for 14 locations within Minnesota and Wisconsin that delivered over $250 million dollars in annual sales. In collaboration with store general managers maximized return on investment, profit and loss, daily operations, performance management and development of the Connected Sales Managers.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

End to end accountability for locations throughout North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin with 24 direct reports and in excess of $80m in annual revenues.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

Developed and deployed the BBY Mobile Express Repair Center (ERC) for NYC test market. Provided operational support for testing key value propositions and helped develop the Sales and Operational Model for the National Best Buy Mobile Stand Alone Store launch.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

Richfield, Minnesota, Us