Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue III, 2015 | Page 50

2015 MVP AWARDS
BY DEBBIE SELINSKY

Right Time, Right Place
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Parlaying military experience into franchise success

eager, for a change.
“I didn’t want to do engineering any
more and was looking for something
else to do. In a twist of fate, I was talking
with a banker friend who’d heard from
a business broker selling Sport Clips
franchises. He wasn’t interested, but I
told him I knew about it and found it a
cool concept. He handed over the broker’s card and we went from there. I’ve
always felt like I could sell anything as
long as I believed in it. And I believed in
Sport Clips.”
He also wanted to continue working
at his existing job while he grew the business, something the Sport Clips model
encourages. “Once the business got going,
I didn’t want it to be an 80-hour-a-week
proposition,” he says. “I have kids who
are very involved in sports and I like to
coach their teams and watch their games.
Sport Clips allows me to do that.”
Interestingly, he quickly discovered
that his time in the military provided
a good foundation for his entry into
franchising. And the brand, founded by
U.S. Air Force veteran Gordon Logan,
has long been a strong supporter of the
IFA’s VetFran initiative to bring veterans

cott Richburg, a former U.S. Army
National Guard officer and owner
of an engineering consult [