SPM #32: 11 locations in 4 years (plus 3 more opening)
Zack Toth and Chris Brown of Benny Marzanos Zack and Chris are graduates of Virginia Tech. They both went out after graduating and got "real" jobs but decided to come back to Virginian and open a late night slice shop. The location they found was a camera store that they turned into their first location. After the first football season (Virginia Tech) they had a really good first half a year and immediately started to look for a second location to grow their business. They knew they had a simple concept and that was the plan from the beginning. Make it scalable but easy to manage. Listen to the 10 tips from the top pizza entrepreneurs and marketing experts. Give the show a quick review please What to Listen For: Why they opened their first shop Why they looked to expand only after 4 months How they manage a fast growing business The systems they use to organize multiple business How they manage their hiring How they organize their store Managers The systems they use for tracking each store Great idea they came up with as a perk for their employees The toughest decision they have to make in their business How they used interns to help with marketing Mentioned In This Episode Benny Marzanos Website: http://www.bennysva.com/BennyMarzanos Benny's on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BennyMarzanos Benny's on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bennymarzanos Benny's on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevirginiaslice/ Thanks For Listening Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. I hope that you have found it to be valuable. If you have a question or comment you can email at Bruce@smartpizzamarketing.com A Big Thank You to Zack and Chris of Benny Marzanos for coming on the show! If you did find this information valuable it would be awesome if you could share it using the social media buttons on the side of the post. Also, please leave a quick review on Itunes or Stitcher … would really help grow the show and get more guests on to help you grow your business and marketing effort. Smart Pizza Marketing Website: SmartPizzaMarketing.com Twitter: http://www.smartpizzamarketing.com/twitter Facebook: http://www.smartpizzamarketing.com/facebook LinkedIn: http://www.smartpizzamarketing.com/linkedIn