Building a Franchise with Faith (With Meredith Layton) - Episode 478
Episode description
In this episode, I chat with the amazing Meredith Layton, an entrepreneur who owns a franchise system of pie shops.
Meredith dives into her journey into entrepreneurship, starting from childhood with sidewalk sales to owning bakeries and franchising a pie business. We talk about the importance of understanding our identity in Christ, leadership lessons from managing franchises, and how to honor different gifts within a team.
Meredith also shares about the spiritual challenges and warfare faced in business, emphasizing the integration of faith and business.
We dove deep into so many things in this episode:
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Entrepreneurial Journey: From sidewalk sales as a kid to owning a pie franchise.
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Meredith shares her background, her entrepreneurial spirit from a young age, and the journey of starting and franchising their pie shop.
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Starting the Pie Business: Transitioning from cupcakes to pies.
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How they began with cupcakes with Meredith’s sister's influence and moved into pies, leading to successful franchising.
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Leadership and Franchising: Lessons from managing a franchise system.
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Insights into the operational changes needed for franchising and the importance of refining processes.
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Spiritual Identity and Business: Integrating faith with entrepreneurship.
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Meredith discusses the role of spiritual identity and how it shapes leadership and business practices.
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Challenges in Franchising: Overcoming obstacles in business.
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Dealing with legal, leadership, and operational challenges while maintaining a relationship-driven brand.
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Honoring Gifts within a Team: Applying Ephesians 4 to business.
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Understanding and valuing different leadership gifts to build a cohesive and effective team.
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