Bar-B-Clean is excited to welcome the newest franchisee, Gaurav Mehta! Gaurav is bringing the heat and expanding Bar-B-Clean in Fort Lauderdale, FL with 2 territories! We are so excited for what this brings for Gaurav and the Fort Lauderdale community. Bar-B-Clean offers entrepreneurs a specialized service business focused on professional barbecue grill cleaning, maintenance, and restoration. With a streamlined operating model, recurring customer opportunities, and a service that addresses a specific need for homeowners, the brand provides franchise owners with an opportunity to build lasting relationships within their local markets. Backed by established systems, training, and franchise support, Bar-B-Clean is designed for owners looking to build a scalable service business while delivering a professional and convenient customer experience.

Puddle Pools is a technology driven franchise bringing sophistication to the underdeveloped and highly fragmented pool, spa, and water feature cleaning and maintenance industry. As a full service provider, the brand continues to position itself as the premier choice for residential and commercial customers. Katrina has spent her entire career in sales and marketing, building more than 24 years of experience as a business coach helping entrepreneurs start, grow, and scale successful businesses. Throughout her career, she has advised business owners on everything from pricing, packaging, and positioning to marketing, CRM systems, customer relationships, and sales strategy. She has also hosted large events, spoken on stages across the country, written or contributed to 24 books, and founded a publishing company that helps entrepreneurs become bestselling authors. Jason brings extensive experience in real estate, mortgage lending, home services, and business ownership. After spending more than a decade in mortgage lending, he operated his own voice over and mobile notary businesses before transitioning into home and pest inspections. Today, he also performs pool inspections and has built strong relationships with real estate professionals, contractors, and homeowners through his commitment to outstanding customer service. Together, Katrina and Jason share a passion for entrepreneurship, networking, and helping others. Their complementary backgrounds in sales, marketing, operations, and relationship building make them an outstanding fit for the Puddle Pools business model. What attracted them to Puddle Pools was its simple, 100 percent mobile business model, which can be operated entirely from a phone using proprietary technology. They also appreciated the recurring revenue opportunities across both residential and commercial markets, along with the minimal staffing and equipment requirements. After meeting the leadership team throughout the discovery process, it became clear that Puddle Pools was the perfect fit.

Hallmark Homecare is excited to announce signing of their newest franchisee, Josa Harl. Josa resides in Lexington, KY and is excited to begin her Hallmark Homecare journey! “I am a caregiver at heart. Helping people is what gives my life meaning, and it is vital that my work directly fills a need in this world." - Josa Harl Josa has made a few moves throughout her professional career in search of finding a position that would allow her to give back to her community. She went back to school after earning an accounting degree and a CPA license. Worked as an accounting supervisor for a human resource nonprofit, thinking that would be enough of a connection with caregiving. However, she soon realized that it was important that she worked directly with people, particularly the elderly. That led to leaving her job to earn a degree in Occupational Therapy. Which led her to open a dementia unit, where she trained the staff and developed a cognitive activity-based program for the unit. While raising her daughter, she worked in a federally funded program which researched the efficacy of a newly developed cognitive activity-based program. Throughout her career moves, she has continued to work with her husband video business production business, taking care of the business management aspect, bookkeeping and tax preparation. They have also owned a few commercial real estate properties too. Hallmark Homecare is unlike the traditional homecare model because it’s a referral agency for caregiver recruitment and client matchmaking (the e-harmony of homecare). Clients save money, receive better care, and have more control. Caregivers earn higher wages and enjoy a better work arrangement. Franchisees enjoy a simple model, earn handsome profits and make a difference in the lives of others. The low investment model has a fast ramp up, is scalable, and provides recurring revenue. Hallmark Homecare is the only homecare referral agency in franchising.

When Mark’s aging parents needed help, he found it difficult to find good care. It was also time consuming, which ruined his banking career. He found that the Hallmark Homecare franchise opportunity will allow him to transfer his 20 years of business development skills to a business he can build for himself while positively impacting the lives of seniors, their families, and their caregivers. He will launch his Hallmark Homecare business in Moraga, CA. “The vibe I felt through the franchise discovery process was comforting; the franchise owners are professional, good people. Also, the Hallmark leadership team was quite impressive too. I'm joining an organization built by good people who want me to succeed by providing a genuine service to meet a real need in my community." Mark Walker In Mark’s business development career in banking, he had to find, land, and continue to earn the business, which he thrived under. He also ran his own contingency search firm for banking professionals from 2014-2017. While he enjoyed recruiting, there was no support that a franchisor can provide. Mark’s experience in financial services sales and recruiting entailed a lot of effort: generating good prospect/referral source lists, cold calling, drop-in visits, scheduled visits, handling rejection, attending networking events, blind lunch meetings, and staying consistent in outreach while being "Pleasantly Persistent". His familiarity with this investment to win business will translate well for his success with his Hallmark Homecare business. Hallmark Homecare is unlike the traditional homecare model because it’s a referral agency for caregiver recruitment and client matchmaking (the e-harmony of homecare). Clients save money, receive better care, and have more control. Caregivers earn higher wages and enjoy a better work arrangement. Franchisees enjoy a simple model, earn handsome profits and make a difference in the lives of others. The low investment model has a fast ramp up, is scalable, and provides recurring revenue. Hallmark Homecare is the only homecare referral agency in franchising.

RealClean Aircraft Detailing is excited to announce the award of one new franchise territory in Columbus, Ohio to existing franchisee Stephen Lehner. With this expansion, Stephen now owns three territories in Cleveland and one in Columbus, continuing his growth with the RealClean brand. Stephen brings a wealth of entrepreneurial experience, a passion for aviation, and a strong commitment to serving his community. A proud husband, father, and community leader, he has spent more than 15 years building a successful career in digital marketing, continuously evolving alongside new technology, tools, and strategies. He is passionate about helping people solve problems and is excited to bring that same energy and dedication to growing RealClean in the Columbus market. Congratulations to Stephen on this exciting expansion! RealClean continues to attract franchisees with a business model built for growth, featuring: - Minimal staffing requirements - Scalable operations - A robust national marketing system - Proprietary pricing and booking technology - Comprehensive sales and operational training and support