11 Zeehub – Simplified Franchise Mgmt.
Rolando De La Torre, Jr. a.k.a., J.R. and Brian Sternburgh, directors of Zeehub, talk about their startup and how they are setting the franchise world on fire. After many attempts to get both Brian and J.R. together, we finally got together to talk about their startup. Zeehub was designed to simplify franchise management while maintaining intuituve technology designed for everyone. This powerful platform was designed to improve:
- Communication
- Collect and analyze data
- Manage tasks and training
- Share company documents
Brian was a franchisor and J.R. worked for a corporation managing their information technology. J.R. thought their had to be a better way of administering a communication platform that was more cost effective and didn’t flood the support lines.
Communicate Openly and Increase Collaboration
Our internal messaging system creates an ongoing discussion with each franchise unit. Corporate and franchise owners can use messages for status updates, support requests, and much more.
Your Centralized Data Hub
Forget about reports on spreadsheets or word docs. ZeeHub simplifies data collection and reporting, and provides a clear overview of historical data. Accessible, digestible, data allows you to make better decisions and understand what’s going on in your franchise system.
Consistency and Accountability
You spent a lot of time developing system standards and best practices. ZeeHub helps you deliver them to all stores, and get new stores up and running quickly. ZeeHub delivers checklists and training sessions, and tracks when they are completed. This keeps important items from “falling through the cracks”, making rollouts and new franchisee onboarding a breeze.
Manage Company Files in the Cloud
ZeeHub makes it easy for franchisors to share files, and for franchisees to find them. Your files are backed up and stored safely at all times.
The primary focus of Zeehub is to provide a simple solution to franchisor’s that is user-friendly. This way, both the franchisor and franchisee spend less time on technical training and support and more time maximizing franchise performance. Zeehub provides a cloud-based solution that can be accessed from any point with an internet connection. The benefit is user’s don’t have to worry about setting up any kind of physical IT infrastructure. Since J.R. and Brian are both familiar with the franchise industry, they understand the intracacies involved in franchise systems. Rolling out new policies and procedures includes a systemic training protocol and Zeehub guides franchisess through this process ensuring they take all the required steps to acknowledge the required critical information.
Getting started is often overwhelming, but the team at Zeehub has taken a considerable amount of time in building this software so that the time it takes an owner to get started generating sales is greatly reduced. Owners can upload contracts into the platform and keep the franchise apprised of all the data along the way. Franchisors can easily customize Zeehub for their growth as needs change. Users can navigate through the software without having a complex degree of technical knowledge. The franchise sales management includes the ability to track your candidates, manage FDDs, and own your sales pipeline from within the platform. We provide a practical, lightweight, solution for managing the franchise sales process.
Simplified Franchise Management
We believe the right technology can create a more pleasant and successful franchising experience.
Our Goals:
– Make franchising more collaborative and transparent
– Help brands minimize operational waste
– Eliminate tech anxiety as a barrier to tech benefits
– Facilitate evidence/metric based decision making
The Rules
By sticking to a few simple rules, we created a platform that franchisees/franchisors can enjoy using.
– Get the basics right
– Make things easier for those who aren’t tech savvy
– Don’t make users repeat themselves
– Use names that make sense (no jargon)
– Never stop improving
To learn more about Zeehub, J.R. and Brian, check out his links below:
Zeehub Website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Rolando De La Torre’s Email
Brian Sternburgh’s Email
Here are some of the highlights of the interview with Zeehub:
- Who is Brian Sternburgh? (2:15 Mark)
- Who is Rolando De La Torre, JR. (aka, J.R.)? (3:35 Mark)
- How does Zeehub solve franchise development? (6:11 mark)
- Where was J.R. during the interview? (10:44 mark)
- What separates Zeehub from their competition? (15:48 Mark)
- What’s next for Zeehub?(26:20 Mark)
- What is Zeehub working on behind the scenes? (26:55 Mark)
- Does Zeehub have a “Break Away” moment? (33:22 Mark)
About Jaime Jay
Meet Jaime Jay – a man who wears many hats, and wears them all admirably. He's a master connector, an entrepreneur extraordinaire, and a published author who knows how to get things done.
Before he found his way to the business world, Jaime served his country as a brave paratrooper in the U.S. Army. But that's just the beginning of his many accomplishments.
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He is ‘over-the-moon’ happily married to his wonderful wife Sara, his amazing daughter, Jessica, who is serving our country as a United States Army soldier. Jaime and Sara are the proud grand parents of two beautiful little girls.
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