From First Outlet to Franchise — Full Roadmap

Most people who want to open a food business think about the first outlet.

Very few think about what happens after it works. This session is for those who want to do both — start right, and build something that can grow beyond one location. I spent 4 years taking a single QSR outlet in Raipur to 15+ locations across India. I know exactly what it takes to open your first outlet the right way AND what you need to put in place so that it can eventually be replicated, franchised, and scaled without you being present in every kitchen. This 90-minute session covers the complete journey — from launching your first outlet to building a franchise-ready business. In the first half, we build your launch blueprint: the right model for your city and budget, your P&L and break-even, location strategy, kitchen setup, and pre-launch planning. The kind of foundation that most first-timers skip — and pay for later. In the second half, we go into expansion: what standardisation really means and how to achieve it, how to choose the right franchise model (FOFO, FOCO, or COCO), how to build systems that work without you, and how to create a business that a franchisee can run with confidence. This isn't theory. Every framework in this session came from real decisions I made — some that worked brilliantly, some that cost me lakhs. You get both.