Sean Thompson

Tech, Food, Wichita State, Caffeine, Spaceman

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This was an absolutely amazing experience.

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@dwiskus A day in the life of a fat middle aged white dude in Kansas.

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@jonathanmaze I agree. I don’t think we’re going to see a Grand Unified Theory of Franchise any time soon.

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@adamhchase I don’t know man - finding Tom should be easy. Just find a shop that sells red shirts right?

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@jonathanmaze In a way I think that variety is great. Heck - even outside of the food space. Franchise opportunities abound in every area, every expense, and every vertical. It’s really quite amazing. And with that variety is room for a lot of success and absolute failure.

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@jonathanmaze That true spirit question is definitely a thinker. Because at some point the franchisee is so big they need their own systems and processes which is what the franchisor should be providing. So what then when there is conflict? Or just a great learning that would help everyone?

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@jonathanmaze Because sometimes the small ones have outside investment and sometimes the large ones are based in the communities where they operate. Or they have restaurant operating partners who are local. Or not. It’s all over the place. It’s one of the great opportunities for franchisors.

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@jonathanmaze There is a lot of nuance because of course you are right - there are big massive franchisees out there. Then there are the small franchisees (and the really small single unit multi-owner). And then everything in between. And even that isn’t the full story …

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@jonathanmaze Big if true

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@QuikTrip @ilrosewood

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@hankgreen Tell me more about Option 25

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@JoeGuszkowski for safety reasons I don’t actually recommend playing my AI drinking game at #FStec but thank you for the shout out 😅

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I’m a tech nerd. I’m just a nerd. So I think I get even more frustrated when I see tech deployed that doesn’t work. I get edge cases. But when fundamental functions fail - don’t deploy!

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@jonathanmaze re: self checkout “nothing makes me crankier than when one of those things doesn’t work” #FStec

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@LydiaHamessley Has Allison Janney ever done a train movie?

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@jonathanmaze A spin off is the most likely path of my golf ball at a Topgolf.

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@jonathanmaze Also this

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@nut_history They did this in the futures contest. It was awesome.

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@jonathanmaze I could put this up in my office and it would be more often right than wrong