Franchise Friday - Episode 202 with Scott Butts of i4 Search Group

Franchise Friday

Franchise Friday podcast episode 202, host Melissa Pang speaks with Scott Butts, co-founder of i4 Search Group.

Franchise Friday, where you can watch or listen as we explore franchising, entrepreneurship, and small business ownership speaking with the franchise industry thought leaders and subject matter experts that shape the Future Of Franchising. #FranchiseFriday – For more about our podcast visit our website: https://futureoffranchising.com/ Produced by Franchise Source Brands International and The Entrepreneur’s Source.
Scott is the President of Franchising with i4 Search Group | Helping healthcare employees find jobs and healthcare companies find people | Be your own boss.
He and Melissa speak about i4 Search Group Franchise and how Entepreneuer Source and i4 Search Group work together.
i4 Search Group is a national permanent placement recruiting firm, specializing in providing the finest healthcare talent to top facilities across North America. i4 is dedicated to providing facilities with the Healthcare Heroes they need to thrive. Some of the positions we specialize in recruiting for are: Nursing, Allied Health, Advanced Practice, Physician, as well as Leadership & Administration positions.
Quote from Scott
I had a background as a franchisee before I began this Franchise. And the word that comes to mind from that experience is “reimagine”. We kind of brand ourselves as a franchise organization for franchisees by franchisees, because even though we are a franchisor we've definitely walked in those shoes. We know what it's like to have that knot in your stomach thinking about leaving a full-time job and starting your own company. That's something I've never forgotten from almost 20 years ago. I worked in a system that was successful, make no mistake about it, it was successful. However, when I shared ideas from the franchisee side for improvement, I did not think they were validated. That is the opposite for us at i4 Search. We are very interested in the franchisee’s perspective, if a franchisee came to us with an idea that would make their life more simple, more profitable, or something streamlined we will work with them to help implement that idea. That's just a big part of our culture.
Quote from Melissa
At Entrepreneur Source we always talk about income, lifestyle, wealth, and equity, that's what our coaches talk to our clients about, right from the beginning. They ask, “what are your goals around these four pillars”. And so, what I think is interesting, i4 Search Group was able to show Stephanie, your newest franchisee, income potential, lifestyle, and then the wealth and equity piece, and you said initially, she was really drawn by the flexibility piece, which I think goes into the lifestyle, and then also add the income piece. In addition, you then bring in the culture and you bring in the team. You talk about your differentiators. Being able to connect with the income, lifestyle, wealth, and equity goals of a client is important, but then it's not just that it's also, how they connect with this group, with this team.
Franchise Friday, where you can watch or listen as we explore franchising, entrepreneurship, and small business ownership, speaking with the franchise industry thought leaders and subject matter experts that shape the Future Of Franchising. #FranchiseFriday – For more about our podcast, visit our website: https://futureoffranchising.com/ Produced by Franchise Source Brands International and The Entrepreneur’s Source.