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Hosts: Allison Dudas & Mariah Morgan, Franchise Business Review

Guest: Aisha "Pinky" Cole Hayes, Founder & CEO of Slutty Vegan

Pinky Cole has lived the full arc of restaurant entrepreneurship, from lines down the block and a $33 million investment to a restructuring that left her without her company for 43 days. She joins Allison Dudas and Mariah Morgan to share how she bought Slutty Vegan back and rebuilt it as a franchise system. She also speaks candidly about the mental toll of that stretch and the people who carried her through it. Along the way, she covers how she chooses franchisees, why she's keeping the system small, and what she'd tell anyone considering the leap into business ownership.

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