June 26, 2026 - Franchise Matchmaking Alex Smereczniak and Building a Fractional CFO Natalia Zacharin

School for Startups Radio · 2026-06-26 · 54 min

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Alex Smereczniak - Founder of Franzy , Helping aspiring entrepreneurs find & fund the right franchise and Creating 1M business owners through smarter franchise matchmaking There’s not a lot of easy buttons or shortcuts, it’s not mailbox money. Alex Smereczniak is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Franzy, a platform designed to help people find and fund the right franchise - essentially, the “Zillow” for franchising. Before launching Franzy, he co-founded and scaled 2ULaundry and LaundroLab into multi-market, venture-backed businesses, gaining deep insights into the rewards and challenges of franchising. With experience as a co-founder, franchisor, and now a tech operator, Alex brings a unique perspective to modernizing the $800 billion franchise economy. Through Franzy, he aims to make entrepreneurship more accessible, with the ambitious goal of helping one million people become business owners. Along his journey, he has raised over $30 million, built scalable systems, and developed teams across multiple markets - driven by a firm belief that franchising is one of the most overlooked paths to business ownership.

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