Building a Franchise with Faith (With Meredith Layton) - Episode 478

She's Making an Impact | Christian Entrepreneur | Faith in Business | Family First Business

In this episode, I chat with the amazing Meredith Layton, an entrepreneur who owns a franchise system of pie shops.

Meredith dives into her journey into entrepreneurship, starting from childhood with sidewalk sales to owning bakeries and franchising a pie business. We talk about the importance of understanding our identity in Christ, leadership lessons from managing franchises, and how to honor different gifts within a team.

Meredith also shares about the spiritual challenges and warfare faced in business, emphasizing the integration of faith and business.

We dove deep into so many things in this episode:

• Entrepreneurial Journey: From sidewalk sales as a kid to owning a pie franchise.

• Meredith shares her background, her entrepreneurial spirit from a young age, and the journey of starting and franchising their pie shop.

• Starting the Pie Business: Transitioning from cupcakes to pies.

• How they began with cupcakes with Meredith’s sister's influence and moved into pies, leading to successful franchising.

• Leadership and Franchising: Lessons from managing a franchise system.

• Insights into the operational changes needed for franchising and the importance of refining processes.

• Spiritual Identity and Business: Integrating faith with entrepreneurship.

• Meredith discusses the role of spiritual identity and how it shapes leadership and business practices.

• Challenges in Franchising: Overcoming obstacles in business.

• Dealing with legal, leadership, and operational challenges while maintaining a relationship-driven brand.

• Honoring Gifts within a Team: Applying Ephesians 4 to business.

• Understanding and valuing different leadership gifts to build a cohesive and effective team.

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