In Search of Better Opportunities, Ash and Her Family Migrated From NZ in 2014 Without a Business Chosen. They had a Lengthy 6 Month Wait After Arrival to Finally Get The Business They Wanted.
Episode Timeline
- 00:00 – Intro
- 00:37 – Migrated from NZ in 2014
- 01:26 – Why Ash didn’t enjoy running a café business for 10 months
- 03:06 – Thinking of the move to Australia
- 03:48 – Career as an accountant prior to having kids
- 04:15 – Flexibility of your own business
- 05:42 – Why Australia?
- 06:26 – Researching a business to buy in another country from NZ
- 07:27 – Took 6 months after arriving to find a business
- 08:04 – Finding Kwik Kopy and buying off-market
- 09:25 – What was so attractive about Kwik Kopy?
- 10:38 – Husband running another retail brand franchise
- 10:59 – Franchising advantages – especially through COVID
- 11:33 – Training and learning the Kwik Kopy system
- 12:18 – Ash’s role in the business and a normal day
- 13:53 – Most satisfying solutions for clients
- 15:46 – The main jobs done by Kwik Kopy Camberwell
- 17:02 – Investing in and training on new equipment
- 17:35 – Decision making on ROI of equipment
- 18:37 – What Ash loves most about owning the business
- 19:40 – The future of the business
With Ash at home with the kids, and husband running a wine cellar / liquor store business, back in NZ, trips to Australia looking at around 30 businesses was the process before narrowing to a Kwik Kopy franchise.
Now, several years later, Ash runs Kwik Kopy Camberwell, while her husband runs 2 retail based franchises of another brand – strong supporters of the franchise business model in making running a business easier!
