# Franchise Expert: How to Successfully Buy and Sell Boring Businesses | Ep. 439 with Cliff Nonnenmacher CEO of Franocity

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Podcast: [Founder's Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906)
Published: 2026-08-31T07:25:59+00:00
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## Resource

Daniel Robbins sits down with Cliff Nonnenmacher, entrepreneur, franchise expert, Co-Founder of Franocity, host of Pursuit of Profit, and co-author of Beyond the Brand. Cliff shares how he started making money at eight years old selling golf balls, launched a food delivery business at nineteen that was doing hundreds of deliveries a day, and eventually built a career across Wall Street, franchising, business acquisitions, and franchise consulting. The conversation covers hustle, fear, execution, buying failed businesses, why franchises fail, what industries he is bullish and bearish on, and how AI, robotics, aging populations, pet care, and the coming wealth transfer could reshape the future of business.

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