21st Century Entrepreneurship

#511 Jon Ostenson: Build a Business Without an Idea?

April 3, 2026·12 min
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Jon Ostenson is a franchise consultant and former corporate executive, and we spoke about how people can enter business ownership without a “million-dollar idea” by leveraging franchising—especially beyond fast food. After years in corporate, he “always had the desire to build my own empire instead of someone else’s,” but lacked a clear starting point. His turning point came when he discovered non-food franchising and later led a franchise system, where he saw how ordinary people could succee...

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