From Vision to Legacy, a Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Franchise Empire with Jeff Oddo

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John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Oddo is the CEO and Owner of City Wide Facility Solutions, a management company in the facility maintenance industry, leading 104 franchises across the U.S. and Canada, targeting $2B in systemwide sales by EOY 2030.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Franchising is an amazing business model because it is a proven plan and a business in a box.

2. You don’t have to bet all your chips on block chain. If you have the drive, desire and work ethic and skill sets is more important than going all in.

3. Start with the end in mind if you use franchising to build wealth and legacy.

Go and check Jeff’s website for all their services. - City Wide Facility Solutions

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, the only
0:07.9	daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs seven days a week. Today we'll be breaking down
0:12.3	from Vision to Legacy, a journey to building a billion-dollar franchise empire. To draw these value bombs
0:18.2	I brought to Jeff Odo into EO Fire Studios. Jeff is the CEO and owner of citywide facility solutions, a management company in the
0:25.1	facility maintenance industry, leading 104 franchises across the U.S. and Canada, targeting
0:29.7	$2 billion in system-wide sales by end of year 2030.
0:33.5	And today, Foundation, we'll talk about instilling the entrepreneurial mindset in the next
0:36.6	generation, why franchising is one of the entrepreneurial mindset in the next generation,
0:43.3	why franchising is one of the most powerful paths to building wealth and legacy and, oh, so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Jeff and our sponsors.
0:48.6	Want to learn how to get booked and paid to speak?
0:51.7	Great news.
0:52.3	I've arranged direct access to my good friend,
0:54.5	Grant Baldwin's proven speaking business system from the speaker lab. Go to eofire.com
1:00.5	slash speaker to grab your spot for our live training on May 28th and learn how to get booked
1:06.4	and paid to speak. Do you have the right mentor in your life right now? For the first time in seven
1:13.5	years, I'm opening up a few mentorship slots for individuals who know they need the guidance
1:17.7	and accountability to take their business and life to the next level. Email me at john
1:23.4	at eofire.com with a subject line mentor and we'll schedule a 15 minute chat to go over the program
1:29.8	and see if it's the right fit for you. Jeff, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something
1:36.6	that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. What's up, EO Fire Nation?
1:43.1	I'm happy to be here? Super excited. I love
1:46.3	what you do, John, and I'm glad to be part of it. And my advice, it might not be what you want to hear or
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