Jake McLaughlin
Entrepreneur and co-founder of the Meineke roll-up with experience in investment banking and franchising who leads M&A, operations design, and incentive structures for the platform.
Best podcasts with Jake McLaughlin
Ranked by the Snipd community
8 snips
Mar 30, 2026 • 1h 54min
How to Acquire 25 Franchise Units in 2.5 Years
Jake McLaughlin, entrepreneur who led a Meineke roll-up and designs M&A and ops; Jack Foster, entrepreneur who scaled a Meineke consolidator after investment banking. They explain why they chose franchised auto repair, how they raised $2.8M and sequenced equity, debt and sale-leasebacks, living in-market to learn operations, sourcing through relationships, and building pay plans and culture while planning rapid unit growth.
