Then it's okay. Then I will mess up and it's okay. Because that's what they're gonna edit. Alright. Hey Alexa, welcome you to another episode of mission matters. My name is Adam Torres you can follow me on Instagram at ask Adam Torres and if you'd like to apply to be a guest on the show, just head on over to mission matters comm and click on br guests to apply all rights that I have Landon Echols on the line and he's CEO and co founder at clean juice and free code. Landon. Welcome to the show.
Hey, Adam, thank you so much for having me. I'm super happy to be with you today. And looking forward to a great interview.
Man Landon, we got a lot to talk about today. So first off, I love having fellow podcasters on the show. I'm like, Oh, you make my job easy. But then when I looked and we're kind of planning for this, I'm like I get to talk about you know, your podcast we get we even get to bring up Tim Tebow like in this What? Like that you don't get that every day. So we got a lot to cover and excited also to talk about the success of clean juice. You know what's been fueling it free coke. I mean, you're a busy guy. So glad you made time for this interview and happy to bring your story to our audience. And I'll start this interview, the way that we start them all with our mission matters minute. So Landon, we at Mission matters. we amplify stories for entrepreneurs, executives, and experts. So that's our mission here, Landon, what mission matters to you.
So our mission is pretty simple. And it comes from three john One, two. And that is dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you're as healthy and body as you are strong and spirit. And that is really our tagline for all of our companies. We want to provide a truly healthy product and in an amazing environment across both of our brands, but we want to do it in an environment is building love and kindness and friendship with our guests with our employees and our vendors. And so we believe that three john one two really sums up our mission.
That's amazing and love bringing a mission based entrepreneurs, executives and experts on the show and to share their mission with our audience. So awesome stuff here. And I think just before we get into, you know, the business side and the announcements and all of this, like, like how did you get started on this journey as an entrepreneur?
Yeah, so our journey really started back in 2014. At that time, I was working for a boutique investment firm and I was traveling a ton internationally. So our projects were developing real estate projects and raising funds for those projects. And they were all based in Asia. So I would be in Hong Kong and China and Vietnam and I'd go for pretty long periods of time. At least it felt like really long periods of time three, four, sometimes even five weeks and at that point my wife and I had four kids well we had three kids and one on the way so baby number four was on the way and we just felt like you know it was really hard to be a family unit while also you know me being gone you know most of my most of the time I'd come back from a trip and I'd be pretty jet lagged and tired and you know just really kind of not not really there and then as I started to feel better I'd be getting on another plane to go back over to Asia. And so you know for us we felt like you know, great job great career path, but at what expense and so for us my wife and I we had always wanted to go the entrepreneurial route we had always wanted to do something together and something that really benefited the community in which we live in and she has been my wife has been super passionate about health and wellness for I would say 15 years now she's a certified health coach and just really cares about eating clean and you know doing things that are gonna really benefit our bodies right it's part of our mission. So when we decided to go on entrepreneurial route we decided that we were gonna open a juice bar it was going to be certified organic and it was going to be amazing and so that's really how we got started.
man that's amazing and and what a story what a journey so you wanted to be more with your family you wanted to you know, keep that family unit protected. And you know, there's some people watching this right now so they're you know, possibly in that same situation right? And I don't mean just age or with family, I just mean in general they have a dream that they want to go out there and be an entrepreneur, and they may you know, different walks of life again, doesn't necessarily have to do anything with age. But there may be haven't taken that step and I know we all learn from the ups and the downs like this is my first successful business I'm probably 20 businesses in so I'm the first to pick on myself, right? Since I was a kid I'm probably 20 businesses in finally got something that worked well that matched me you know, and you know, God kept me on that path. And I've I've continued to do it. And we've just continued to be blessed. So again, 20 businesses later though, so there's some people watching that are maybe a little bit earlier in their entrepreneurial career. And again, knowing we learned from the ups and the downs, and everything's in between, what kind of things? Would you tell people that are watching this that are considering being an entrepreneur? Maybe for the first time or the second time? And like, like, because you did it? Like there's one thing to kind of dream about and want to do it, but you did it?
Yeah. It's a great question. I would say that, first and foremost, you got to go with your gut. I think that getting advice of people you love and getting, you know, advice, people who are around you is good, and it's important. And you should go and seek that advice. But at the same time, only, you know, you only knew you know, what you're passionate about. If we would have listened to the beat the people in the beginning, around, you know, moving because we were up in the northeast at the time we moved down to Charlotte to we wanted to be in Charlotte, but we moved there to open clean juice, you know, how do we listen to some of the closest people around us clean just wouldn't exist today. And so, you know, you've got to listen to your gut. that's step number one. And it's not just listening. You know, I think a lot of times, we want to look at a business plan, we want to put it together, we want to make sure everything is perfect and buttoned up and beautiful. And you know, it's on a 20 page presentation before we take that leap of faith. But dude, my business is so different today than what I thought it was going to be 567 years ago. If I waited until I perfected it on paper, I'd still be waiting, right? And so at some point, you just got to take that leap of faith. That's exactly what it is. It's a risk. Entrepreneurship is essentially it's risk management, right? And you know, there is risk in it. But there's also a lot of reward. So if you don't like risk, it's probably not going to be the right thing for you kind of like what you alluded to, you're probably going to fail fail again, fail again. Yeah. But at some point, it's going to work out.
I don't know Landon. I don't know if I buy this from you. So hold on, you had this a successful career. you're traveling internationally, you're raising funds in real estate, very traditional industry. And so you're telling me everyone around you wasn't like thrilled and excited. You're gonna open a juice bar. Are you kidding me? What a great idea. that's never been done. Yeah. Is that what you're telling me happened?
That's exactly what I'm telling you what happened? And I mean, it's funny, you're right, like people, you know, they were like, you have this great job. You know, like you're doing well, financially. You guys are, you know,
you have kids, right? And another one on the way. Yeah, other one on the way. Are you kidding, right? And do that you're gonna open a juice bar.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so I mean, you know, at some point, but our you know, our calling our gut and when I say gut, to me, that's a calling right, our calling was to come down to Charlotte, we always felt called to this area. And our calling was to open something that we felt was going to benefit the community. And that's what we wanted to do. And, you know, it's funny, we moved down to Charlotte in the summer of 2014. And we didn't open clean juice until the summer of 2015. And I had quit my job, right? So one year, no income, you know, all going out, you know, talk about a leap of faith, but at the same time, you know, it was a gamble but it was a gamble that paid off because we believe that you know, we're just following a calling and when you have that conviction behind you, it's much less of a feeling of a gamble You know, it ultimately is but it feels like you're just you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and I think until you find that it's hard to describe and it's hard to articulate but once you find that and you feel that man there's really nothing better
yeah it's it's so funny because as I'm listening to you and your story, I'm thinking about my own and I'm like, Yes, so when I when I left, you know, financial aid, being a financial advisor and financial services, very traditional, you know, I'm almost 14 years in that career. Every license, you can think of six 763 CFP aims like you name it and managing you know, quite a bit in assets. client base, all these other things. Yeah, I'm gonna go be a podcaster and a media guy. Yeah. What do you have a plan? Do you have any training do you have? No, but I have a phone I have some headphones, and I think I can use this service and people thought I was crazy. And oh, yeah, I'm gonna publish books. I'm gonna do that. And they're like, Adam, what are you talking about right now? You've never published you've never written a book. You've never done any of this in your life. What are you even talking about? And if I hadn't listened to them, like then you know, nothing would have happened that took place because you couldn't have written this down. I couldn't have been like, Oh yeah, 1000s of people are gonna want to talk to me. We're gonna be on a show and all these Oh, god, this is all guy. Well, it's all it's always all God. But sometimes we think we're in control. But like when you follow those that calling any others you say, I like the word. But you look at the I use the word calling. I use the word like signposts like this, these paths that are there that you get this uncommon thing that happens, and you're like, That isn't me, that's for sure that's just too uncommon like and then those add up and it keeps happening and doors open and other things happen that are uncommon then, after a while, I personally believe that I'm like, oh, okay, yeah, okay, pretty obvious. Yeah, this is a calling this isn't like just luck, or some random occurrences that happen that that that are just random, like, it's just not the case. And so I know a big part of like your belief system and in mind also is, is really that idea of being like faith based and thinking about how that intertwines into the day to day business, and just the way you live your life. Tell me a little bit more about what that means to you.
Yeah, when we started clean juice, like I said, we felt like it was a calling from God to come down here and do this. And so, you know, for us, that actually took a lot of the risk out, because, you know, when, once you're following something that you really believe in, you know, you don't feel like you're taking that gamble anymore, like I said, but, you know, for us, we felt like, it was a calling, we felt like we wanted to run the business, you know, like how we, you know, like love on our kids. I mean, like, for us, we are who we are, whether we're you know, now, you know, sitting here as a CEO of clean juice, or whether I'm sitting at home with my five kids are hanging out friends, like, I am, who I am. And so, you know, we wanted to not be somebody different from business and then different at the home, it's like, you know, for us, this is a calling, all of our core values are biblically based, our core values, I believe, are good, right there around, you know, transparency and hard work and loving on our guests, and respecting each other, you know, I could go down the list, but, you know, they're all good values and their values that we created really day one, that have stuck with us to 180 locations around the country. And so, for me, as a leader now of clean juice, I go through these values every single week with our team, they're posted in every single room in our office. In fact, you can see them right there behind me, you know, our core values are core to what we do. And, you know, they're the first thing that we share with our franchisees when we're telling them about our business. Because, you know, you can do a lot of great things in business, and there's a lot of different ways to achieve the outcome of profitability and all this stuff. But the values are, how the business is guided. And so, you know, for us, I want to make sure they're not just something we hang on the wall, but they're talked about every single day, they're part of reviews, they're in our culture, and they're not just something that we see, there's something that we see, and we talk about, and we use to build the business. And that's, to me, that's what it means to have values. And, you know, a company doesn't have to have biblically based values we do because we choose, you know, we believe that's our calling. But at the same time, I believe you have to have a Northstar, you have to have something that's bigger and greater than just making money, you have to have something that guides you and gives you principle behind what you're doing. And so for us, that's, you know, again, our mission, what we talked about earlier, and then our core values.
That's awesome. So I want to go we've kind of alluded to it, we understand, you know, the business of juice, the name of it, right, clean juice, but let's go further. So tell us a little bit more about the company.
So it's interesting, you know, our name is clean juice. And so most people are like, wow, juice bar, like you're right, yes, we do juice, we do fresh juice, we do bottle juice, we do juice cleanses. So if you want a great organic, amazing tasting juice, you can absolutely come to us and you're going to get a In my opinion, the best in class product, our products are certified organic, they're not HPP or processed in any way. They're super clean. And they're you know, you can't buy what we serve even at a whole foods because all the juice there is processed in some way. Our juices are raw, and they're natural and organic. And there's no sugar added in there. I mean, they're delicious, too. So they're, they're all of those things. So we do juice really well. But we also do smoothies really well, smoothies, makeup actually a larger percentage of our sales in juice does. So juice is about 30% of our sales and smoothies are about 40% of our sales. You know, I'm no mathematician, but we've got about 30% left, right in terms of sales mixes. And that's actually made up by food. And so a lot of people don't know this, but clean juice serves salads and wraps and ossai bowls and toasts and sandwiches. Again, all certified organic, all really good for you healthy, but just a different category and a different offering for different people, right. Our goal is to what I call brought on the top of the funnel to bring more guests into our stores because not everyone drinks green juice, and that's okay. But everyone can find a product or a category of clean juice that they like to eat. And so that's our goal. We don't want to pigeonhole ourselves to one, you know type of consumer we want to serve healthy food to everybody. And so that's really our goal behind what we're serving at clean juice.
And you mentioned the franchises so I believe you said over 180 so you're you're operating on a franchise model. I don't want to assume that everybody that's watching that this understands what that means. Got a little bit further on that from a place?
Absolutely. So we opened the first location in 2015. And then that store did really well. So we decided to open a couple more locations that we owned from there. And so we opened a location about 40 minutes away, and another part of Charlotte, we opened up location about four hours away from us on the beach in North Carolina in a town called Wilmington. And then we opened a fourth location back in Charlotte. And so each location we opened was opening with success. And I think before you franchise, I think it's hard to franchise something you open one of it's like, it could have just been a flash in the pan. But we saw success in different parts of Charlotte. And then we saw success regionally, you know, at a store that's four hours away on the beach. So the point there is that no one in Wilmington had ever heard of clean use before. We just opened and people are like, wow, this place is awesome. I love it. And it did well. From there, we felt like we had some, you know, some great grounds to build a franchise concept off of, and at the same time everyone was coming in and saying, Hey, is this a franchise? Are you guys franchise? Could I open this in my neck of the wall, basically, what a franchise is, is our franchisees, they own their business, right, they open, they open their clean juice, so they're opening up an LLC, but we give them the brand, we teach them how to do everything in terms of operating the store, we help them find a real estate, we help them find a general contractor and an architect, we basically help them through every single step of getting open. And for that we collect a fee for doing that, right. So for them, it's great because together they're now they're now joining a brand that has hundreds of locations across the country. So there's some some brand identity there. And it's it's different than just opening kind of a mom and pop and hoping that it does well. So there's some you know, there's there's that but then there's also all the help, we have 35 people here at the home office to support our franchisees growth. And so we have 110 open locations, we have another 70 in development. And that's how we get to the 180 stores across the country. And man, we're really just getting started.
That's amazing. And so as a as a as a franchisor. What do you typically look for in your franchisees, like, who you invite into that clean juice family, so to speak?
Yeah, we spend a lot of time getting to know our franchisees you're at the home office, we make two really big decisions. And the first one is, who's our franchisee going to be. And the second one is, where's their location going to be. And so we spent a lot of time on those things. So on the front end, our franchise development team, our franchise, our team that really specializes on getting to know the franchisees, the process is about three to four months. So from the time they first call us or email us to the time they sign their franchise agreement, that's about a four month process, right? And so we're getting to know them, they're getting to know us, we disclose them with our Franchise Disclosure Document, which is basically a 300 page document that says all about what the franchise offering is. So they have time to go through that. They talked to our VP of development, they talked to our real estate people just to make sure that we're kind of headed in the right direction in terms of where their store might go. But you know, that's a pretty tedious and lengthy process because we've already awarded a lot of franchises and we have a responsibility to our current franchise family to bring in great partners. So one thing my wife and I do differently, I think than most franchise ORS is we sit down with every potential franchisee for over an hour once they come to our home office and get to know them to hear their hearts for the business. Because we want franchisees who are more, you know, about more than just making money, right? You can make a lot of money opening and clean juice, but at the same time, that's not what it's really about. Right? It's about doing a lot of great stuff in the community. And one of the outcomes is making money and that's you know, that's important, but it's not it's not why we do what we do.
So I'm happy to have have to bring this up so Tim Tebow like how does it how do you get Tim Tebow? Like how does this work into clean juice? I'm like when I when I kind of was preparing for this and I'm looking at something like man, what a special story like, like how did all that come about?
So I've been getting you know, Tim for almost a year now. We got in touch, basically some mutual friends in Jacksonville. So he's from the Jacksonville, Florida area. We opened a store down there called NACA T. And our franchise partner down there had some connections of folks who were in his camp. And so we got in touch with him first because we were really interested in supporting him through his Tim Tebow foundation. So there's a big philanthropic piece to this. So that's how the conversation started. We have a foundation ourselves called quarters for kids where we where we raise money for children with you know, Different needs across the country sometimes very locally in markets and then sometimes nationally with the different foundations that we partner with but knowing all that Tim does for you know his foundation that Tim Tebow foundation we were really interested in talking about that and so we got to know him we got to know his heart for you know obviously he's a healthy guy but you know he's a really healthy guy right and so you know, as we started to get to know him more he just you know, the more we talked the more we thought it made a lot of sense to talk more about what it you know, what a business partnership could look like and so we were blessed enough to sign a national brand ambassador deal with him over the summer. So he's become an integral part of our brand he you know, from social media posting to we just launched our first national television commercial with Tim Tebow that did really really well that ran in August so I mean, he's just a you know, massive partner of ours now and we're actually opening stores together as well. So the first one will open up in Jacksonville probably next year with Tim so we're super excited about that. And I mean, we really couldn't have carved a better you know, Ambassador for the brand just from you know, from the faith perspective, the philanthropic perspective the health and wellness perspective Oh, and by the way, he's great to look at right the ladies love him and so you know, he's got a great following there. He's got a great family his wife's incredible you know, and so you know, he's just he's just an awesome guy.
And when you talk about like calling and you talk about like things lining up and you're like, Yeah, that's it we know it's God but like, that's definitely like those type of things. Like it's just amazing like when you think about like the concept and when you kind of like, you connect the dots going backwards and you're thinking about like that original decision to leave real estate traveling, doing all these other things that you're supposed to do to open up a juice bar, right. And now you look at it fast for these years, you like hundreds of locations, we had Tim TiVo, we have all these things going you're providing opportunities so we haven't even really talked much about that but opportunities not just to the franchisees but their employees like you're helping communities you're you're you're also helping them with the in terms of the culture of their culture and spreading what you do on to the employees and on to the workforce there so like there's this multiplying effect of doing good not just of course, as you mentioned, the the monetary thing of being able to now be able to afford to give back monetarily to different foundations and the sport support different initiatives. I mean, this is all like part of you know, being a blessing when you've been blessed right?
Yeah, that's 100% right? We have we just had our national franchisee convention last week called juice jam and so we brought all of our franchisees to Orlando we spent three days just going over new menu items that we're launching going over you know, new brand initiatives and just really, really amazing event but one of the coolest things from that event was we got to announce our scholarship winners for this year and so we here at clean juice we give back I think it was close to $20,000 in scholarships to clean use employees so we have three scholarship winners of $5,000 and then a bunch of $500 winners and you know for them for younger employees who are you know, going to school and you know, kind of going through that grind I mean for them it was a huge blessing and so you know, we're blessed to be a blessing and that's amazing. But again, it's just it's something that we care about it's something that you know, we want to make sure that we're pouring into the communities that we serve not just the guests but the employees and different foundations and things like that you know we feel like if we do a good job there then you know then we're going to build a good brand and return
so as if you're not busy enough there's free code so how did this come about so as I'm kind of going through your journey I'll okay clean juice is taken off you got a lot going on, not easy to run that like to pull off what you're doing. And so now tell us a little bit more about free code. I understand you have another business.
Yes. So we launched Free Code last year Free Code is a non toxic beauty bar. We specialize in nails right? So manicures, pedicures, we do a lot of other things. But that's kind of the primary part of the business we do a non toxic waxing service. We have an infrared sauna so we feel like beauty is a category that you know could get cleaned up as well. Right we're obviously have done an awesome job with clean use in terms of bringing a USDA certified organic product to the masses in a in a fast casual setting. But in terms of beauty, we feel like there's a lot of work to do there to to make that experience a healthy one. Unfortunately, in the nail salon industry, they use a lot of toxic chemicals. When you walk into a nail salon. The first thing your traditional one, you're going to notice kind of a pretty, pretty tough smell. Pretty chemical Laden. And you know unfortunately the nail techs were working in that environment, their lives are actually shortened by eight to 10 years, if they have a long term career, just because of the industry that they chose to work in. And so at our salons, you walk in, you don't smell that chemical smell, we don't use the polishes and the different toxins. And so are our employees, they don't have to worry about that. And of course, our guests don't either. And so, you know, we've taken a lot of the things that are toxic out. And we've really, I think, modernized the experience, our salons are absolutely beautiful. It's a younger concept for us. So we, we have five locations opened and several more in development, but it's one that we're really passionate about. And again, when you roll it back to our mission of dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you're as healthy and body as you are strong and spirit, we believe that we can bring that to not just food, but to the beauty category as well. So we're excited for where that brand is gonna go.
What kind of response Have you gotten from the market from that one? I'm curious, because it's different. Like it's a different concept, at least for what I know about nail salons and things like that is very different. Like when you talk about the smell and the other things like, I feel like most people don't even know that there's an alternative. And maybe in any markets, there isn't an alternative. So I feel like you're the alternative, if they understand that that's even a possibility. Like what kind of feedback have you gotten?
Yeah, so it's the first of its kind, right. And so there is a there's a learning curve there. And when people walk in, they're like, this place is amazing. You know, it's like, first of all, it's beautifully designed, because it's not designed by me, by my wife, right, got it, beautifully designed, you know, really light and airy color. So light pinks and whites, gold fixtures, I mean, just really, really beautiful, you know, store design. So when our guests walk in, you know, they're greeted by somebody who's really super friendly, you know, offers them, you know, a juice or you know, a glass of champagne or something, just a really warm and welcoming experience. And then, you know, they also noticed that, you know, our nail techs are super sweet. And, you know, we don't like obviously, we train them on experience, but at the same time, we just hired great people, you know, and so then they noticed the, you know, the techniques that we go through and some of the different things that we don't use and use. And so it's it's really just a unique experience. And so I think the best way I can say it is that we get a ton of feedback on social media, because people are like, you know, they're socializing their experience, because it's so different. Yeah. So we get a lot of really good feedback there. But I think that this is really a great brand for the future. Because it is so unique, but it's not, it's not so unique in that we're creating a whole new category. Again, we're just making the category and from my perspective, a lot better.
Amazing. So now the fellow podcaster, the be organic podcast, like how did this come about? Like, what was the inspiration?
Yeah, so we launched be organic, I would say it was about 18 months ago or so. And the inspiration was a couple things. Number one, we were connected with so many amazing people in the health and wellness category. And so we just felt like, you know, there was a lot to talk about there. And we were doing something and are doing something unique and clean juice and the fact that we're certified organic and bringing something that's truly healthy to our communities. We had a lot to say that right? So you know, I think one of our goals was and still is we want to be common authority in this in this in this category. And we want to be looked at as somebody you know, that folks can trust when they're thinking about health and wellness, when they want to get educated when they want to learn about you know, alternative ways to improve their health and wellness. So be organic that's exactly what we're about. We don't just talk about organic food I mean we talk about that sometimes but man we talk about Infrared Sauna we talk about martial arts, we talk about I mean just so many different things we bring on so many different people who are passionate about health and wellness. You know, we bring on we've brought on holistic doctors, we brought on just so many different types of people to get a different perspective on you know how to improve your way to you know, your way to live. And so that's, that's that's what we're doing there. It's been an amazing podcast, we've had a couple 100,000 downloads of it already. So it's it's it's been awesome.
So I'll ask you a very unfair question that I asked all my podcasters that come on this show. It's kind of like asking people that choose between their kids like why would you do that as a host? It's mean but I'm gonna ask it anyway. Can you tell us what one of your favorite episodes where it's like saying which episode of I suppose to choose like, what was one of your favorite episodes, and I teed it up right to let you know, it's not a fair question.
Yeah, no, it. So I would say one of my favorites. We actually just did a podcast with Tim Tebow. That one has been amazing because we really dive into him and what he's all about why he chose to partner with With clean juice, so I can talk to you all day about, you know why it's a great partnership. But to hear it from him, you know how much he trusts us how much he trusts our brand. If the fact that he's very selective on who he partners with, for me, you know, as a business owner, it was just to get somebody like him as that type of validation was so special. And so, you know, that's a great one. Obviously, we've had some other ones like, we've had Dr. Axe on twice and he's, you know, he's just an amazing professional in the health and wellness category and just is so smart around, you know, different things that you can do to, to better your health and wellness. So he's incredible. We've had some amazing guests, but you're right, it's definitely hard to choose.
Oh, I always like to ask that when I'm like, I know, it's terrible. And the worst thing is, I hate when somebody asked me that question. I'm like, just go blank every time I like don't do that to me. Oh, the joy, right? The joy? caster. Exactly. So So you got a lot on your plate. Obviously, a lot of great things going on, I have to ask like, So what's next? What's next for you? What's next for the brands? What's next for you?
Yep. So I mean, what's next is we feel like we've got two amazing brands with clean juice. And with free code. Our goal, you know, keep bringing in amazing partners, keep finding great real estate, keep perfecting the business model. We believe clean juice is easily 1000 unit brand. And so, you know, we're 10 20% of the way there and so you know, we're gonna keep going keep growing, we've got an amazing home office team, some just highly sophisticated individuals who are really good at knowing how to run clean juices, develop them, support them from marketing perspective, we just, you know, we just feel very, very blessed with the team we've been able to build. And then of course, you know, we've got this new baby and free coat right, so that's taken up some time too. And you know, getting the education around there around what that brand is and what it can mean to people. What's cool is that when people come in and they see clean juice, they're like, Whoa, tell me about free code. Right? And so yeah, they're getting really excited about it and so I think that that's going to be an amazing brand too. You know, the podcast keeps us busy and Tim keeps us busy too. I mean, he's he's awesome like he was just in our office last week getting our team fired up right before our franchisee convention. So he's a massive part of the brand and so you know, I'm sure I'm keeping him more busy than he's given me but at the same time, you know, we've got we've got a lot going on, but we still carve out time for ourselves to you know, we spend in our free time we spend time with the kids and hang out with our kids and their friends typically. But But uh, it's it's amazing,
man, that's awesome. What What a great story I mean, this is that one of those feel good stories where you just see like, you know, you see that all the blessing that you're that you've been given and that you're also being for other people. You see the, you see the path, you see the growth, and it's just one of those things where you just affecting so many lives. And even even like you said, your you know, 20% they're like, as it grows, it grows as your vision grows. I'm like, I just can't wait to continue to follow the journey, follow what you're doing. And so speaking of that, so if somebody is watching this right now, and they want to learn more about, of course, clean juice, about all the brands about the podcast, like how do people follow How do they follow along?
Yeah, absolutely. So first, you can connect with me on LinkedIn, I've got a ton of great followers and great platform on there. So pretty easy to find. I think I'm the only Landon ackles that's out there. So easy to find me there. In terms of clean juice, I mean clean juice calm and oh is definitely a great portal. You can go to clean juice franchising calm if you're interested in learning about our franchise opportunity. We've also got an amazing app that's been downloaded like I think 500,000 times now just clean juice at the App Store. So in terms of our podcast, I mean it's called be organic so it's, it's where where anybody is downloading podcasts, we're gonna be there. So just Look up, be organic. And then lastly, with free Coke, it's free code nails calm and you can learn about our team you can learn about if you want to check out where we might have a location to set up an appointment and also learn about our franchise offering so those are the best ways to get in touch with me.
Fantastic. Well, Landon, I'll just tell you it has been an absolute pleasure working with you today and collaborating on this love having fellow podcast is on all the other great things you're doing Of course those those those websites you mentioned all that we'll have that in the show notes so that our viewers and listeners can just go pop on over and check out all the great work you're doing. I look forward to seeing the growth, the clean juice and all the rest of the brand. So it really has been a pleasure and to the audience. As always, thank you for tuning in, especially if you're a first time listener or viewer. Don't forget hit that subscribe button. We definitely want you to be a return visitor we have many many more mission based entrepreneurs. As executives and experts coming on and we don't want you to miss a thing, and Landon, wishing you much more continued success. And thank you again for making time for the interview today.
Thank you, Adam. It's great to talk to you again and just appreciate you brother. appreciate everything you're doing and thanks so much for having me on the show.
