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title: "Millennials, Franchising and Video"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/92f442f0-caa6-4791-a3f3-826c62a5cc69
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/millennials-franchising-and-video-4117
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2016-03-30T23:18:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:15:28.661Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1454165804606-c3d57bc86b40?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Millennials, Franchising and Video

**TL;DR:** Millennials are changing the landscape of franchising, and companies face challenges in connecting with them. Mike Ackley and Josh Harrell discuss this topic.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-03-30. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/millennials-franchising-and-video-4117).*

## Story

Mike Ackley serves as franchise writer with Brand Journalists, where he and his colleagues bring the stories of their client brands to life. He’s passionate and curious about how franchise systems work and loves entrepreneurship.

Josh Harrell worked as a reporter and editor in the journalism world — both in college as the editor in chief of N.C. State University’s daily student newspaper, and out of college as a feature writer for the Fayetteville Observer — before diving into the world of documentary filmmaking.

Mike and Josh discuss how millennials are changing the landscape of franchising, and why it has been challenging for companies to connect with them.

Chelsea Sauder, VP SafeWay Driving franchise is Social Geek Radio's guest announcer. Leveraging 42 years of successful operation and the experience from training over 250,000 in-car drivers, SafeWay Driving has recently modernized the driver training business model and is looking for qualified Strategic-Partners to grow across Texas.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchising (topic)
- millennials (topic)
- video (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/millennials-franchising-and-video-4117). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/92f442f0-caa6-4791-a3f3-826c62a5cc69).