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title: "Raintree CEO Brent Dowling Profiled in Denver Business Journal"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f48dc949-a01e-48e7-afec-e4beb70e2b0f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/raintree-ceo-brent-dowling-profiled-in-denver-business-journal-2710764
category: "Suppliers"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Suppliers"
topics: ["Finance & M&A","People"]
published: 2019-08-20T00:19:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:29.069Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ae44c2325cc405893365a1ad1a84bb877513.jpg
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# Raintree CEO Brent Dowling Profiled in Denver Business Journal

**TL;DR:** Raintree CEO Brent Dowling was profiled in the Denver Business Journal, highlighting his leadership of the franchise sales solution company, which has awarded over 1,000 franchises. Dowling's team at Raintree helps small business owners scale their ideas, addressing issues such as unit economics and support for real estate decisions.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-08-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/raintree-ceo-brent-dowling-profiled-in-denver-business-journal-2710764).*

## Story

Brent Dowling is a man of many talents. The former professional snowboarder-turned-U.N. diplomat took an interesting route to the spot he currently occupies at the top of the franchising space as CEO of franchise sales solution Raintree, a journey that was recently explored in a feature interview in the Denver Business Journal.

Dowling's natural know-how harnessed in an entry-level job at Doc Popcorn has led him to be adorned with the unofficial title of Denver's "franchise fixer" through his work at Raintree, which according to the article, has awarded more than 1,000 franchises and is turning down five companies, on average, seeking its services per week.

"Dowling’s team touches every component of a franchise," the article reads, "digging for weaknesses, developing leads and closing sales. The biggest issue he sees is that small business owners want to take their idea to scale, but don't have the unit level of economics to make it work. And then when inexperienced franchises grow to dozens of locations, unprepared owners might start without getting support on real estate decisions or beginning construction without enough revenue."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise development (topic)
- franchise sales (topic)
- Raintree (company)
- Brent Dowling (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/raintree-ceo-brent-dowling-profiled-in-denver-business-journal-2710764). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f48dc949-a01e-48e7-afec-e4beb70e2b0f).