Nick Powills and Charles Internicola interviewed franchise broker Erik Van Horn to learn about his experiences in a range of capacities in the franchise industry.

  • The Brokerage: I Love Franchising
  • The Person: Erik Van Horn
  • The Brand: from the I Love Franchising website — I love helping people stuck in corporate America or entrepreneurs ready for diversification to find the right franchise, and I will show you the exact same process that I have personally used when buying my franchises. I will share things with you that I have learned from personal experience as well as information that I have from my personal network who are involved in every segment of franchising.

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Nick Powills

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Nick Powills

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Nick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.