Author Archive: SiteZeus

The stakes are high when a company decides to invest in a brick-and-mortar storefront. A business can spend millions, only to fail because of the wrong location. But the Tampa-based SiteZeus® is working to boost their clients’ odds of success.

SiteZeus, a Tampa company that uses technology to help businesses find their best locations, has grown rapidly after throwing out its first business model in favor of a different plan. Since changing its approach, SiteZeus revenue has grown 526 percent from the first quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2017, said Hannibal Baldwin, co-CEO. It’s averaged 51 percent revenue growth quarter over quarter for the past year.

With nearly 50 locations spanning the East Coast and the Midwest, Wings Etc. is the ultimate family-friendly and overall fun sports bar, serving award-winning wings, cold beer and great vibes. Founded in 1994 in Indiana, the restaurant chain offers a full-service grill and pub with a relaxed atmosphere that has successfully competed with even the biggest sports bar chains.

RECon is the premier gathering place for retail real estate professionals to conduct a year’s worth of business in just three days! If you didn’t get a chance to make it out, watch our quick video recap.

Founded in 2008 by a hardworking team of pretzel lovers and bakers, Ben’s Soft Pretzels has expanded to over 84 bakeries across the country. Serving up hand rolled, Amish-inspired, fresh and preservative free pretzels, Ben’s brings quality and inspiration to America’s favorite comfort food.

Big data, analytics and the Internet of Things are creeping into all aspects of business operations these days from staffing and inventory management to real estate and social media strategy. Many franchisors are finding it is time to jump on the trend or risk getting left behind.

TAMPA, Fla. (May 31, 2017) — The Florida Venture Forum and Space Florida announced last week the winners of the 10th Annual 2017 Florida Early Stage Capital Conference and Space Florida’s Accelerating Innovation prize, where SiteZeus took home the win. The competition drew over twenty Florida-based companies from a variety of industries, who then presented to an audience of angel investors, entrepreneurs and industry professionals.

Located in Tampa, Florida, SiteZeus® is a startup company developing a cloud-based location intelligence platform that is intended to help businesses locate and capitalize on profitable opportunities. The company’s flagship service, SiteZeus Synergy, is a big-data GIS platform that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to help businesses visualize market potential and analyze the specific features driving their local, regional, and national sales. In other words, Synergy will help you predict store revenues for your existing business locations, as well as analyze which locations will be the most profitable to open new stores, ultimately helping brands mitigate risks and increase profitability.

With a collection of fabulous family recipes and a commitment to quality and transparency, it’s no surprise that Pincho Factory has made a splash throughout South Florida. A fast-casual chain focused on friendly service and unbelievably fresh food, Pincho Factory serves award-winning, natural and antibiotic-free food.

Fitness Premier is more than just a gym— the company prides itself on supporting and providing community for its clients through their fitness journeys. The team has grown over the past decade to occupy locations throughout the midwest, and is now available in 40 states for franchising. With a unique combination of fitness expertise and personalized service, Fitness Premier is bound to keep growing— with SiteZeus by its side.

When the Eckle family opened their first  Clean Juice Bar  location in 2015, their vision was to share their organic and healthy lifestyle habits with the world. Since then, they have opened three more locations and franchised 51 across eight states. Needless to say, Clean Juice Bar is making a splash in the health-food industry with its tasty drinks and clean, fresh ingredients.

In many ways, technology has leveled the playing field between companies and their consultants, and has blurred the lines between insourcing and outsourcing. If a company uses in-house software created by a third party, is that outsourcing? And if a consulting firm builds and maintains a proprietary system for a company, is that still insourcing? And which route offers the best time-for-value and ROI?...