Episode#45

Franchise owner journey: Chenna Kuppyreddy is a multi-store owner at PACK & SEND in Sydney, and started his working career in India on the family mango farm, moved onto mechanical Engineering in the global oil and gas sector, where he spent a lot of time on projects in Australia.

A desire to get to Australia and run his own business saw life here commence as a street sweeper in late 2016, and then eventually into his own franchise.

In Episode #45 - Chenna has probably seen more of Australia than many people born here! This is after the amount of times he travelled here as part of his role in the oil and gas industry.

Logistics was in his blood even before he realised it, when young, as part of the family  he had to get tonnes of mangos trucked across regions in India in 45deg heat to be in a condition for sale.

Eventually working on multi-billion projects in India, and experiences giving him a launch pad to enter Australia for permanent residency, his path lead to business ownership, and a franchise with support was a key factor in that process.

Now a multi-store owner with PACK & SEND, you'll hear how Chenna has carved out a highly successful base here in his adopted home with a growing family.

0:00 Intro

0:20 What's it like owning two (2) PACK & SEND locations

0:57 Came from India and was a Mechanical Engineer in the oil and gas sector and where he used to travel 

2:13 Does Chenna miss any aspects of mechanical engineering?

3:09 When he came to Australia and got permanent residency in 2016 after being in the family business owning and operating mango fields

4:35 What Chenna loves about having his own business and not staying in the family business

5:35 Learning logistics in mango farming as a child to make sure the mangos remain in a condition to be sold 

6:27 Working on a $2.5Billion project for 4 years and learning so much 

7:23 Arrives in Australia 2016 and the family remained back in India, his impressions

8:15 Started working in Australia sweeping streets as had $4,000 in the bank and a recession in mining sector

10:25 Taking every opportunity on offer and the 'dignity of labour' in Australia

12:16 Quitting his job and deciding it was time to get his own business and how he went about finding one

13:51 When he found PACK & SEND and the steps to starting thew process 

15:11 First impressions of PACK & SEND and the support in particular being a focus for him

17:16 Chasing more and more information to support the decision to buy the business 

18:17 What it was like when he opened the business after the training period 

20:25 The vision and path to a second store with a partner

22:04 Buying out his business partner from the second store

23:17 What the future looks like, and the warehousing and retail focus difference between his stores, and possibly a third store as well

25:20 Wrap up

Podcast Produced by:  magnetic business media

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