Faith-Driven Franchise Investments: Todd Recknagel's Three20 Group Playbook

The Inspired Stories Podcast · Dec 9, 2025 · 1h 1m · transcript

🎙️ Todd Recknagel's Faith-Driven Franchise Journey: From Blimpy Subs Losses to Building Billion-Dollar Platform Companies

Todd Recknagel transforms personal failure into franchise mastery as managing partner of Three20 Capital Group, named after Ephesians 3:20 to reflect his faith-driven investment philosophy. Starting with three Blimpy Subs locations that lost $100,000 in year one, Todd shares the pivotal moment when a mentor helped him realize he needed to fix his struggling stores whether he kept them or sold them—the day he truly became a franchisee rather than just a paperwork owner.

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