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From Dishwasher to Franchisor CEO: The 48-Year American Dream of John Gelastopoulos
🎙️ From Dishwasher to Franchise CEO: John Gelastopoulos's Journey Building Broken Yolk Cafe Across Five States
John Gelastopoulos, CEO of Broken Yolk Cafe, shares his journey from arriving in San Diego from Greece at 17 with nothing to growing a single beachside breakfast spot into a 40-location franchise doing $2.7 million average unit volume, powered by people-first leadership, relentless positivity, and a willingness to fall down and get back up.
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Arrived in the US from northern Greece at 17, started washing dishes on the graveyard shift before working up to…
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