Name: Charlotte ETA Meetup x Alex Smereczniak of Franzy
Start: 2025-12-03T23:00:00.000Z
Location: Noble Smoke

**The Charlotte ETA Group is excited to host [Homegrown: Growth capital for the best neighborhood businesses.](https://www.joinhomegrown.com/)** Homegrown is sponsoring the October Meetup (thank you!). Kevin Kim, Partner and Chief Growth Officer will be presenting on their unique value prop to support entrepreneurial business owners with non-dilutive funding!

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**📆 The Charlotte ETA Meetup is held on the first Wednesday** **of every month**. This is a casual and low-key event to get to know the Charlotte ETA community better. This is suited for those new to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition or seasoned investors. We discuss people's past experiences in acquisitions, startups, and the corporate world across various industries.

**💪Collectively, the search community is a powerful one.** Both the process of looking for a business and operating one post-acquisition can be an incredibly challenging road.

**🥩I will arrive early at Noble Smoke and set up for us.** We are so fortunate to have great partners with Noble Smoke who reserve the space for our purpose.

🤝 Networking, then a panel discussion or interview, followed by more networking. Acquisition entrepreneurship is a fabulous space.

Small Business. Acquisitions. And Entrepreneurship.

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Sean Planchard

scott corthell

Jonathan Pottow

Grant Gens

directoutletcharlotte

James Gorzynski

Reggie

Joshua Wylie

Brandon Colton

Dairis Zarins

Andrew Whitney

Ben Richter

Patrick Rivenbark

Kevin Nelson

Mike C. Matthews

Winston

Mason Kochel

Brett Hines

Travis Lynk

Andrew Kolesnikov

Charlotte ETA Meetup x Kevin Kim (Sponsored and Featured by Homegrown)

Noble Smoke

**The Charlotte ETA Group is excited to host [Alan Lochridge](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlochridge/) of [The Stoneman](https://www.stonemanrocks.com/).** Alan Lochridge is a successful self-funded searcher, the owner of The Stoneman, and an absolute athletic beast. (Find him Wednesday and Saturday monrings putting most of his [F3 Brothers](https://f3nation.com/) to shame.) We will be hosting a fireside chat with Alan, where we will go deeper into his search story ([listen to his episode on Acquiring Minds here](https://acquiringminds.co/articles/alan-lochridge-the-stone-man)) and the ups and downs that come from being a business owner.

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**📆 The Charlotte ETA Meetup is held on the first Wednesday** **of every month**. This is a casual and low-key event to get to know the Charlotte ETA community better. This is suited for those new to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition or seasoned investors. We discuss people's past experiences in acquisitions, startups, and the corporate world across various industries.

**💪Collectively, the search community is a powerful one.** Both the process of looking for a business and operating one post-acquisition can be an incredibly challenging road.

**🥩I will arrive early at Noble Smoke and set up for us.** We are so fortunate to have great partners with Noble Smoke who reserve the space for our purpose.

🤝 Networking, then a panel discussion or interview, followed by more networking. Acquisition entrepreneurship is a fabulous space.

Small Business. Acquisitions. And Entrepreneurship.

Mads Adams

Eli Morris

Michael S.

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Charlotte ETA Meetup x Alan "The Stone Man" Lochridge of The Stone Man

🎄 **Special Guest Announcement!** 🎄
We’re excited to welcome **[Alex Smereczniak](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-smereczniak-%F0%9F%A6%81-40310329/)**, Charlotte-based serial entrepreneur and the co-founder & CEO of **[Franzy](Franzy.com)**, as our featured speaker at this year’s **Charlotte** **ETA Holiday Meetup**!

Alex previously co-founded **2ULaundry** and **LaundroLab**, scaling the business from a college startup to a national franchise brand with over 100 units sold. Now, he’s building **Franzy**—a tech platform that’s been called the *Zillow for Franchising*—with a mission to help more people become business owners by making franchise discovery and funding more transparent, accessible, and aligned.

He’ll be sharing lessons from his own journey, why ETA and franchising are more connected than you might think, and how Franzy is helping the next generation of operators find their perfect fit.

🎁 Come for the insights, stay for the ugly sweaters, and don’t miss this chance to connect with fellow entrepreneurs and searchers!

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**📆 The Charlotte ETA Meetup is held on the first Wednesday** **of every month**. This is a casual and low-key event to get to know the Charlotte ETA community better. This is suited for those new to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition or seasoned investors. We discuss people's past experiences in acquisitions, startups, and the corporate world across various industries.

**💪Collectively, the search community is a powerful one.** Both the process of looking for a business and operating one post-acquisition can be an incredibly challenging road.

**🥩I will arrive early at Noble Smoke and set up for us.** We are so fortunate to have great partners with Noble Smoke who reserve the space for our purpose.

🤝 Networking, then a panel discussion or interview, followed by more networking. Acquisition entrepreneurship is a fabulous space.

Small Business. Acquisitions. And Entrepreneurship.

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