The Tamil Creator Podcast (EP #84): Piraveen Sivalingam - His Entrepreneurial Journey As A Boston Pizza Franchise Owner

"Piraveen Sivalingam joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how he got into the franchising game, doing business with family, missing out on fun with friends/family when he was younger because of the responsibilities that came with being a business owner, the future of franchise businesses, the challenge of finding good staff post-pandemic, not paying himself for the first couple years of running the business, and so much more."

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Oct 16, 2022

Ara Ehamparam

Business Owner

Toronto, Canada

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He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how he got into the franchising game, doing business with family, missing out on fun with friends/family when he was younger because of the responsibilities that came with being a business owner, the future of franchise businesses, the challenge of finding good staff post-pandemic, not paying himself for the first couple years of running the business, and so much more.

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Timestamps

00:19 - Franchising and how Ara found this week’s guest
01:22 - Ara introduces Piraveen Sivalingam
01:56 - How Piraveen became a franchisee; his family’s involvement with restaurants
04:39 - The challenges of him and his brother being young entrants into the franchisee world
06:53 - Doing business with family; what Piraveen would do different if he started again
08:14 - Why his dad became a franchisee; what else Piraveen wants to be a franchisee for
12:52 - Will franchise businesses like A&W and McDonald’s continue to thrive?
14:29 - The challenge of finding good staff post-pandemic
16:40 - What does Piraveen’s day to day look like now, versus when he first started?
18:53 - Being a young franchisee while all his friends were partying
20:34 - The sacrifices of pursuing entrepreneurship
23:13 - Where Piraveen see himself in 10 years; expanding
25:35 - The process of buying a Boston Pizza
27:32 - Piraveen’s relationship with money; side hustles, real estate, and more
29:08 - His connection to the Tamil community
30:50 - Piraveen’s biggest failures/learning lessons over the last 3-5 years
32:02 - The first 100K being the hardest to make; setting aside a failure/learning budget
35:55 - His strategy for driving sales at Boston Pizza
37:29 - What he would tell his 16-year-old self
39:05 - How he wants to be remembered by his friends and family
39:57 - Creator Confessions
51:29 - The Wrap Up