Built on Experience. Driven by FranShip®.
FranShip Brands partners with franchise founders and executive teams to build stronger businesses, navigate growth, improve performance, and create long-term enterprise value.
Founded by Kendall Ware, the company brings firsthand executive experience and the FranShip® philosophy together to strengthen franchise organizations and the relationships that drive their success.
Kendall Ware
Founder & CEO | 7× C-Suite Executive
Kendall Ware brings 20 years of experience leading franchise and multi-brand organizations. His career spans executive leadership, franchise ownership, brand expansion, stabilization, turnarounds, mergers, and acquisitions.
Having worked on both sides of the franchise relationship, Kendall understands the challenges facing franchisors and franchisees alike. His experience has shaped a practical approach to leadership that combines strategic direction with firsthand operational understanding.
Former Executive Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Brand President
Chief Operating Officer
Kendall's earlier career included operations, training, and development roles with CiCi's Pizza and Genghis Grill.
Sharing Experience. Advancing Franchising.
Kendall is the author of Built for Franchising, published by Entrepreneur Books, and a keynote speaker who shares his experience and perspectives with franchise owners, executives, and business leaders.
From executive leadership to the keynote stage, Kendall shares practical lessons from 20 years of building, leading, and transforming franchise brands.
Stronger Relationships. Stronger Franchise Organizations.
After years of leading franchise organizations and working directly with franchise owners, Kendall founded FranShip Brands around a fundamental belief: the relationship between franchisors and franchisees is central to the success of the entire system.
That belief is the foundation of FranShip®, a philosophy emphasizing alignment, mutual respect, shared accountability, and long-term success.
FranShip Brands brings this perspective together with firsthand executive experience to help founders and leadership teams navigate growth, strengthen operations, support franchisees, and build organizations positioned for lasting success.