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Franchise Success Formulas120. Understanding Commercial Leases with Taj Adhav, Founder of LeasecakeManaging leases goes far beyond paperwork—it’s about protecting your profits and your best-performing stores. In this interview, Aicha Bascaro talks with Taj Adhav, founder of Leasecake, about the key elements every franchisee should understand in their lease agreements, what terms can and should be negotiated, and the hidden details that could cost you big if overlooked.
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2025-10-0449 min
Walking With Walfinch#31 - The Intersection of Private Equity and Franchising - Taj AdhavIn this episode of Walking with Walfinch, Taj Adhav, the founder of Leasecake, discusses the importance of lease and location management for multi-unit operators and franchisors. The conversation explores the role of private equity in franchising, the impact of technology on operations, and the challenges faced by franchisees in real estate. Taj shares insights on the growing diversity in franchising and offers advice for aspiring franchisees and franchisors. Chapters00:00 Introduction to Leasecake and the Franchise Landscape02:59 The Role of Private Equity in Franchising05:55 Technology's Impact on Franchise Operations08:51 Franchising Diversity and Personal Experiences11:59 Real Estate Challenges for Franchisees14:55 Advice...
2025-07-0920 min
Room For SecondsOptimizing Real Estate Management for Restaurants with Taj AdhavEpisode SummaryIn this episode of Room for Seconds, Gregg Majewski sits down with Taj Adhav, Founder of Leasecake to discuss the evolving world of real estate in the restaurant industry. The two leaders touch on topics such as optimizing real estate management, embracing diverse perspectives and the power of networking.Catch our key takeaways below or stop by our blog to catch a full write-up of today's episode.Takeaways:Connecting Real Estate Management for Restaurants - In 2017, Taj Adhav had a...
2024-08-0634 minAdvus After HoursHelping Retailers & Restaurant Brands Grow Faster - Taj Adhav of LeasecakeOur guest this week is Taj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake, a service that makes managing a portfolio of leased properties easy and accessible for tenants and brokers. Taj discusses moving to Orlando from Canada when he was 17, how his time at Disney helped him realize he wasn’t a great CPA and also prepared him for working in startups, pitching Leasecake at Techstars, growing a startup in Orlando, and more.
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2023-04-1344 min
BUILDERSTaj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake: $17 Million Raised to Make Lease and Location Management EasyIn today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Taj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake, a location management platform that’s raised over $17 Million in funding, about why it’s time the commercial leasing industry got its own version of LinkedIn or Uber, and how Leasecake believes they’ve got what it takes to claim the space. Through empathy and building trust with their clients, Leasecake is able to provide simple, streamlined solutions to some of the sector’s most acute pain points, saving time and money for tenants and property owners alike.
We also speak about how Taj’s ea...
2023-03-3128 minBUILDERSTaj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake: $17 Million Raised to Make Lease and Location Management EasyIn today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Taj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake, a location management platform that’s raised over $17 Million in funding, about why it’s time the commercial leasing industry got its own version of LinkedIn or Uber, and how Leasecake believes they’ve got what it takes to claim the space. Through empathy and building trust with their clients, Leasecake is able to provide simple, streamlined solutions to some of the sector’s most acute pain points, saving time and money for tenants and property owners alike.
We also speak about how Taj’s ea...
2023-03-3128 min
The Hospitality Hangout | Restaurant Industry Trends & Hospitality LeadersBest of Who Would You BeatThis month on Hospitality Hangout, Michael Schatzberg “The Restaurant Guy” and Jimmy Frischling “The Finance Guy” are taking a break from their usual interview episodes and bringing you a Best Of season of all your favorite segments. They bring back “Best Of” old favorites such as “Which Came First” and “The Crystal Ball Moment.”In this episode they feature a Best Of Who Would You Beat Quickfire question with special guest and Co Founder & CEO at Chowly, Inc., Sterling Douglass. Schatzberg and Frischling would ask each guest who they would choose to have better odds of beating in a selected game...
2022-09-0632 min
The Hospitality Hangout | Restaurant Industry Trends & Hospitality LeadersStreamlining Lease and Location Management Operations | Season 7, Vol. 12: LeasecakeIn the latest episode of Hospitality Hangout, Michael Schatzberg “The Restaurant Guy” and Jimmy Frischling “ The Finance Guy” chat with Taj Adhav, chief executive officer at Leasecake, a platform that lets tenants, brokers and landlords manage location-related services, ranging from lease management to lease accounting to insurance agreements. Adhav shares his background and says, “So you know, first generation kid, youngest son of an immigrant family. My parents said hey you better get into business so I was a CPA for fifteen years, big four, spent a decade at Disney as an imagineer being involved in lots of large s...
2022-07-2640 min
What's Your F'ing Business?®Navigating What's Ahead for 2022 with our Panel of Experts"Franchisors have to soar with their strengths and manage their weaknesses…" said Sean Falk, Commercial Lines Specialist at Hylant in a group discussion of the challenges and opportunities that await franchisors in 2022. Join Dawn Kane, Co-founder and CEO of Hot Dish Advertising, Michael Ianuzzi, CPA, Partner and Co-Practice Leader in Franchising at Citrin Cooperman, Michelle Rowan, COO and President of Franchise Business Review, Sherri Seiber, President of FranFund, Ty Brewster, Retail Broker at Locate.ai, Taj Adhav CEO of Leasecake and Amy Cheng, Founding Partner of ChengCohen law firm in a discussion of the changes that are happening in 2022 and h...
2022-02-1652 min
Passage to Profit Show - Road to EntrepreneurshipBakelite: The Story of the Father of Modern Plastics w/ Hugh Karraker & John Maher, 09-12-2021 Hugh Karraker & John Maher are creators of the documentary, “All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic”. It is one of several documentary features from Director John Maher (Throw it Down), that arrived on multiple digital platforms on June 29, 2021 worldwide. In partnership with Bitmax, Executive Producer Hugh Karraker is bringing his great-grandfather Leo Baekeland’s story to iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, VUDU and more to six continents. The documentary is about Leo Baekeland, a Belgian industrial chemist who forever changed the world. Baekeland was best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and, more importantly, Bakelite in 190...
2021-09-1454 min
Forward Thinking Founders565 - Taj Adhav (Leasecake) On Building The The OS for Location ManagementTaj Adhav is the co-founder of Leasecake, which is the operating system for location management. Leasecake is the sole source of truth that helps business owners stay on top of all the time-sensitive, mission-critical events in their business.
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2021-03-1113 min