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Meet Kristin Selmeczy
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by Elizabeth Denham
About Kristin
Kristin Selmeczy, Million Dollar Mentor and Pillars of Franchising’s CEO, owns Molly Maid of Bloomingdale and Mt. Prospect. She has extensive experience in customer service and relationship management in the retail and service industry as well as in HR practices, project management, networking and leadership skills. As of 2021, she has 15 years of experience in buying, selling and expanding franchises. She also has practical experience in new business growth and business acquisition with a consistent focus on key metrics to ensure profitability and satisfaction with a franchise system and brand.
Kristin also serves on the board of Ms. Molly, a nonprofit organization supporting victims of domestic violence across the United States through various fundraising and awareness campaigns. Ms. Molly supports numerous shelters and has distributed more than one million dollars in donations.
About Kristin’s Career
Kristin’s journey in franchising began 15 years ago after a long, corporate day in a terrible snowstorm. She picked her kids up from daycare and began the journey home that took just over 3 hours. No formula, no diaper or clean clothes left. With two hours to go and two crying kids, Kristin called her husband and said, “This is so wrong. I’m not doing this anymore… not to myself or the kids.” And she never looked back.
Her first year as a Molly Maid franchisee, she was Rookie of the Year. The second year, she acquired her first additional territory. The one thing that became clear was that the territory size she originally purchased was not large enough to hit the million-dollar target she had set for herself. It was this first expansion that taught her
about the importance of market demographics. She expanded again in 2014 and again in 2018.
Franchising has allowed Kristin to be a present and involved mother for all three of her children. She has been available for classroom parties, sports, theatre, karate, all of the things her divorced and working parents couldn’t be.
“My husband and I decided early on that the business we chose had to allow for those things,” Kristin said. “While there are many material things you could talk about, time with my family has been the single most fulfilling thing my Molly Maid franchise has given me,”
Kristin’s Mentorship
When mentoring, one thing Kristin does differently than others is that she focuses on the future vision someone has.
“I am not a hard-core numbers person,” she said. “I never have been. But what I do have is HR and training background. I focus on “fit” from the other side of the numbers. I think that’s what makes working with our Pillars Team so great! I will always take my mentee and ensure we also involve one of the guys who are strong in financials to ensure that part of the formula works too! It’s about knowing your strengths and having partners that complement your skillset!”
Kristin firmly believes you can’t choose a franchise simply for the money, nor for the lifestyle - it must be both. There are many great models out there that people haven’t even heard of yet. Emerging brands are popping up all of the time!
“I think our Million Dollar Mentor team approach to helping others is the way buying a franchise should be done,” Kristin noted. “Teamwork provides so much more than individuals could provide alone!”
