PODCAST: HOW DOG HAUS CARVED ITS OWN NICHE
Fast-casual concepts weren’t always in love with the idea of franchising. But the three founders of Dog Haus thought differently. Quasim Riaz, Hagop Giragossian, and Andre Vener—the trio who came together to launch Dog Haus in Pasadena, California, in 2010—decided to franchise after they’d only opened a handful of locations.

