With a track record of having built 187 coffee bars, our Founders launch
“possibly the most advanced start-up in franchise history”
– Entrepreneur Magazine
Our Founders have been featured in:
Meet Our Founders
Meet our Founders Ray Pel, Tom Matzen & Simon Hedley.
Meet Our Founders
RAY PEL
FOUNDER & CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER
We are excited to have Ray Pel on our Senior Team and Partner in the Franchisor, as Mountain Region Regional Franchisor and lead on the Phoenix & Las Vegas Area Development Agreement at Links Golf Cafe. Ray is an accomplished professional who recently held the position of National Director of Growth at Real Broker. With a remarkable tenure spanning over 30 years in management and ownership, Ray possesses an extensive skill set encompassing growth strategies, leadership, management, training, sales, and service excellence. His career includes Allstate Financial, Keller Williams, National Fitness Corporation, and eXp Realty, as well as smaller to mid-sized companies such as Hart’s Athletic Clubs, NRU, and regional fitness chains. Ray has purchased the Mountain Region, Phoenix & Las Vegas Area Development Agreements.
TOM MATZEN
FOUNDER & CEO
Tom is a serial entrepreneur, started 94 businesses, and built some 187 coffee bars. He also wrote the #1 best selling book on the topic with some 192,000 copies sold in 21 languages.
Authority entrepreneurs hire Tom to build seven and eight figure enterprises by helping them package their wisdom and knowledge and build a global movement in the process. Tom has made and lost millions, multiple times.
Today, along with Simon, their launching the world’s first golf cafe franchise, Links Golf Cafe and they co-founded the Raving Fans For Life Academy.
SIMON HEDLEY
FOUNDER & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the UK and spent over ten years working in financial services, from audit and assurance consultancy at Price WaterhouseCoopers, through to Investment Banking encompassing Product Development, Structuring and Investment Management at Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN Amro.
Today, as a Strategic Alchemist to individuals, businesses and corporations, Simon helps them create and optimise systems that provide increased sales and profit growth through proven implementable models.
Founders Have Been Featured In
Testimonials About Our Founders
RICH SCHEFREN
OWNER STRATEGIC PROFITS
"Tom is someone I've known for quite a long time. He's been in the game of entrepreneurship for 37 years; he's had 80 plus businesses. He's made millions, he's lost millions, and he's made them again. So he really comes from the school of hard knocks, he's the real deal. He's with Jay Abraham and I on different activities that we had in the past.
Widely recognized as an Internet marketing pioneer and one of the world's top experts on online business strategy."
Dr Paul Thind
Investor
“I have known Simon for over a decade. We met when he joined ABN AMRO Bank when I worked there as Head of New Product Development. Simon joined the front office team of Retail Trading and Structuring. I left ABN AMRO in September 2007 and we have remained as friends since.
Simon has many skills encompassing technology, communications and innovation. Simon drives honest advice and is helpful with out-of-the-box thinking.
Simon can give valuable inputs on many different projects across the technology spectrum.”
DEB LEWIS, COL. RET.
FOUNDER MENTALLY TOUGH WOMEN
“I’m a combat veteran and Harvard MBA. I’m also very grateful I met Tom. He’s an open book with tons of experience and talent. Tom and his group of dedicated entrepreneurs made it clear that service and impact are at the top of their priorities, plus they guarantee results and income every step of the way.
When I first transitioned out of the military, I wish I’d met Tom and his team. I’d have saved tons of time, aggravation, and $1000s down the drain, stuck on tactics that missed the strategies to achieve desired results. If you want to build a business that helps more people with your expertise, Tom’s team is an amazing investment with a triple guarantee.”
LYNN ROSE
FOUNDER/CEO OF WOWMAKER
"Simon blew me away with the degree to which he followed through on what he said he'd do.
He had brilliant ideas on how to extend the concept of our project we'd been working on (which excited and impressed me) AND, he came to the rescue while we were having horrendous troubles with our web guys and looking like we might miss a crucial deadline, Simon calmly stepped in and made it happen effortlessly. There's no doubt that Simon is filled with brilliance, clear ideas and brimming with passion. Best part is, when he says he will get something done, he does. And THAT is a rare commodity in this world.
I have much thanks in my heart for what he's done for us."
Why consider a franchise instead of building it on your own?
The advantage comes down to three key factors: proven systems, strategic buying power, and marketing designed to drive results.
At Links Golf Cafe™, this is amplified by our AI Revenue Operating System and eight integrated revenue streams - working together to simplify operations, increase efficiency, and maximize performance across every location.
Our Five Stage Franchise
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