Joshua Brasure is a Marine Corps veteran who struggled with missing important family events like the birth of his first child due to deployments. He wanted to find flexible work that allowed him to spend more time with his family, so he became a franchisee for GameTruck, a mobile video game theater company. The training from GameTruck prepared him well to run his own business and provided ongoing support. As a GameTruck franchisee, he now has a much better work-life balance and is able to be with his family for important occasions, which has been a significant improvement over his time in the military.

1. GameTruck
Joshua Brasure is a
Marine Corps Veteran,
a stay-at-home dad
and an accomplished
business owner who
has found success in
joining GameTruck as a
franchisee.
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GameTruck is a mobile video game
theater company that brings people
together to enjoy gaming in an interactive
multiplayer environment. The video game
parties feature all the latest consoles
including Xbox 360,PS3 and Wii and
can accommodate a minimum of sixteen
players. In addition to video games, they
also offer laser tag parties that take place
outside of the theater and are complete
with specialty missions, challenges and
obstacles.
During Mr. Brasure’s eight years with
the Marine Corps he’s been deployed
three times, twice to Iraq and once
to Afghanistan. During one of the
deployments he unfortunately was forced
to watch his first daughter being born on
a web cam. Having missed out on such
a miracle, Joshua knew he wouldn’t miss
another special moment like that in his
family’s life, and needed to find a career
that provided him with the flexibility to do
just that.
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“I’ve done a lot of deployments, and
unfortunately missed out on many events
in my kids’ lives. I knew it was time to
be home with my kids and my wife. We
have been together for almost nine years,
and my wife had to take care of the kids
when I was away for as many as seven or
eight months at a time. I missed my first
child being born, I missed birthdays, I
missed lots of things. We talked about it
and as much as I loved the Marine Corps
very much, I wanted to do something that
I loved just as much, but could be with my
family at the same time,” recalled Joshua.
The Veteran learned about GameTruck
while he was working as a land surveyor
in Charlotte, North Carolina and was
surprised with the fact that GameTruck
parties were booked three months in
advance. Hearing about GameTruck’s
popularity and its veteran discount
offering for Vets prompted Mr. Brasure to
research the company and how to become
a franchisee.
“I thought that was very interesting, so
I did a lot of research and found out the
company is very veteran friendly. I started
talking to them and I was hooked from the
beginning,” said Joshua.
The veteran started the franchising process
in October 2013 and bought his franchise
in April 2014. In fact, he decided to begin
the process before he had completed his
time with the military.
“It was an extremely hard transition. The
hardest part was that the military takes
very good care of you, in all aspects, with
your money, housing, food, medical and
a lot of people don’t realize that when
you get out you’re on your own and you
suddenly have to take care of all those
things. Especially for me, since I have a
family; I had to make sure they were taken
care of,” said Mr. Brasure.
Thankfully for Joshua, GameTruck’s
training process involves step-by-step
phases with education to help candidates
get to the next level. The company
considers everyone a member of their
team and their success rate is linked to
consistent support, growth and overall
strength in the brand. Franchisee training
helps operators run their business
from start to finish including incoming
customer phone calls to hosting parties
and maintaining their rig. Joshua said that
every single time he reaches out to the
corporate offices for support he gets the
answers he needs.
“The training was amazing. They gave
me everything I needed and they were
nothing but helpful. I am a very outgoing
person, even if I have one question I
will call someone and there is always
someone there. I created a great working
relationship with the corporate offices
and that continues today. They made it as
simple as possible even though it is not an
easy process,” explained the franchisee.
Joshua has found a very big difference
in his work-life balance since he became
a GameTruck franchisee. Of course he
is now out of the Marine Corps and no
longer finds himself being sent away, and
thankfully he now has the ability to work
from home and be more available to his
family whenever he’s needed.
Now that Joshua works from home, he is
able to pick his kids up from school and
never misses a birthday party, a school
concert or a sporting event. He can commit
to his family and work his business around
their needs.
“The work-life balance is almost unreal.
It is like a dream in comparison,” he said.
“When my kids come home from school, I
am there waiting for them.”
Joshua Brasure wants veterans to know
that their potential does not peak with the
military.
“After leaving the military, veterans may
think they have to get a regular job just
to pay the bills. I want them to know that
we have a lot out there for us and that they
need to take that leap. I was scared to
death but looking back I am glad that I did
it, because there are so many great things
that have happened for me since then. I
am just a regular guy but there are a lot of
great things out there that we are entitled
to and we don’t have to settle. I hope
people look at their options and think to
themselves ‘hey, maybe I can do this too.’”
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Joshua Brasure