University drop out turned hyper successful JUNK MAN, Brian shares openly about his life of entrepreneurship. Brian discusses how he convinced his father that dropping out of school to start a junk business was a good idea, and why hiring an ex Starbucks executive turned out to be a huge failure …
We explore a number of topics in this episode including:
- How Brian decides what businesses to work on and launch
- Why Brian loves the Starbucks model
- How 1800 GOT JUNK is really about exceptional customer experience
- Why for Entrepreneurs, the best way to learn is outside the classroom
- Why friends and business partners don’t always mix
- Finding the right COO, and the climb from $2 to $100 Mil (and beyond)
- The practice of using the “4 H’s” to find the right franchise owners
- Dailly routines, exercise, and the power of “re-charging” and “going dark”
- Gratitude practice and the power of “little moments”
