Building a Business That Thrives Without You with Mike Andes
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Tommy Mello
4.8 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Tommy sits down with Mike Andes, CEO of Augusta Lawn and host of the Home Service Millionaire podcast. Mike discusses his journey in the landscaping industry, the challenges of franchising, and the importance of building systems in your business. They discuss the challenges faced by young entrepreneurs and the strategies for turning around struggling businesses, emphasizing the need for a mindset shift towards profitability and growth.
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| 0:00.0 | Think of your career in 10-year swings. |
| 0:02.0 | And if you think of that way in your 20s, you have five, six solid swings left in you. |
| 0:06.2 | And if you actually committed yourself for 10 years, and let's just say it didn't work out, |
| 0:09.4 | I happen to believe you would have learned so much more and gone so much deeper in that industry, |
| 0:13.0 | your second swing would be that much more precise. |
| 0:15.3 | Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week, Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs and experts in various |
| 0:22.2 | fields like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership to find out what's really behind their success |
| 0:28.7 | in business. Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello. Before we get started, |
| 0:35.7 | I wanted to share two important things with you. First, I want you to |
| 0:38.9 | implement what you learned today. To do that, you'll have to take a lot of notes, but I also want you to |
| 0:44.0 | fully concentrate on the interview. So I ask the team to take notes for you. Just text notes, |
| 0:49.9 | N-O-T-E-S, to 888-526-1299. That's 888-5-2-6-1-E-S to 888-526-1299. |
| 0:55.4 | That's 888-526-1299, and you'll receive a link to download the notes from today's episode. |
| 1:03.2 | Also, if you haven't got your copy of my newest book, Elevate, please go check it out. |
| 1:08.0 | I'll share with you how I attracted and developed a winning team that |
| 1:10.9 | helped me build a $200 million company in 22 states. Just go to elevate and win.com |
| 1:16.3 | 4.com to get your copy. Now let's go back into the interview. |
| 1:20.3 | All right. Welcome back to the home service expert. I got a special one for you guys today. |
| 1:24.7 | Mike Andy's is here. I've known Mike for a long time now. I spoke at your event, I don't know, |
| 1:29.1 | six years ago now. Has it been that long? I think it's been three or four. Three or four. Time flies. |
| 1:35.0 | The funny thing is, is Mike's a badass when it comes to landscaping. And I had a landscaping company |
| 1:41.3 | in Michigan and Arizona. |
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