Creating a High-Performing and Happy Workplace
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Tommy Mello
4.8 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Wilson is the CEO and President at Buzz Franchise Brands, the multi-brand franchising company that’s home to well-recognized home service brands, such as Mosquito Joe, Pool Scouts, and Home Clean Heroes. Buzz Franchise Brands was named as one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2017, while Mosquito Joe has received several awards, including the prestigious FBR50 Franchisee Satisfaction Award from Franchise Business Review. In this episode, we talked about marketing, hiring, franchising...
Note: Since this interview was conducted, Buzz Franchise Brands sold the Mosquito Joe business. They continue to operate Pool Scouts and Home Clean Heroes, which are both franchising, and intend to continue launching new brands in the years ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Home Service Expert podcast with Tommy Mello. |
| 0:03.5 | Let's talk about bringing in some more money for your home service business. |
| 0:07.2 | Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs and experts in various fields, |
| 0:14.6 | like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership, to find out what's really behind their success in business. |
| 0:21.6 | Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello. |
| 0:30.5 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:31.7 | Welcome back to the Home Service Expert, where we're going to talk about things to grow your |
| 0:36.0 | business. |
| 0:36.6 | Today I have Kevin Wilson |
| 0:38.1 | on the line and Kevin comes from quite the background. He's done a lot of different investments. |
| 0:43.4 | He's taken companies public. He started several franchises. Kevin, do you want to talk a little |
| 0:49.8 | bit about what you've done in the past and why our listeners should be listening right now? |
| 0:55.7 | Sure, Tommy. And it's nice to join you here. My background, in a nutshell, I started my career |
| 1:02.4 | after college working for a management consulting firm called Bain & Company. For those of you that |
| 1:07.3 | don't know Bain, it's considered one of the large strategic consulting firms, and most of our clients were a very large Fortune 500 companies. |
| 1:15.0 | I did that for several years in the Toronto office and then down in the Dallas office |
| 1:19.1 | where I spent most of my time. |
| 1:20.7 | I always wanted to get back and start my own business. |
| 1:23.9 | I was very entrepreneurial throughout high school and university. |
| 1:29.4 | And so I left Bain to start a retail business. I was very entrepreneurial throughout high school and university. And so I left Bain to start a retail bagel store called Benny's Bagels and did it with a couple partners. |
| 1:35.1 | We grew that business to it 30 locations over a few years. And then we ended up selling it. |
| 1:40.5 | All the stores were in Texas. Some are still there. We ended up selling it. And then |
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