Transforming From A One-Man Show To An Employee-Centric Business
The Home Service Expert Podcast
Tommy Mello
4.8 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Mark Stoner’s fair share of failures has made him into the success that he is today. He went from running a one-man chimney sweeping business to turning it into a multi-million dollar business. Today, Mark Stoner owns and runs Ashbusters Chimney Service, the third largest chimney sweep operation in the U.S, and is the author of Blue Collar Gold: How To Build A Service Business From The Dirt Up. In this episode, we talked about hiring, leadership, company culture...
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Home Service Expert podcast with Tommy Mello. |
| 0:03.7 | Let's talk about bringing in some more money for your home service business. |
| 0:07.4 | Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs |
| 0:12.8 | and experts in various fields, like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership to find out |
| 0:18.6 | what's really behind their success in business. |
| 0:21.8 | Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello. |
| 0:32.0 | Okay, so I'm here with Mark Stoner. |
| 0:34.8 | You're listening to the Home Service expert. |
| 0:37.1 | Mark comes from a very deep background |
| 0:39.6 | in chimney sweeping, believe it or not. And he's done some amazing things in the home service niche. |
| 0:45.7 | And I'm really excited to have him on today. Mark, how's your day going? |
| 0:49.4 | Hey, thanks for having me, Tommy. I'm excited to be here. Day is good. It's in Chimmy Day every day, and I love it. |
| 0:56.9 | All right. |
| 0:57.6 | Well, I don't know a lot about chimney cleaning, per se. |
| 1:01.0 | I just had to get a chimney replaced about a month ago in Michigan on one of my rentals. |
| 1:05.6 | But tell me a little bit about how you got into the niche and what you've been through and where you're at today. |
| 1:11.3 | Sure. Thanks for asking. I basically got into the business. My house had on fire from a chimney |
| 1:17.7 | on Christmas Eve when I was about 14 years old and I knew kind of that horror and kind of |
| 1:25.0 | the terror that could happen with a fire from the chimney. |
| 1:28.9 | A couple of years later, I was in college and I was actually doing a business course |
| 1:34.4 | and we did a mock business startup. |
| 1:36.7 | And, you know, part of the course was find a business that you could start and let's act |
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