The great thing about the
Shack Shine Franchise Owner - Tampa, FL
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The great thing about the
It’s been an incredible journey. I mean, there were times when I was working at a call center and money was so tight… Now, I have a beautiful home on an acre of land. We’re talking about expanding the kitchen, and we're looking at new vehicles for my wife.
Owning a
Our success… it’s about building a relationship. So I’m a trusted person, who is sitting and having coffee with the potential customer for an hour and a half, talking about their kids and their dogs and more than just painting. It becomes a relationship. That’s how I close 70 plus percent of all the estimates I go out on.
In 2020, we projected around $30 million in total revenue. We employ over 300 teammates. And if you had asked me: “Josh, did you see that this was going to happen when you first got into it?” I would say, “Absolutely not.”
Our goal next year is a million dollars in growth, a million dollars, which sounds ridiculous.
Three years ago I said, “Okay, in order for us to grow the business to $5 million, then $10 million, I need to change the way in which I work.” And that’s meant me really just learning how to be a better leader, to create a better organization here for everyone to work at. Evolving personally and professionally as a leader is really exciting to do. And it's showing dividends because we're having our best growth ever.
I’ve done five years now… and between both businesses we’ll do a million this year - but I think the first million is the hardest. I think it’ll actually get easier to get to the second million. So in another five years, between four and seven million probably.
For me, [success is] building leaders in my business. That’s a big part of how over the last five years, my role has changed in the business from… running around doing everything I can myself, to building people and building my team.
When I first started out, someone asked me, “Well, what do you think you'll do annually for revenue?” And I had no clue. I was thinking $300,000, $400,000 a year would be satisfying. I look back, and it’s such an experience to compare that mindset to where I’m at now - and realizing that if you build it correctly, follow the formula, and have a plan in place, there’s no limit to the growth. I'm going to break 2 million, and that’s the goal. It’s not an if, it’s just a matter of when.