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Growing from $2M to $15M in 20 months with the Right Systems and Mindset

πŸ“… July 19, 2022 ⏱️ 1:12:01 🎀 Lance Bachmann, Tommy Mello

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  • 0:00
    Intro: Lance Bachmann, 1SEO and home service
  • 3:17
    Systems fail most people who don't dig in
  • 12:58
    Branding with KickCharge and Dan Antonelli
  • 16:12
    Why the same owners stay stuck at conferences
  • 19:26
    Charlotte vs. Philadelphia markets
  • 22:40
    Defining success: family over cars and houses
  • 25:51
    Building wealth with cash flow and property
  • 32:18
    Can the owner still run every sales call?
  • 35:32
    HVAC seasonality and margins
  • 48:28
    Coaching an owner to raise prices
  • 51:40
    Business partnerships are like marriage
  • 1:10:56
    Just do one thing and move forward

Speakers

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Lance Bachmann
Founder, 1SEO Digital Agency & Home Service Owner
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Tommy Mello
Host / Founder, A1 Garage Door Service

Key Takeaways

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Growing from $2M to $15M in 20 months came down to installing the right systems and refusing to let the owner remain the bottleneck on every function.

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Owners who attend the same conferences year after year but stay the same size never change because they never actually implement what they learn.

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Real success is measured in vacations, quality time, and being present with family, not cars or houses β€” define the win before you chase revenue.

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The smartest wealth play for a successful operator is using the business's cash flow to buy property and build assets around a network of people who can educate you.

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Even a great salesman can't personally run every sales call at scale, so the job becomes building a sales team and process that sells as well as you do.

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HVAC seasonality means roughly four months carry the year, so plan slower months and margin dips deliberately instead of being caught off guard.

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Business partnerships fail like marriages when partners don't define terms in black and white up front, so agree on the hard scenarios before you start.

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The single most important move for any owner is to just do one thing and move forward β€” like going to the gym, momentum compounds after day one.

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