Project Deep End

Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to this podcast. Unfortunately I'm reading the writing on the wall. It's time to hang it up

Pretty tired today so I thought it was important to record that. This podcast is about documenting the REAL journey of building a business. And today I am really tired. That's just how it is sometimes.

Today I'm talking about where we are at and where we are going. Let's dive in.

Today I'm talking about a deal I'm looking at and sharing how I think about these kinds of route acquisition deals on general.

Today I'm talking about the way I handle standard wear and tear repairs

It's Friday. Here's where my heads at.

Today I'm talking about my problem with truck maintenance.

Today I'm answering a question I got from a listener yesterday about how I find employees. This is my entire process and philosophy behind it. It's not perfect but it has served me well. Hopefully it can serve you too.

It's a common stereotype that entrepreneurs sacrifice their family relationships for the business. Today I'm talking about how I fell into this trap, and what I'm going to do about it.

Here are my top 5 lessons learned after my first year in business.

Recapping the last hard week of the quarter. Happy Friday!

Today I'm talking about a hard conversation I had to have with an employee and the reality of facing this when becoming an employer. Food for thought for anyone thinking about building a team.

Today I have no pools assigned to me. This is the first time since starting my company that I have my team doing all of the weekly service. In my first year I thought this meant I had done it. I had finished....but now I know better. We really just got to the starting line.

It was a long day. Here's the recap.

Today I'm diving into some mistakes I made with a couple of my customers and how I resolved them.

Wanted to follow up on yesterday's episode. Goals come and go, but the process is constant. There are highs and lows to this journey. Achieving goals is great. Missing the mark sucks. But at the end of the day I'm in it for the work.

In the spirit of documenting the real journey of building a business, I'm sharing how I've been doing recently....which is not great. I've been feeling super over worked and have started to get pretty short with people. It's something I'm working on resolving but it's a byproduct of this process of building the business, and I want to stay true to the spirit of what I'm doing with Project Deep End...

Today I'm talking about a new way that I will be handling difficult customers that at one point I would just drop. Let's dive into it.

We are about 2/3rds of the way done with quarter 1. Let's talk about what our goals were and where we are at with them.

Last night I got some amazing advice from the guys at Pool Nation Podcast while they were doing their instagram love show. Let's dig into some of my takeaways.

Today I'm updating everyone on where we are at. Our location deal, our recruiting and what we are preparing for. Let's dive into it.

I can't stand people who I give a price range to over the phone, only to have then try to haggle the price lower than the ranges I prequoted. Today I'm talking about deciding to shift this perspective to be more constructive. Let's dive into it.

Been working on a large route acquisition, and yesterday it fell through. This happens in business and in life, and like most of the other "negative" things that happen, it is actually a positive. Let's talk about it.

Today I'm talking about why I believe it's important for me to stay in the field doing route work, even though I technical don't have to be.

2 months left in the quarter, and we've got a LOT to do.