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Building A Multi-Million Dollar Business From The Ground Up with Jason Phillips and Tommy Mello

📅 December 25, 2019 ⏱️ 1:01:46 🎤 Jason Phillips, Tommy Mello

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  • 0:00
    Intro
  • 3:16
    Getting licensed in an unregulated trade
  • 6:36
    Working on the business, not in it
  • 13:23
    The daily five-minute standing leadership meeting
  • 16:41
    Using DISC to hire the right people
  • 20:01
    The power of listening in sales
  • 29:55
    The 'would you fight to keep them' hiring test
  • 33:14
    When it fails, start with yourself
  • 36:29
    Top performers never see your job posting
  • 39:47
    Commission structures and paying for value
  • 52:54
    Bringing your team along on the vision
  • 56:11
    Book recommendations and being responsible with money

Speakers

J
Jason Phillips
Home-Service Entrepreneur & Founder (built a multi-million-dollar company from the ground up)
T
Tommy Mello
Host / Founder, A1 Garage Door Service

Key Takeaways

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In unregulated trades where anyone with $500 and an LLC can call themselves a pro, getting properly licensed and certified sets you apart as the real professional.

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Owners who insist nobody can do the work as well as them stay trapped working in their business instead of on it, which caps their growth for life.

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Formal education ending is where most people stop learning; committing to reading and self-development is a rare differentiator that compounds over time.

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A short daily standing leadership meeting keeps the team aligned on what must get done and creates accountability without long, draining sessions.

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Use a framework like DISC to understand personalities so you hire and manage the right people for each role instead of guessing.

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Great salespeople win by listening far more than they talk, letting the customer do most of the talking is often the tell of a guaranteed sale.

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When someone underperforms, start with yourself: either you hired wrong, trained wrong, or managed wrong, rather than blaming the employee.

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Your best future hires already have jobs and will never see your posting, so recruiting A-players requires relationships and referrals, not just ads.

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