Michael Girdley (@Girdley) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Johnny Robinson (@SqueegeeGod) in this episode. We talked about getting inspired to launch a business, building an online presence while differentiating from your competitors, W2 employees vs. 1099 workers, entrepreneurship learnings, maintaining successful business relationships, subcontracting as a growth medium, and much more!

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Show Notes:

0:00 Intro1:03 Microacquire2:58 Johnny’s LLC and background5:11 How is the operation of your business currently?7:12 What did you study in school, and how did you find your way into entrepreneurship?9:47 How did you manage to go from operating your business to passive ownership?13:53 What have you learned by hiring W-2 employees and subcontracting through 1099s? What did you choose to scale up?18:38 Do your subcontractors represent your Brand?20:41 How is your customer acquisition funnel built? Can you walk us through your operation stack?21:47 How did you build a brand and differentiate yourself online? What’s your take on Yelp?28:00 What is your formula for home services businesses?33:41 How big can window cleaning businesses get? Which additional complementary services can you stack together? 37:29 What’s the story after the Covid bump you suffered back in 2020?42:27 Tell us about your crazy hiring stories

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Past guests on Acquanon include Nick Huber, Brent Beshore, Aaron Rubin, Mike Botkin, Ari Ozick, Mitchell Baldridge, Xavier Helgelsen, Mike Loftus, Steve Divitkos, Dzmitry Miranovich, Morgan Tate and more.

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