A short YouTube conversation led by Mike Andes (founder of Augusta Lawn Care) advising a pool company owner on scaling revenue from $300,000 toward $1M. The dialogue covers hiring a general manager, expanding the team, establishing systems, cash-flow concerns, and customer perceptions about service value.
It could be two and a half years before you actually make money on these. Today we're figuring out how to take a $300,000 pool company and make it a million dollars in annual revenue.
Some customers think, you know, what are we paying for? You know, you're only here for 15 minutes.
My name is Mike Andes. I'm the founder of Augusta Lawn Care. We have over 150 locations around the world. What do you want to do?
I don't know. I'm always. I'm always worried.
Okay. Why are you so afraid of everything? This owner needs to be able to hire general manager. You get any calls at all?
Not yet, no.
Scale up his team and do so without losing all the money that's in the bank.
I think I boug 10 pools for 20 grand. So.
10 pools, 20 grand.
It's pretty bad. I'm not where I need to be. You know, he'll.
Need to hire a manager. He'll need to hire more employees. He'll have to create more systems and procedures. And if your age is the excuse you're using.
Yeah, both my guys are, like, 40. These guys could be my dad.
Well, you're gonna have to wait then, I guess, until you're older. And if someone's like, you should go to school. You won't even think about it. You'd be like, go fly a kite. Like, I got this million dollar business I built.
I mean, it seems cool now, but I don't know. Things change so quick.
