John runs Dynamic Landscapes in Tennessee with $1 million in revenue but negative $400,000 in the bank. He fired his whole team for culture issues and doesn't track any numbers. Mike Andes, who built Augusta LawnC to 190 locations, has six weeks to turn it around.
Negative $400,000.
About $1,000,000.
He fired his entire team.
Six weeks.
Tennessee.
Oh, we have negative $400,000 in the bank. Oh, we should go declare bankruptcy.
It's more than just unprofitable, dude. It's demoralizing.
Today we're in Tennessee visiting John from Dynamic Landscapes.
I don't know any of my numbers. I don't track my KPIs. I'm just good at my job and I can sell water to a fish. I will be successful. Do you understand what I'm saying?
You need to go fly a kite. All of this is.
Meaningless in the moment. Dude, sometimes I just want to quit.
This year, the business is on pace to produce a million dollars in revenue.
We have on the books right now enough secure. A million dollars? They said my business makes no money. They said it don't matter if you make a million if you spend a million. Like, if we're not making money, what are we doing? I might as well do something else.
John recently had to fire his entire team because of bad culture.
I fired everybody.
So much drama and like, victim mentality.
You have to reach a certain pain threshold before you start changing.
I've had it bad. I've had it rough.
That's why success is important for me. I want to change people's lives. Okay, cool.
No one cares. This is the Business Turnaround Show. My name is Mike Andes. I'm the founder of Augusta LawnC. We have over 190 locations around the world and I travel the country fixing struggling businesses. Stop identifying as the hurt entrepreneur instead of like, okay, I'm moving forward. Your identity is not that.
I maybe feel like I don't have all the answers anymore.
Stop talking about stuff. Get over it. Move forward. Be a leader. Our goal is to give John a strategy to turn around the company in the next six weeks.
