Home Service Millionaire with Mike Andes
Home Service Millionaire with Mike Andes
Mike Andes
πŸ”₯ Grow your home service business past $10M πŸ‘‰ https://www.skool.com/boardroom I travel the country fixing struggling businesses. My goal is to make home service business owners rich. I am the founder of Augusta Lawn Care. We have 200+ franchise locations around the world. $75+ annual revenue. I am the founder of Home.works; software built for home service entrepreneurs to grow, without breaking. I have built over 1000 websites for service businesses at Home Service Web Design.
Our Honest Take on Equip Expo | C. Suite 119
- πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/q4Mj6HZ πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/SNEXmqb πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/FaRFn4X ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/02YCauh Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 Equip Expo 2025 Hot Takes for Home Service Owners 00:07:58 Why Event Speakers Must Serve Owners Under $1M 00:13:54 Speak to Serve, Not Perform: How to Teach Your Audience 00:21:11 What Home Service Owners Said at Equip Expo 00:23:55 How to Handle Content Creators Who Criticize You 00:27:29 Visiting a Software Competitor's Booth at Equip Expo 00:33:24 How to Pitch a CEO or High Net Worth Founder 00:39:55 Give Before You Ask: Building Business Relationships
Nov 9
46 min
Why We’re Still Betting on In-Person Events
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/IWq9cCC πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/dFH658V πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/cIAa1jV ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/Qr5f7bz CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Texas Lawn Care Startup: One New Customer a Day 00:03:29 Blue Collar Summit: Only Real Operators on Stage 00:06:36 Why the Conference Loses Money and Still Matters 00:11:15 Documenting Failure: A1 Garage Door's Portland Exit 00:17:26 How to Learn From Other Entrepreneurs' Failures 00:20:29 Zero-Sum Thinking and Comparison in Business 00:28:02 Do Less: Addition by Subtraction for Business Owners 00:33:41 Using AI to Remove Tasks, Not Add Busywork 00:39:06 Learn Sales From People Whose Style You Dislike
Nov 9
41 min
How to Grow a $10,000,000 Home Service Business
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/8CVd94N πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/iNKNlMo πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/fMGg8yU ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/BwSRTs5 Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 Don't Add Services Until Customer Acquisition Cost Requires It 00:05:56 Don't Build Your Home Service Business Around One Employee 00:09:50 Pay for Performance: Align Employee Goals With the Business 00:13:54 Go All In on Technology: CRM, AI and Cards on File 00:17:27 Be Humble and Learn the Skills to Scale Past $3M 00:20:18 Treat Hiring and Onboarding Like Customer Acquisition 00:24:03 Build Business Systems Like Legos, Not Concrete 00:27:43 Leadership Is the Key to Growing From $1M to $10M
Nov 6
32 min
The Business Ideas We Can’t Stop Thinking About
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/NPGzlr2 πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/0kdPsmq πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/rL6w1db ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/PzouXgJ Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 Entrepreneurial Therapy: Business Ideas We Never Launched 00:02:27 A Referral App to Replace Google Ads, LSA and Thumbtack 00:12:07 The Fry Shop: Pay-by-the-Pound Potato Business Idea 00:19:01 Automated Affection: An App to Automate Your Love Life 00:20:52 Building a Persona-Driven Media Business for Preppers 00:26:34 Why a 24/7 Wellness Studio Was Shut Down Before Opening 00:31:57 From a CD Warehouse to a Vending Machine Business 00:35:51 Why Not Start a Marketing Agency for Home Service Owners
Nov 4
38 min
He’s Being Left Stranded With 200 Customers
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/XmL8FPJ πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/xtW7Mzs πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/DmW8Mqh ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/4da8xV5 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Lawn Care Owner Could Lose His Entire Crew Next Year 00:01:52 Build a Hiring System Before You Need It 00:04:44 Stagger Hiring Before Spring Rush to Get the Best Employees 00:06:48 How to Price Variable Landscaping Jobs With Budget Hours 00:10:00 How to Incentivize Technicians to Upsell Customers 00:14:00 Budget Hours: The First Step to Pay for Performance 00:15:06 Why Hourly Crews Forget Equipment and How P4P Fixes It 00:18:43 18-Year-Old Owner Has $30K: Where Should It Go? 00:21:10 Why Customers Build Enterprise Value and Trucks Don't 00:22:52 Recoup Customer Acquisition Cost Within 30 Days 00:25:50 How to Train New Technicians Without Being There 00:28:56 How to Use Service Guarantees to Upsell
Nov 2
30 min
How to Hit Your 2027 Goals in the Next 12 Weeks
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/rjiWi0d πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/MtmAFdA πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/JWrmi5J ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/Rd4Kdj0 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Why Business Owners Should Lock In When Competitors Slow Down 00:02:31 How the Holidays Derail Your Business Goals 00:05:08 Hit Your 2027 Monthly Goals in One Week Each 00:06:29 Hire Technicians and Run Google Ads in the Off Season 00:10:01 Sacrifice or Regret: Compress 12 Months Into 12 Weeks
Oct 30
13 min
6 Books That Changed How We Run Our Businesses
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use πŸ‘‰ https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/kn5sGZu πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/QYzWrcA πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/8gYE0lw ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/GUwaPyw CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 6 Business Books That Shaped How We Grow Businesses 00:04:09 Made in America: Walmart's Lessons on GM Ownership 00:15:02 No BS Time Management: Stop Time Vampires 00:22:22 Staying Connected to Employees as Your Company Grows 00:27:51 Leadership Strategy and Tactics: The Level Up Talk 00:40:08 Ready Fire Aim: Test Offers Fast and Outmarket Rivals 00:49:10 Why Content Beat Paid Ads at Service Autopilot 00:58:29 Relentless: Channel Your Dark Side Into Drive 01:07:00 The Ultimate Sales Machine: Persistence as Strategy 01:16:11 The Dream 100: Spend More to Win Your Ideal Customers
Oct 28
1 hr 20 min
What Happens When You LOCK-IN
The CRM I built for home service owners: https://home.works Get 2 months FREE with TX26 at checkout. Complete the onboarding checklist within 30 days for your second free month. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/2Mbruyw πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/6hCaKpN πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/LclpY3s ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/n5QNVN6 CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Why Home Service Owners Should Lock In for 5 Years 00:02:48 Trade a Victim Mindset for an Ownership Mindset 00:06:09 Skill Acquisition and Staying Teachable to Grow 00:12:07 Losing Shallow Friends and Comfort to Build a Business 00:17:33 Stop Making Excuses for Failed Hires and Marketing
Oct 23
20 min
The Business Rules We No Longer Live By
The CRM I built for home service owners: https://home.works Get 2 months FREE with TX26 at checkout. Complete the onboarding checklist within 30 days for your second free month. πŸ”₯ HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners πŸ‘‰ https://crtrlnk.co/cziNaSK πŸ‘‰ MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/ypNG64s πŸ’° MY SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/uphFvf6 ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/IZPKZQB CHAPTERS: Chapters 00:00:00 Business Rules We Used to Believe and Changed Our Minds On 00:02:18 Do You Need to Have Done a Job Before You Hire for It? 00:08:14 How to Vet a Hire When You Don't Know What Good Looks Like 00:14:06 Try Before You Buy: Hire Contractors Before Executives 00:19:00 How to Manage Employees More Experienced Than You 00:25:01 Why "Speed Is Everything" Is the Wrong Business Rule 00:37:31 You Don't Need to Be First, But You Must Be in the Game 00:39:30 Why Building Systems Too Early Hurts a Small Business 00:44:56 Why Your Systems Break at $300K, $1M and $3M 00:50:13 Cash Is Not King: Optimizing for Enterprise Value 00:53:10 How Much Cash a Business Should Keep in the Bank 01:00:02 Why a Clear Mind and Free Calendar Beat More Deals 01:11:32 How to Live When Money Is No Longer an Issue 01:19:06 Strong Beliefs Loosely Held in Business and Life
Oct 21
1 hr 20 min
I Turned Away My First 3 Leads...
πŸ”₯ Grow your home service business past $10M πŸ‘‰ https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/F3A8eeO πŸ’° SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/p7Rhqps πŸ‘‰ FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/LmuayPC ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/Sckh6Fm #HomeServiceBusiness #MikeAndes #lawncarebusiness Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 Why I Cut Services to Build a $1M Lawn Care Business 00:00:49 How Saying No to Leads Raises Customer Acquisition Cost 00:03:55 Too Many Services Trap Owners in a $2M Business 00:07:11 The FOMO of Turning Down Your First Customers 00:10:02 Why Saying No Builds a Business That Runs Without You
Oct 19
10 min
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