Dave Lukas Chats with Bryan Clayton306: Startups Fail, But Entrepreneurs Don’t, How Bryan Clayton Built Multiple 8-Figure Businesses from the Ground Up
This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Bryan Clayton. Bryan created the “Uber of Lawncare,” GreenPal. It is a company that makes it easy to connect homeowners with lawn care professionals with the touch of a button. Bryan and his team built the company from scratch to over $20 million in revenue, serving 300,000+ customers in just a few years and their story has been featured everywhere from entrepreneur magazine to INC and Harvard Business Review. Prior to GreenPal, Bryan founded Peachtree Inc, and grew it to $10 million before it was acquired. For anyone out there who has had a good idea for a business, but didn’t act on it because they weren’t sure how to make it a reality or didn’t have the experience needed to do it, Bryan is proof that it is absolutely possible. In fact, it is probably easier than you think. And that is why I brought Bryan on – to share how it is possible and what he learned in making GreenPal a reality. www.GreenPal.com @BryanMClayton on Instagram Show NotesBryan wants you to know that if he can do it, you can do it. He’s spent 22 years as an entrepreneur in one industry, lawn care. He started a lawnmowing business in high school and continued to build it through college and then over the period of 15 years built it to over $10 million in revenue. He sold it in 2013.
He took some time off and after a while started to look at what to do next. He thought there should be an app to make it easier for people find lawn care professionals. He didn’t know what he didn’t know and over the last 10 years has built GreenPal. Talk to us about how you did it and figure things out…
Biggest lessons from building your businesses?
What did you do to help you grow in your business that other could use?
Talk to us about how you did your SEO and organic search strategy vs. buying ads…
What did you do that got you noticed?
How do you start a business with no money?
Talk to us about playing the long game?
Thoughts from your experience selling and exiting a business?
What should people know about the lawn and landscape industry?
At the 40 min mark, Bryan shares his message to people who think they can’t do it… Best Quote
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