How Brian Scudamore built a $150M empire with $700 and a pickup truck – with Brian Scudamore

Brian Scudamore, 1800gotjunk, Bootstrapping, Non-Tech, Wow People

I used to watch these 1-800-GOT-JUNK trucks all over the place, and I’d say, “Somebody’s got a successful business picking up junk?”

My heroes are all people who create new software, new hardware, which seems like a tough innovation. And some guy out there created a successful business doing something that’s been going on for years. How did he do it?

Joining me today is Brian Scudamore. He is the founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, the world’s largest junk removal service. I invited him here to talk about how he built his business

Brian Scudamore

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Brian Scudamore is the founder and CEO of 1800GotJunk, the world’s largest junk removal service.

 

Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I am the founder of Mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart, the place where over 1,000 entrepreneurs have come to talk about how they built the . . . I used to watch these 1-800-GOT-JUNK trucks all over the place, and I’d say, “Somebody’s got a successful business picking up junk?”

I mean, my heroes are all people who create new software, new hardware. That seems like a tough innovation, and this guy or some guy out there created a successful business doing something that’s been going on for years. How did he do it? Well, now that I’m running Mixergy I get to find out how he did it.

Joining me today is Brian Scudamore. He is the founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT- JUNK which is the world’s largest junk removal service. I invited him here to talk about how he built his business and this is sponsored by Lead Pages which took my most successful page, the page that I use to...

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