Home Service Millionaire with Mike Andes

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🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 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.

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October 30, 202613 min

How to Hit Your 2027 Goals in the Next 12 Weeks

🇺🇸 TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use 👉 https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. 🔥 HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners 👉 https://crtrlnk.co/rjiWi0d 👉 MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/MtmAFdA 💰 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

October 28, 20261 hr 20 min

6 Books That Changed How We Run Our Businesses

🇺🇸 TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use 👉 https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. 🔥 HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners 👉 https://crtrlnk.co/kn5sGZu 👉 MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/QYzWrcA 💰 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

October 26, 202641 min

Why We’re Still Betting on In-Person Events | C. Suite Unfiltered 119

🇺🇸 TEXAS PROMO: Use the CRM I use 👉 https://home.works When creating your account, use the code "TX26" for two months FREE. 🔥 HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners 👉 https://crtrlnk.co/IWq9cCC 👉 MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/dFH658V 💰 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

October 23, 202620 min

What Happens When You LOCK-IN

October 21, 20261 hr 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. 🔥 HOME SERVICE BOARDROOM: my private mastermind for $1M+ home service business owners 👉 https://crtrlnk.co/cziNaSK 👉 MY FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/ypNG64s 💰 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

October 19, 202610 min

I Turned Away My First 3 Leads...

🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/F3A8eeO 💰 SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/p7Rhqps 👉 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

October 17, 202610 min

Your Business Is Growing, So Why Are You Miserable?

🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/lm1xjbh 💰 SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/frmPlEx 👉 FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/sMObDfP ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/jtaBZxf #HomeServiceBusiness #MikeAndes #lawncarebusiness Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 How Home Service Business Owners Deal With Stress 00:02:44 Why You Quit: Fear of Failure vs. the Pull of Your Goals 00:03:54 Why $1M Business Owners Lose Motivation 00:07:28 How Big a Home Service Business Do You Actually Need? 00:08:45 Build Goals Big Enough to Pull You Through Hard Times

October 14, 20261 hr 8 min

Successful Owners Are Hardcore About Focus

🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/FTmg00t 💰 SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/sQBqgD9 👉 FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/Cxg546X ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/3yasm3w #HomeServiceBusiness #MikeAndes #lawncarebusiness Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 How Home Service Business Owners Get More Done Faster 00:04:16 Throughput, Prioritization and Longevity Framework 00:07:19 Health, Energy and Environment for Consistent Output 00:12:20 Why Podcasts, Books and Business Calls Aren't Real Work 00:14:59 How to Pick the Few Mentors Worth Following 00:20:51 Going Hardcore: Cut the Distractions That Kill Focus 00:27:55 Use To-Do Lists to Clear Your Head and Build Momentum 00:35:21 Theme Your Days and Ship Good Enough First 00:39:07 Time Blocking Sales, Operations and Admin by Bottleneck 00:45:06 Delete Social Media and Block Distractions With Freedom 00:52:28 Shrink the Time Between an Idea and Execution 00:58:18 Subtract Before You Double Down on Your Business

October 12, 202647 min

We Spent $50K on THIS Instead of Ads

🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/Kckaq5R 💰 SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/zE35035 👉 FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/SMA7uCX ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/zkOM8Kv #HomeServiceBusiness #MikeAndes #lawncarebusiness Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 Brand Building, Trade Shows and AI for Home Service Businesses 00:01:27 Texas Lawn Care Launch: Vans, Ads and First Hires 00:05:41 Is a $50K Equip Expo Booth Worth It for Homeworks? 00:10:58 Brand Marketing vs Google Ads: Thinking 20 Years Out 00:13:30 How to Handle Competitors: Just Play Your Own Game 00:20:38 Should Your Sales Team Match the Founder's Personality? 00:26:04 Why Your CRM Needs MCP and Open API Access 00:36:41 How to Use AI Without Losing the Personal Touch

October 7, 20261 hr 6 min

Is Your Business Actually Ready for a Recession?

🔥 Grow your home service business past $10M 👉 https://www.skool.com/boardroom My Businesses: ⛓️ SOFTWARE FOR HOME SERVICES: https://crtrlnk.co/7hcyQsI 💰 SEO & WEB DESIGN: https://crtrlnk.co/G2m0fNI 👉 FREE COURSES: https://crtrlnk.co/4Gh0rav ⛔️JOIN AUGUSTA LAWN CARE: https://crtrlnk.co/awaQaPn #HomeServiceBusiness #MikeAndes #lawncarebusiness Chapters 🎬: Chapters 00:00:00 How Home Service Businesses Win in a Recession 00:02:49 The K-Shaped Economy and Where Your Best Customers Live 00:14:41 Higher Interest Rates: Route Density and Truck Spending 00:16:34 Why Home Service Companies Are Missing Their Numbers 00:21:28 Change Billing Terms Instead of Raising Prices 00:23:29 How the Shift to Renters Hurts Home Service Demand 00:29:18 Win Rental Property Work by Serving Property Managers 00:39:48 Market to Customers Already Paying a Pro, Not DIYers 00:44:03 Get Profitable and Build Cash Before a Recession 00:48:38 Stress Test Your Business for a 10-30% Revenue Drop 00:50:39 Track Why Customers Decline Estimates and Churn 01:02:13 Go on Offense While Competitors Cut Back