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In this episode Neel chats with Seonaid Beckwith of Perfect English Grammar , a very popular website that helps non-native English speakers improve to whatever level they want, for personal or professional reasons. Neel and S...
In this episode Neel and sits down with Costa Kapothanasis of Costa 10 Minute Oil Change . Costa has scaled an oil change franchise to 100+ locations. Neel and Costa talk about: - how working in family-owned restaurants gave...
In this episode Neel and sits down with Katrin Krakovich of Lahav Media . Neel and Katrin discuss: - the power of blogging for local services business (here's a blog she wrote about it if you want to learn more) …
In this episode Neel and sits down with Robby McClung of McClumsy.com to talk about how you sometimes have to pivot several times to find yourself going the right way in business. Neel and Robby discuss: - how Robby first …
In this short episode, Neel takes a look at four businesses you should be nowhere near this year. The list includes: - Amazon FBA (though he does offer you an alternative platform should you really want to sell products) - …
In this episode Neel and David sit down with Derek Dodds and have a leisurely conversation about how Derek found his calling. Derek currently runs WaveTribe , an ecological surf company, has an interest in Naked Armor , a...
In this episode Neel and chats with Jenny Ness-Hunkin, a former franchisee of Tutor Doctor and now the Franchise Success Manager at MaidThis. A ten-year franchisee herself before a successful exit, Jenny believes in franchisi...
It's a simple but perhaps not-often-repeated truth: not all business models are created equal. In this episode, Neel talks about local services businesses he would avoid buying/starting as well as what was the one factor he l...
In this episode Neel talks with one of his very own MaidThis franchisees, Chris Rodriguez. Chris has been running MaidThis Miami for just about four months now and gives us the lowdown on how he got here. Neel and Chris …
In this episode Neel speaks with Ujwal Velagapudi, who has had a fascinating and unusual journey building businesses in many different industries. One of the more interesting ideas Ujwal shares in the pod is his lack of conce...
In this episode Neel and sits down with freelance sales coach Jeff Lundeen of Strong Jaw Sales . Jeff had a good career in a well-paying (though stressful) field: air traffic control. Reading books like Tim Ferriss' Four Ho...
In this episode Neel and sits down with Omar Santana , President of Launch27 , a SaaS for cleaning companies. Neel and Omar talk about: - the concerns that any customer has for a SaaS when a private equity group …
As Neel looks back on previous years, he knows he's spent too much time focusing on the "scaling" aspect of marketing. In this episode, he goes the other way, talking about marketing that doesn't scale, but delivers big resul...
In this episode Neel and sits down with Chris Bergethon , known as the "Car Wash Guy" on Twitter. Interestingly, while Chris is known for car washes, it's actually a side hustle for him. He's full time in the supplements …
In this episode Neel and sits down with Stephen Heiner , who moved to France ten years ago after selling a business. Stephen worked hard to build a dream life, and recently gave all of it up to move to …
In this episode Neel and sits down with Andy Agrawal of Weekend Maids , who is also part of the CCDRA (California Coalition of Domestic Referral Agencies). Andy has been running the company for the last 15 years, but it's …
In this episode Neel sits down with Sean O'Dowd of The O'Dowd Group. Sean was just looking to pay off the loan he took out to buy an engagement ring for his then-fiancee when he decided to consult on the …
Neel recently had to interview a number of SEO vendors in preparation for making a change, and felt like he became a bit of an expert in thinking through what agencies can and should provide for you. Neel talks about …
As part of his ongoing coaching call series, Neel chats with Dan Kats of Shorely Clean who is building his cleaning business as a side hustle and is looking to grow it quickly but sustainably. Neel offers helpful answers to …
In this episode Neel and sits down with Dan Blaker, a MaidThis franchisee in the Myrtle Beach market. It's been just under two years that Dan has been a franchisee in the MaidThis system and he looks back on …
You've heard Neel talk about pros and cons of different marketing tactics over the last six months. This episode brings all of those reflections together in one valuable episode so be ready to take notes on: - What's working ...
In this episode Neel chats with Shaina Denny , Co-Founder and CEO of Dogdrop . It's a rare discussion with a fellow franchisor, and Neel and Shaina discuss: - how Dogdrop works and its capitalization on America's obsession wi...