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Brian Scudamore is a serial entrepreneur and author whose journey started at just 19 years old, when he founded 1-800-GOT-JUNK? In creating that business, Brian helped pioneer the junk removal business by turning a chore people avoid into an exceptional customer service experience. Then, he scaled that success into two more home-service brands, WOW 1 DAY PAINTING and Shack Shine under the O2E Brands banner. \n\nHis philosophy, which he detailed in his book \u201cWTF (Willing To Fail)\u201d, stems from his belief in the power of dreaming big, taking risks, and learning from mistakes. Through franchising, he\u2019s giving thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to live their dreams of business ownership. \n\nThis Episode\u2019s Heavy-hitter\u2019s:\n\nBrian\u2019s entrepreneurship journey started when he saw his neighbor doing a car wash across the street. He immediately created his own and competed on price. The ability to walk into the candy store in those days and buy him and his friends whatever they wanted made him feel like a rockstar, and he was hooked on making his own business.\n\nHaving ADHD made it impossible for Brian to learn in school. He quit highschool for that reason, ended up pitching the admissions office to let him into college, and then still quit college because he was learning more through building his business.\n\nThe original idea for his business came from sitting in a McDonald\u2019s parking lot, where he saw a trash removal truck and immediately had the idea to buy his own truck, and start his own business to pay for college. Ironically, this was the business that led him to drop out just a year before his graduation.\n\nBrian became the owner of WOW 1 DAY PAINTING after he actually hired them to paint his own house. He was astounded with how quickly the company could finish the job just by having a simple system in place, and knew he had to purchase and scale the business.\n\nWhen pitching press to try and get PR for his businesses, Brian doesn\u2019t try to continue selling if the writers turn down his story. He instead asks for feedback on why it\u2019s not a good enough story, and from there he uses their feedback to pitch other publications.\n\nTo learn more about Brian's companies, please visit: https://www.o2ebrands.com/\n\nThe POZCAST is brought to you in partnership with Vincere, the Recruitment Operating System. The all-in-one tech platform, purposefully built for recruitment & staffing to unify your Front, Middle & Back office operations.Vincere is designed by recruiters, for recruiters. Both the company and the platform are the unique creations of successful recruiters who sold their business, saw a need for better rec tech, and made it happen.\n\nIf you're looking to upgrade your recruitment tech and give your recruiters a new, modern OS, visit vincere.io/pozcast for an exclusive offer. Thanks\n\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast\n\n#thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller \u2013 the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Whether you\u2019re doubling down on business development or recruiting talent, Interseller does all the heavy lifting of finding contact data, automating the email and follow-up process, and syncs all that rich data into 20+ CRMs and ATSs. Reach out and get going in a 2-week *free* trial today and let them know you heard about them from Adam on #thePOZcast.\n\nCheck out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ\n\nFor more, please visit www.thePOZcast.com