2 recession-resistant businesses in one
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Brian Beers
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My Midas shops set a new monthly sales record in May That record lasted all of 30 days In June we obliterated it $4.17M in May —> $4.34M in June $170,000 more sales in ONE LESS WORKING DAY Here’s what changed: Our 34 stores have been averaging $25,000 sales per week The Midas 1,000-store system-wide average: $25,000 sales per week For years, I just accepted our average unit sales and my solution to growth was adding more stores We said F-that a few months ago. We’ve raised “our floor” The...
You assign a task. Send the email. Then delete it from your mental to-do list. Zero follow-up needed. Zero micromanaging. Zero stress. That’s a “send-delete” employee. I learned this term from an 8-Figure Franchisee last week at our Philly event. Most owners have the opposite. They have “send-follow up” employees. Send a task. Worry about it. Check in twice. Redo half of it yourself. That’s not delegation. That’s expensive babysitting. The bottleneck in most businesses isn’t marketing,...
"I can’t afford to hire until I grow." "I’ll hire the next sales rep after we hit $X" "Just one more location before we hire a COO" Sound familiar? This came up three times during the Philly mastermind last week. Different owners. Same exact trap. Including me! For years, I told myself the exact same thing. Now I’ve learned how to push myself out of scarcity and into growth Waiting for “perfect timing” guarantees you’ll always be behind The math most owners get wrong: You're currently at...