Brian built a home services empire starting with just $700 in 1989.

In this in depth interview he shares the value of:

• The Beer and BBQ test when hiring employees.
• Why having that Willing to Fail Attitude is key.
• What he took away from being on Oprah. That you should only have things in your life that are significant, meaningful and useful.
• Why he had to get out of his own way as the business got larger.
• Why connecting with people is his favourite part of the business.
• Why comparison to other entrepreneurs put himself in a doom loop and how we got out of it.
• When you’re trying to solve a creative problem, go to a creative place.
• How he lost some people when he shared his vision but those that remained believed in what they were building together.
• Why having people who believe in the business is the most important element to help it grow and thrive.
• It’s easier for people to accomplish what they want in the world, if they knew how easy it was to just reach out and ask.
• How he had to make a tough decision to fire his best friend who helped him grow the business from $2 million to just over $100 million.
• How WOW 1 Day Painting became one of the emerging brands after Brian had an amazing experience with getting his house painted in 1 day.
• How Shack Shine became an emerging brand after Leigh Adler from WOW referred a gutter cleaning company to Brian.
  
  This interview with Brian is the culmination of a dream I had 9 years ago with starting a podcast and meeting the world’s most influential entrepreneurs. After 3 podcast mics and many non-starts I finally had the confidence to execute on my idea and make it happen. When I moved back to Canada last July I had to find a job and go into quarantine. 
  
  During quarantine, I decided then that I would finally start a podcast and I ended up getting hired at 1-800-Got-Junk? As a residential sales agent. When I first started I remember hearing about 101 life goals, which is an employee facing bucket list website where set your goals and get tips as you go.