episode 0018- in it for the long haul: how a pastor turned junk remover founded an award winning hauling company with andrew perkett

How do I reinvent myself? Where is there a need that I could potentially meet? What do I have access to currently that I could utilize for a business purpose? How can I take an existing business model and do it better than anyone else? These are all questions that Andrew Perkett asked and answered for himself that led to the formation of his hauling and junk removal company: COS Hauling.

Andrew was able to pivot from pastoral ministry into unfamiliar territory, leverage his personal truck and his love for helping people, and get voted as Best of the [Colorado] Springs in his first year of business! Hear how this venture slowly became his full time gig, how they are now beginning to scale, and where they are headed. How in the world did COS Hauling seemingly blow up overnight and become an incredible success? Tune in to hear the story, which is one of hard work, treating people right, and scrappy entrepreneurship.

Show Highlights:
1- Andrew’s background leading up to his idea to start a hauling company. (7:30)
2- Being brand new to the industry, how did you get the first few hauling jobs and know how much to charge? (13:00)
3- What appealed to you about this industry when you first heard about it, and how are you different than all the other hauling companies? (16:15)
4- How did you gain the knowledge to ultimately become an industry expert, when your background was in pastoral ministries? (22:20)
5- How do you leverage a friendship for business purposes while still trying to maintain the friendship? (24:45)
6- At what point did you decide to take this full time and scale the business? (27:35)
7- How has the business grown since the beginning, from revenues to business offerings to adding employees? (32:05)
8- What are you hoping to accomplish over these next several months? (36:50)
9- Overnight success / explosion vs. slow growth, and hard work vs. getting lucky. (40:00)
10- What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had to move so far? (45:00)
11- Where can we find more about Andrew and COS Hauling? (48:35)
12- Listener question: What’s your advice for someone with the desire to help people first and do business second? (49:15)

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