#132 How to be an owner operator but work for someone
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
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🗓️ 31 August 2020
⏱️ 165 minutes
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Summary
Mike Whalen is an owner operator but he works for someone else. Tune in to hear about this interesting business model.
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Where to find our guest:
On Instagram @mwhalen1823
On Instagram @dbsremodel
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Nick Schiffer @nsbuilders on Instagram and NS Builders on YouTube
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Music:
"Dessert" by Nate Gusakov
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys? It is modern crashing. |
| 0:05.0 | Monday. Monday. Monday. Monday. |
| 0:11.0 | Monday Monday Monday Monday. Monday Monday. |
| 0:13.0 | I thought you were on repeat for a second. |
| 0:15.0 | It's glitching. |
| 0:17.0 | Yeah, just glitching over here. |
| 0:19.0 | What's up guys? |
| 0:20.0 | This week we have Mike Whelan on the podcast. You guys have asked for more employees |
| 0:28.6 | over employers. Well you get what you asked for this week. |
| 0:34.0 | He once owned his own company and interestingly enough the company that recruited him to work for |
| 0:40.6 | them was specifically looking for owner-operators, and if you listen, you'll find out why. |
| 0:47.0 | It's a really neat business model. |
| 0:50.0 | I was actually, sometimes you guys get into business and I may or may not zone out and |
| 0:55.3 | uh no you suck down a flurry during this one so dude that was a flurry I know |
| 1:00.4 | I'm they're gonna tip it out. That was so good. |
| 1:04.0 | Blizzard. |
| 1:05.0 | But yeah, I was interested. |
| 1:07.0 | I liked it. |
| 1:08.0 | It was good. |
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