A 600 Million Dollar Basement Business with Larry Janesky

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Larry Janesky is the founder and CEO of Contractor Nation and Basement Systems Inc. With over 35 years in the business, Larry has revolutionized the basement waterproofing industry and expanded his ventures across the US and Canada.

Larry started from nothing, selling seeds door-to-door, and now leads a home improvement empire with a 600,000,000 revenue. Larry opens up about resilience, overcoming adversities, and the unglamorous yet crucial aspects of scaling a business.

From his humble beginnings to building a powerhouse in the industry, Larry's journey is a testament to hard work, smart decisions, and the grit needed to turn adversity into opportunity. This conversation is a rollercoaster of life lessons, blending relatability with entrepreneurial wisdom.

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In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:

Resilience: What does it take for Larry to want to quit?
Long-Term Vision: What parts of your business can be mapped out and what can’t.
Compound gains: Long term Larry’s advice on starting today.

If you enjoyed this and want to explore more from a founder of a billion dollar empire, check out last weeks episode with Michael Hudner who owns an Oil Tanker shipping company. You can find that as Ep329 in this feed.

You can find out more about Larry at https://www.larryjanesky.com/, also @larryjanesky on Instagram & @thinkdaily on Twitter.

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0:00.0	In the end,
0:02.0	funeral, nobody's going to say, oh, we had so much money.
0:05.0	They don't care, right?
0:07.0	It doesn't matter, and you can't take it with you anyway.
0:09.0	It's the relationships and the good that you've done, the footprint,
0:12.0	did you leave the world better than when you found it that's what it's about
0:18.9	What is up you sexy bastards? It is your boy basement, aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka.
0:24.7	Today we're joined by one of the more interesting and cool entrepreneurs I've met in my
0:28.6	lifetime running one of the more interesting businesses. His name is Larry Geneski. He is running a
0:34.1	600 million dollar a year basement business. Yes, basements. He's a
0:38.3	contractor, a blue collar worker bringing in an insane amount of revenue,
0:41.6	working with his hands fixing people's basements.
0:44.3	What's wild is Larry started from nothing, selling seeds door to door, and now leads a home improvement
0:49.3	empire that's contractor nation, basement systems, and more. We were able to hear Larry's story of resilience,
0:55.4	overcoming adversity, and the unglammers,
0:58.0	yet crucial aspects of scaling a business
1:00.0	in a really unique way.
1:01.7	By the way, become a part of my pre-launch team for my new book, Million Dollar Weekend.
1:05.0	We are closing the doors to the launch team on December 31st.
1:08.3	Email book at okay dork.com if you want to join.
1:11.8	The launch team people get to see behind the scenes of the book.
1:14.0	They get access to meet other people, they get help on their own businesses, they get a
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