"Boring" Businesses That Can Make You Rich in 2025

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

Business, Bradlea, Success, Mentor, Coach, Advice, Money, Strategy, Training, Entrepreneurship, Therealbradlea, Entrepreneur, Comedy

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this explosive Dropping Bombs episode, Brad Lea interviews David Royce, a serial entrepreneur who turned a door-to-door pest control gig into multiple companies worth hundreds of millions—culminating in a billion-dollar valuation.

David shares his journey from making $25K in a single summer to selling companies for $13M, $30M, $130M, and more, all without losing control or vision. He reveals why “boring” industries like pest control are goldmines and the exact playbook he used to scale across nine states using elite teams, culture, and systems. Whether you're launching your first business or prepping for a big exit, this episode is packed with raw, real-world strategies for spotting opportunity, scaling smart, and winning big.

David's links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-royce-22539425/

Transcript

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0:00.0	He's proof that you don't need to invent the next iPhone to get wealthy.
0:04.2	You just need to dominate in any industry, even if it's killing bugs.
0:08.2	He's a serial entrepreneur who's scaled and exited multiple companies.
0:13.3	If you want to know how to spot opportunity where everyone else just sees another service
0:18.4	or how to build a company we're selling.
0:20.6	Lean in, folks, David Royce.
0:25.0	I want to know, like, how'd you get started?
0:28.5	Because you just did an exit of, you know, you said you're under end to A, so you can't tell me.
0:33.6	But I would assume it's in the hundreds of millions, if not the B word.
0:41.1	Right. Yeah, we were doing about 500 million in revenue. And the average pest control company,
0:47.2	it was sell anywhere between one and three times revenues somewhere. Yeah, so do the math.
0:51.8	Yeah, you can do the math. So you don't have to work ever again if you don't want to.
0:55.5	Not if I don't want to.
0:56.3	Now, how old are you?
0:57.7	I'm 48.
0:59.2	So if you guys are on audio, you got to go watch the video on YouTube.
1:04.7	The dude looks like Tom Brady.
1:06.6	You hear that a lot?
1:07.8	I've heard it before. Dude looks like Tom Brady and he's worth a billion dollars and he built the shit from
1:12.9	scratch.
1:13.9	So let's go back to the beginning.
1:16.9	Where'd you come from?
	...

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