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The Home Service Expert Podcast

Creating 99 Millionaires with America’s Plumbing Hero

The Home Service Expert Podcast

Tommy Mello

Business, Management

4.8705 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

John Akhoian is the Founder and CEO of Rooter Hero, a plumbing repair and installation service company. As an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry, he relies on old-fashioned marketing techniques to promote his business, which now has several locations across California and Arizona. John is also the author of “99 Millionaires,” “The Secret to Real Wealth,” and “Values First: Principle-Driven Leadership”.

In this episode, we talked about budget allocation, profit-sharing, leadership, culture-building, employee training…

Transcript

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0:00.0

I mean, being around the right people is key. I mean, I've learned everything I've learned,

0:04.4

you know, just like doing what I did today. Come to your business, hang out with you, ask questions,

0:10.2

learn. And I did that when I got into the, you know, franchising. You know, the way I became

0:16.5

the largest franchisee for them is by visiting all the franchisees that were doing well i took the top

0:22.9

20 i called them all out and i said hey can i come see you and i flew out there i went out hung out with

0:29.8

them you know and and learned their business learned what they do you know came back applied it went

0:35.5

back again yeah and one of the guys is like, man, how many times do you want?

0:38.8

I'm like, I'm a slow learner.

0:40.1

I need to get out here several more times for me to figure this out.

0:44.0

And he said one thing to me.

0:45.9

He goes, you know what?

0:46.5

He goes, in five years, you're going to be larger than me.

0:49.1

I said, I said, why do you say that? Because I've never seen anybody wanting to come out and learn as much as you.

0:56.0

Said, because I want to apply everything I learned and I don't think I got everything yet.

1:00.1

So every time I'd go out there, I'd get something new.

1:02.7

Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week, Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs

1:08.3

and experts in various fields like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership,

1:13.4

to find out what's really behind their success in business. Now, your host, the Home Service Millionaire,

1:20.8

Tommy Mello. Before we get started, I wanted to share two important things with you.

1:28.0

First, I want you to implement what you learned today.

1:30.8

To do that, you'll have to take a lot of notes,

1:33.0

but I also want you to fully concentrate on the interview.

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