#Interview: The Billion Dollar Bet with Mark Steckman
JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED
Jayson Waller
4.4 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Jayson Waller took an unlikely path to CEO for one of the largest Solar companies in America - Power Home Solar. Betting on himself and the future of the industry, he mortgaged his home and the payoff turned into a billion dollars in sales.
Timestamps:
0:00 - True Underdog Podcast
1:16 - Introducing Jayson Waller
2:44 - Jayson Waller's Origin Story and Humble Beginnings
6:38 - Looking Back on Jayson's First Sales Job and Learnings From It
9:22 - Advice for People in Sales
11:14 - The Awards and Recognitions of Powerhome Solar
13:14 - How He Got Started Into the Solar Power Business
16:17 - Tips to Get Through Financing and to Build a Business
18:14 - Success Strategies That Helped His Business During the Pandemic
21:19 - What to Look for When Hiring the Best People for Your Company
24:34 - Knowing When You Need to Let People Go After Doing Everything
25:56 - Why It's Important to Define and Create a Company Culture
29:03 - How Do You Continue to Do It All and Stay Motivated
32:01 - The Importance of Family and Having Moments for Jayson
33:48 - What's the Story Behind the Difference of a Cow and a Buffalo
36:03 - Jayson Waller's Podcast and Upcoming Book
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Jason Waller here, True Underdog podcast and YouTube channel. |
| 0:03.7 | Listen, make sure you subscribe today. |
| 0:05.7 | You can go to IHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | You can go to our YouTube channel, True Underdog, or you can visit trueunderdog.com and subscribe to all of it. |
| 0:15.0 | Damn, bam, damn, true underdog. |
| 0:18.2 | Damn, unleash the power with him. Damn, damn. Build a good baby. Damn. Unleash the power with him. |
| 0:21.4 | Damn. |
| 0:22.0 | Damn. |
| 0:22.6 | Well, this is a very special episode of Business Beyond the Boardroom. |
| 0:30.9 | Indeed, Pat, thank you so much for teeing that up. |
| 0:34.0 | I'm excited as well. |
| 0:35.0 | This is a special leadership edition. |
| 0:39.1 | And you know in the past, |
| 0:46.5 | we've had a great backlog of guests on this show that are CEOs, entrepreneurs, tech startup founders, all of the above. And today's guest is one of those. His name is Jason Waller. |
| 0:53.6 | He's a self-made success that came from hustle, heart, |
| 0:57.3 | and toughness. He's harnessed these instincts to build three companies from scratch into |
| 1:01.3 | multi-million dollar enterprises with his most recent venture, which is known as Power Home Solar, |
| 1:07.9 | skyrocketing towards a billion dollars. And by the way, Pat, I was texting him last |
| 1:11.8 | night and I said something about 800 million and he corrected me and said it's a billion dollar |
| 1:16.3 | business. Jason is always looking forward, evolving himself and his businesses while sharing |
| 1:21.7 | his path to success and entrepreneurial insights. I think that's what you're going to love about |
| 1:26.3 | today's full hour episode. |
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