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🗓️ 30 May 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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In this episode I welcome guest Johnny Van, a young entrepreneur who founded a towing company at the young age of 24. Starting with just two trucks and plenty of ambition, Johnny has expanded his business significantly and shares his journey with my guests today. Johnny walks us through some of his challenges and insights into growing a successful service business and more.
This episode is packed with real-world advice for budding entrepreneurs, particularly those interested in service-based businesses. In this episode we also give our listeners an overview of my company Real Merchant Services which helps entrepreneurs like Johnny with financial services. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and find Johnny’s entrepreneurial journey inspiring!
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Listeners can check out real merchantservices.com for savings on payment processing solutions.
What You'll Learn: Financial services available online
Highlights:
Business Challenges
Entrepreneurial Insights
The Role of Education
Leadership and Management
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.facebook.com/FinishLineTowingLLC/
https://www.flt-wi.com/24-7-towing-service-madison
https://www.realmerchantservices.com/
You can follow today’s guest at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnyvan66
https://www.instagram.com/finishlinetowing_wisconsin/?locale=fr
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0:00.0 | Listen up or run for cover. |
0:05.0 | From the people who have it to the people who need it to the real problem. |
0:13.0 | Bradley is dropping. |
0:16.0 | Brad Lee is dropping. |
0:17.0 | What it is Brad What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of Dropping Bombs today in the studio, folks. |
0:27.0 | I got a real treat for you, Johnny Van. |
0:30.0 | What's up, Johnny? |
0:32.0 | It's doing good? |
0:33.0 | How are you doing? |
0:34.0 | Dude, if I was any better, I'd be donuts. |
0:35.0 | Oh, I've heard that one before. |
0:37.0 | If you get from me, I made that shit up. |
0:40.0 | If you guys aren't following him at Johnny G. |
0:43.8 | underscore Van, right? |
0:45.6 | That's right. |
0:46.6 | Johnny G J-O-H-N-Y-G dot or no, underscore, |
0:52.4 | underscore, Van, like a moving van, which coincidentally you do own a towing company. |
0:58.0 | That's right. |
0:59.0 | Now, you were 24 years old when you started this. Yeah. So you started with two trucks. |
1:04.5 | Yep and a lot of debt. Now how did you get those two trucks? You were living in a |
1:09.3 | basement. Yeah so basically, you know, at the time I had bought a little bit of real estate here and there with |
1:18.7 | how, though, let's go back. We can go way back. 24 year old kids usually don't have a lot of dough. |
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