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David Royce

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
805 total appearances

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The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

It's not everybody's skillset.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

And you have to learn as an entrepreneur to either be a jack of all trades or to hire somebody else to do that if you want to scale.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

And it's nice.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

You can initially maybe go into a second location and just see if you can do it.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

But the true test of scale is leave for 30 days on vacation.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

And if you come back and your company is still there, that's how you know you have a business that can actually scale, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

I love that.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

Yeah, it's just thinking, how am I working on the business?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

I have some brother-in-laws that are dentists, and I'm like, you guys got to get your hands out of people's mouths so you can focus on building the business and scaling it.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

Yes.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

The most amazing thing is the time we live in.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

You know, when I was in college, you know, the way that you mainly got into business, maybe you could read some books, but most people went to school, you know, they went through a business program to learn business initially.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

And there weren't even a lot of entrepreneurial programs back then.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

Today there's more.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

It's almost like the market demands it, but yeah,

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

In today's world, think about it like a podcast, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

There's so many business podcasts out there.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

There's so much information online.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

Now with like ChatGPT, you can literally, you know, ask, okay, what's the profit margin of pest control?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire โ€” David Royce Explains

What's the best profit margin in a blue collar industry?