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Josh Herron

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
187 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

But I think people have this misconception that you don't have the opportunity to innovate and you don't have the opportunity to, you know, kind of pave your own way, which isn't completely true.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

Like what you get is you get a really great brand.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

You get a lot of support, a lot of knowledge from people who have been in the industry, who have kind of set you up for success by putting systems and processes in place for you to follow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

That's really up to you with how you do it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

So, yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

You know, some people, you know, some people don't believe that that's the case and they want to start their own thing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

And I completely get that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

But for us, I mean, it seemed like a really good road map to be successful.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

And that's why we all do it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

So the OxiClean was low cost.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

I believe it was like twenty five grand total.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

Yeah, it was it was.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

And then it was optional if you, you know, you bought your own car or whatnot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

But, you know, one hundred got junks a little bit more of an investment.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

You have to buy the trucks, which are around $50,000 to $55,000 per vehicle.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

It really depends on the size of the territory in Kansas City.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

I mean, we started with two at the location that I was running.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

And by the time I think the location was bought, we had five.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 410: From Worker to Owner Does $5m in 2015 Franchise Model with Josh Herron of 1800GotJunk

So you can work with the franchise.