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Mark Evans

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166 total appearances

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Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

Yeah, again, just to be clear, I have construction background, right? I grew up in construction my whole life. So I understand construction. Very. It's simple to me.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

Yeah, again, just to be clear, I have construction background, right? I grew up in construction my whole life. So I understand construction. Very. It's simple to me.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So, you know, I just got to say that because I do. That's why I like the blue collar space. My family's blue collar. I'm I'm blue collar. Like, it's just it's through my blood. And I believe I saw my uncles. I saw my mom, my dad, my parents, all these guys and gals work really hard and never get to the end of the finish line and get a payday.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So, you know, I just got to say that because I do. That's why I like the blue collar space. My family's blue collar. I'm I'm blue collar. Like, it's just it's through my blood. And I believe I saw my uncles. I saw my mom, my dad, my parents, all these guys and gals work really hard and never get to the end of the finish line and get a payday.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So I kind of have an internal mission to like really help great blue collar guys and gals, you know, take what I know and understanding in my relationships and my connections, everything. That's my biggest value, my knowledge, my relationships and connections.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So I kind of have an internal mission to like really help great blue collar guys and gals, you know, take what I know and understanding in my relationships and my connections, everything. That's my biggest value, my knowledge, my relationships and connections.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

And I do have a little bit of banking relationships, too, where we could plug in a lot of these companies in the blue collar space specifically. I like I'm going anywhere from five to ten million dollars gross income. You know, typically the EBIT is going to be anywhere from 700 to 1.5 million. I like to come in around that point. I don't like them when they're too small.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

And I do have a little bit of banking relationships, too, where we could plug in a lot of these companies in the blue collar space specifically. I like I'm going anywhere from five to ten million dollars gross income. You know, typically the EBIT is going to be anywhere from 700 to 1.5 million. I like to come in around that point. I don't like them when they're too small.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

Again, I'm not in the day to days. I'm not a micromanager. I'm more forecasting big vision. Here's the targets. Hey, we're going to bring in these three people, four people. You know, typically we'll bring in a books person, someone to jump on the books and really understand that and give us visuals.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

Again, I'm not in the day to days. I'm not a micromanager. I'm more forecasting big vision. Here's the targets. Hey, we're going to bring in these three people, four people. You know, typically we'll bring in a books person, someone to jump on the books and really understand that and give us visuals.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

and uh data to support everything they're saying because we're all good at saying stuff but very few people are good at actually accomplishing it and then um i bring in an operations driver typically i'll lay over an operation third party we just pay them out monthly um and say hey i need you to go do two two every two months every two or three weeks especially in the beginning i need you to do site visits and i need you to drive the team um reorganize the team drive the team when we come in there's a little bit of disruption right of course so my company

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

and uh data to support everything they're saying because we're all good at saying stuff but very few people are good at actually accomplishing it and then um i bring in an operations driver typically i'll lay over an operation third party we just pay them out monthly um and say hey i need you to go do two two every two months every two or three weeks especially in the beginning i need you to do site visits and i need you to drive the team um reorganize the team drive the team when we come in there's a little bit of disruption right of course so my company

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

have anywhere from 25 to 60 employees when we're stepping in um and our job is to go in there and to streamline uh get their books tight because no one has good books typically um let them get some good and again this if you ever feel overwhelmed or anxious it's really because you don't have good books you you know because business is just math humans mess it all up and this is what you know by the way no doubt i suck that's why i hired people to do it for me

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

have anywhere from 25 to 60 employees when we're stepping in um and our job is to go in there and to streamline uh get their books tight because no one has good books typically um let them get some good and again this if you ever feel overwhelmed or anxious it's really because you don't have good books you you know because business is just math humans mess it all up and this is what you know by the way no doubt i suck that's why i hired people to do it for me

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So it's like, and it's like, man, I don't know what's going on. Everything's falling down. It's like data, not drama. So every day, like anybody said, I was talking more than three words. I'm like data, not drama. But so we'll step in. I like blue collar. I like roofing. I like siding windows. I like HVAC plumbing, electrical. I like them where, like I said, I'm going to go in and get a,

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

So it's like, and it's like, man, I don't know what's going on. Everything's falling down. It's like data, not drama. So every day, like anybody said, I was talking more than three words. I'm like data, not drama. But so we'll step in. I like blue collar. I like roofing. I like siding windows. I like HVAC plumbing, electrical. I like them where, like I said, I'm going to go in and get a,

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

a 3x, 4x valuation today. That's where I'm going to come in. Oftentimes, I don't mind bringing money to them as well. Oftentimes, they don't need money. They need knowledge and connections in a playbook. They need clarity of where they're going. These are already focused people, by the way. I think this is a big misunderstanding. People have focus and clarity mixed up. You're focused.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

a 3x, 4x valuation today. That's where I'm going to come in. Oftentimes, I don't mind bringing money to them as well. Oftentimes, they don't need money. They need knowledge and connections in a playbook. They need clarity of where they're going. These are already focused people, by the way. I think this is a big misunderstanding. People have focus and clarity mixed up. You're focused.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

A lot of people are just focused on the wrong problem or the small problem. And I can step back. I'm not emotional. I understand the playing field a little different because I've been around long enough where it's like, hey, guys, we need to gain clarity. And then we're going to take this clarity and we're going to hand it, plug it into your focus.

Wake Up to Wealth
Wealth Strategies with Mark Evans

A lot of people are just focused on the wrong problem or the small problem. And I can step back. I'm not emotional. I understand the playing field a little different because I've been around long enough where it's like, hey, guys, we need to gain clarity. And then we're going to take this clarity and we're going to hand it, plug it into your focus.