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2 kids just out of high school bring in $625,000 a year using Techniques MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW! 2/2

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Garett introduces himself and his sister Marlena, who are co-owners of G&M Outdoor Services. He explains how he started the business at 17, working for a commercial landscaping company and using his earnings to purchase an excavator. Marlena highlights their impressive growth, from $40,000 in their first year to over $620,000 in their third year, emphasizing their dedication and hard work. The host praises their success and asks how they acquired their skills, especially for operating heavy machinery. Garett clarifies that he started working with his grandfather's business at age 10, gaining years of experience running equipment and driving dump trucks, which gave him a significant head start. Marlena shares that she interned at a landscaping company and learned skills through networking and resources like Google and YouTube. They stress the importance of continuous learning and being proactive in seeking knowledge.

Goal: Understand the background and foundational skills of the business owners.

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no one would give a seventeen-year-old you know a skid loader so we basically leave that one me then we bought this one guys can I ask you something how did you acquire the skills because that's that seems to be a big hurdle for a lot of guys is how do I actually do the job first time so this actually bought sohow sixty ever perfect commercial landscape companies look nearby and I basically took everything I made that summer before I even started the business and bought this so my next question is is how did you guys figure out on your own to bid a forty thousand dollar fraud like everyone how much fuel that's gonna burn in a day how much time paying that guy a day what our overhead is a day just figure out what's going to cost you how many days and then just plan accordingly you want to go deeper set or 50% I always shoot for 50% after overhead after fuel labor everything 50% margin are you hit are you guys hit 35 to 40 sometimes 50 anytime someone calls you to do a project if they had a friend that does that you wouldn't be there so become their friend that does landscaping you're excavating make connection with the homeowner and and then you can basically get whatever you want for the job they have a job they don't even want a bit put me on your circle we've got younger kids that are watching this that want to own their own company you guys have done it what would you say to the 10 11 12 13 14 15 year old they wanna do and get to where you are where you're putting in you're doing six hundred and eighty seven thousand dollars a year Marlene do you outside of my comfort zone like like if I'm not going out of my comfort zone I'm bored now that's how I've always been like I have to constantly doing something doing something new it's like if I don't do anything out my comfort zone for dare to obstacle look around just for something to do that up my little boy stuff no don't do that all you got places to be you like no constant if you're not going out of your comfort zone you're not growing you're just all right you guys these two have fundamentally blew my mind with what they know and they're so young in business they've only been doing this for three years but their growth strategy is they went from forty thousand dollars the first year to two hundred fifty plus thousand dollars the second year and this year they're going to do over six hundred and twenty thousand dollars in business if you're just tuning in go back to part one but in today's video you guys…

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