Build Strategic Alliances and Seek Mentorship

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How do I get started in Lawn Care? pt#2

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Once potential niches are identified, actively seek out and connect with other business owners in related or even competing fields. This includes 'local business owners' who may be open to collaboration or mentorship. The speaker emphasizes that 'an opportunity is never lost, someone always finds it', meaning if others aren't pursuing a niche, you should. These connections can offer valuable advice and potentially lead to referrals or shared resources. This step also suggests finding local mentors and reaching out to every business owner to let them know what you do.

Goal: Establish a network of supportive business contacts and potential mentors.

Tools and materials

Communication Tools N/A — Contacting and interacting with other business owners (e.g., phone, email, in-person meetings)
Networking Skills N/A — Initiating and maintaining professional relationships
Open Mindset N/A — Being receptive to advice, new ideas, and different perspectives from mentors and peers

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what I'm asking you to do is keep the door open to other possibilities other opportunities and when you go out and meet with a few of the business owners that are open to you or starting your business and they may take you under the wing a little bit they may help you out you also they may also offer you advice on areas that you can go off into and they may not be trying to push you into something they may see an opening they're just not interested in do it they may know that so I want you to take that opportunity is never lost someone always finds it lanced and I want that to be you so yes reach out to every business owner let them know what you're doing how you're getting started you may find a local mentor you may find ok man the squeaky wheel gets three no the squeaky wheel gets grease Lance the squeaky wheel gets grease you're gonna find guys they're gonna be like oh nothing to do with you and other guys gonna be like that's really cool I really admire what you're doing let's talk yeah we have I live in between Virginia Tech and Radford University so there is really large lawn care companies and a lot of them they focus more on the HOA the apartment complexes and the student housing complexes and everything like that and there is a lot of the population around here is with elders elderly people where do they Lance where do the elderly people go do they go to the bingo hall do you have a bingo hall okay I'm being literal find out where they hang out there's got to be a community center there's got to be activities there's got to be different churches where they go that's your customer base you just said it yourself that's gonna be your customer base you go where they are and you spread your cards you become like a politician you learn to network you learn to get over you're shy awkward Ness because we're all shiny awkward I don't care who you are I still AM I go to meetings Lance

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