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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

I convinced @Codie_Sanchez to give me millions of dollars. Now we’re building the world’s largest trades franchise TOGETHER! Here’s how it happened (& 3 ways you get BIG partners in business):

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Steven Montgomery

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@TheDrugMoney A screen door in the summer

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

Let me tell you how we built the nation's fastest-growing window cleaning and pressure-washing company. Before this, I built the nation's fastest-growing painting franchise, which now has 372 franchised territories. Now we're at it again!

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I am the CEO and Founder of the nation's fastest-growing and largest painting franchise. We have grown to 372 locations over the last three years. And here is why I think Little Rock, Arkansas is a great un tapped market .

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Meet my new business partner. @Codie_Sanchez

Codie Sanchez

@Codie_Sanchez

2 months

*MAJOR NEWS* BIGGEST INVESTMENT OF MY CAREER, WE’RE MAKING THE TRADES GREAT AGAIN. I just became co-owner of ResiBrands, the fastest growing trade services franchise business in the country. 🤘💪🧽👷🏼‍♂️👩‍🔧 My mission for years has been to make Main Street businesses (that drive

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Here is a little tease of something new I'm working on. @ResiBrands

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

That 1 Painter is my baby and always has been! 13 straight years (3 since we started franchising) building the greatest painting company ever. But we’re not done yet. Always improving! Here are some of the updates and new things that will be rolling out over the next month or

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

In the last 3 years, we franchised 3 brands – That 1 Painter, Pink’s, and Garage Up – with 440 total territories. ⬇️Watch the Home Service Revolution evolve⬇️

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Largest That 1 Painter training to date with 40 people! Crazy thing is 16 people were also being trained in the room next door for Pinks. @ResiBrands

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

So what's next for ResiBrands x Contrarian Thinking? Our goals: 1. Make our franchisees wildly successful. 2. Turn our brands into household names. 3. Bring dignity back to the trades and our cities. 4. Introduce new brands and dominate the home service market.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

1. Build Something You’re Proud Of Early on, we decided NOT to invest in PR. Instead of forcing people to pay attention to us, we built something significant & focused on the craft. Eventually, people would notice...

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

3. Be Someone Worth Partnering With After the day of shooting with Codie’s team, I got this text. This led to.. - 3 months of due diligence - Tons of conversations & negotiations - And finally, a deal that we were both REALLY excited about.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

I started my business with $12 in my pocket and I’ve reinvested profits into growth at every opportunity. Here’s a video from when I first started my painting company…

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

Maybe you know Codie Sanchez: - VC portfolio worth $3B+ - 20+ companies in her holdco - Over 6M followers across platforms This is the PR break we’d been hoping for. But the best part? She reached out to us…

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Pinks Training in the field.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

I’ve been a long-time follower of Codie. She's serious about: - challenging industry titans - reviving the SMB space in the US - actively helping companies grow. It's been incredible how much this aligns with my own story...

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

Often, after 10 months of searching & negotiating, a deal falls apart after a Quality of Earnings report because the seller has unrealistic expectations of their business’ worth. Franchising lets people get started on a business faster and with less headache.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

2. Free Press Comes w/ Good Stories Codie saw the people behind the brand. She featured my story in her newsletter. Then we shot a video about Pink's. (Coming out soon on her YT!) But press is one thing. Deals are another…

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

As an entrepreneur, you may feel like you need to have superpowers like Captain America or Thor. But in reality, you’re way better off if you’re just really good at recruiting like Nick Fury.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

I’m building a new handyman company. It will offer routine maintenance as part of a subscription model and concierge contractor management as part of the offer. This means we will find and vet contractors and other tradesmen for you. We won’t GC the project but manage the

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

From my experience, going from 0 to 1 is the hardest part of becoming an entrepreneur. Starting a business from scratch involves making a thousand make-or-break decisions. So after I scaled my company, I could see the ways to make it much more simple…

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

1 month

It’s been a very fun and busy two weeks. I promoted someone who has been with me for two years to Brand President of That 1 Painter. Our VPO at Garage Up is crushing it and could soon earn the title of Brand President. We Hired a VPO for our new Roofing Franchise (more to

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

Franchising. It turns decades into days by allowing others to borrow my homework & avoid all my mistakes in building these companies. You start at 1 instead of 0. Entrepreneurship is lonely, but franchising offers the comradery of people building the same business as you.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

My painting company has grown to nearly 400 locations/territories in 3 years. And here is why I am bullish on Scranton, PA. And no it’s not just because I’m a fan of The Office.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

Follow @realsjmonty & @ResiBrands to follow our story. Learn more about franchising here:

Unlock Financial Freedom with Codie Sanchez | Resi Brands

Codie Sanchez's strategies for financial independence. Explore insights and tips at ResiBrands.

resibrands.com

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Steven Montgomery

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22 days

Thanks for having me on! It was a ton of fun and you’re a great interviewer!

CoFounders Nik

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22 days

Meet my favorite future Billionaire (it's NOT who you think): Dropped out of college (2010) Started a painting business just to get by & had "no goals" Finally stops working jobs (2015) Grew that business into the largest painting company in Texas after being called

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

How we spell money @ResiBrands MUNE - More - Urgency - No - Excuses

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

If you've heard of @Codie_Sanchez , you've probably heard about buying existing, established businesses. Which is awesome. But, it also takes a long time...

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Secret to success. Don’t be a little whining b*tch. Own your actions. Work hard and have faith.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

My wife never knows how to describe to people what I do. I told her to tell people I “sling paint.”

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

We are extremely focused on executing on this vision. Who’s with us? @ResiBrands @Codie_Sanchez

Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

So what's next for ResiBrands x Contrarian Thinking? Our goals: 1. Make our franchisees wildly successful. 2. Turn our brands into household names. 3. Bring dignity back to the trades and our cities. 4. Introduce new brands and dominate the home service market.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@historyinmemes this, is exactly why leaders win and others don’t.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

National Accounts are taking off! Bid opportunities and work orders are coming in all over the country for our franchisees!

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@sweatystartup PE scares the shit out of everyone lol we have the same experience with franchisees, it’s one of the most common questions I get asked “are you selling to PE?” Because they don’t want to be part of a brand ran by PE.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

3 months

We built the fastest growing painting franchise in the nation @That1Painter with 372 units in 3 years. We built the fastest growing window cleaning franchise in the nation @pinkswindows with 60 units in 10 months. In the next 30 days I’ll announce two more brands. Any guesses

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Fear will teach you lessons about yourself. Listen.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

Business Lesson from my Uber Driver: Discipline makes you more money with less stress. We were chatting about what it’s like to be an Uber Driver, and he said he wakes up at three and works until 10 am. Why? The morning runs are with professionals going to work or the

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

4 months

@adambroussardmd @SMBTelecomGuy @brianbeers @QBFranchiseQB @AdamGWaschEsq @FranchiseMnA @jcolesimpson @kickstartmyfran Let’s go!!

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

Tonights debate.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@BadMoneyGuy Broken Bow

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

One of the best traits you can have in an employee is if they are annoying to the other employees. No, I don’t mean that they cook fish in the microwave. They don’t accept delays, or sub standard work, pester everyone to do better and raise the standard across-the-board.

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Steven Montgomery

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21 days

Gen Z’s interest in blue-collar work is reshaping the job market, offering new opportunities for tradespeople.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@CoFoundersNik Just wait to see what we have coming next!

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

@shainadenny All mine make a lot more. I’m confused by it too. But it’s because some brands aren’t hiring revenue drivers they are hiring baby sitters.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

We have found that many of these small to mid-size markets are performing really well for our brand. Want to learn more? Click here

Unlock Financial Freedom with Codie Sanchez | Resi Brands

Codie Sanchez's strategies for financial independence. Explore insights and tips at ResiBrands.

resibrands.com

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Steven Montgomery

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19 days

Trust is earned… earn it.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

3 months

Pretty fun stuff! Our merch is great. If you wanna buy some click here

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@itstyleryeo Literally terrible advice. People need to talk it’s part of how they talk themselves into things and get the validation they need. Dream big and dream openly.

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Steven Montgomery

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1 month

Three Levels of a Competitive Mindset 1. You think your competitors suck. Most people start here, and it’s where everyone should start because if you don’t think some of your competitors suck, you might not get started or try to do better. 2. You realize some of your

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Steven Montgomery

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18 days

At Resi, we embrace a philosophy inspired by Elon Musk: “Cybertruck it.” What does this mean? - Build anticipation for something great. - Make it unique and different. - Make it bulletproof. - Delay for quality when needed. - Accept that you’re not for everyone.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

Do you know someone in Little Rock? Tag them here I’d love to know what they think.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

To the arrogant advice sounds like riddles.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@trentjhughes Yes 100% and even before these they knew that they could make it on their own even if it was by themselves. That’s a powerful thing.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

I know a lot of people who would be a lot wealthier if they had stuck with one thing a lot longer.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

As you can see, none of the competitors seem to be doing all that well on Google. Becoming the second highest reviewed painting company in Little Rock really wouldn't be that hard

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

3 months

I went from running a small painting company to owning one of the largest home painting companies in the world, worth over $100 million dollars. How did I do it? I discovered the secret to success. Let's talk about it.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

2 months

Why are business partners essential? Employees tell you what you want to hear. Partners tell you what you need to hear.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

I spell money M-U-N-E - More - Urgency - No - Excuses

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

3 months

@stijnnoorman The very best skill set is your ability to lead others.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@CoFoundersNik It’s been a wild last year. We will close another 70 franchise units in the next month or so.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@CoFoundersNik This is exactly how I grew to 400 locations in 3 years.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@RandBusiness @stephenolmon Thank you!! I think Little Rock is cool! 😉

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

If someone had taken a shot at either Biden or Trump we should be outraged. This isn’t a Red vs Blue thing this is about what it means to be American. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@CoFoundersNik Two very different things for sure. Ownership means taking ownership of all of it.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

Pink’s is eye-catching! and it proves that boring business does not have to be boring. It’s not just us that think that though. Pink’s was recently featured in the movie Hitman with Glen Powell.

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

4 months

Stop shoulding on yourself, and don’t let others should on you! People tell themselves constantly I should do this, I should do that, and it piles up and builds anxiety. Stop Give yourself the room to pick one or two important things, do those well, and add more later when

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Steven Montgomery

@realsjmonty

3 months

Since we were already experienced with franchising at ResiBrands, adding a third brand like this seemed like a great option. But what made it better was how well we connected with Brandon and Carter. One of the conversations we had before partnering was about vision and what we

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Steven Montgomery

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If you're not following up with customers, you leave money on the table.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

Work-life balance pro tip from a dad of four and entrepreneur: It’s less about how many hours you work and a lot more about which hours you work.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

I’m not going to stop personally growing. That simple commitment has put me ahead of so many of my competitors.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

Reading and applying the principles from "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John Maxwell changed my life, especially the Law of the Lid. The first chapter states that your success will never surpass your level of leadership. This principle shifted my focus from just

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

You can’t play singles when someone else is playing doubles. You're gonna lose. And that’s what happens in business.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

It started when I met these guys—Brandon and Carter, founders of Pink’s. They had built a phenomenal brand here in Austin after each of them had been laid off during Covid. Window cleaning seemed easy and was low cost. So they partnered up, started knocking on doors and talking

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

@MATH99999997 @Codie_Sanchez She is kinda of a big deal

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@mskoriwilson Skills aren’t secure either. The only security you have is in your ability to lead and convince others.

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Steven Montgomery

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7 months

Meaning you have no money left to build a support team. Resi has over 70 people on staff to support our franchisees, and we can afford it without any PE backing. And with our far above-average level of support, ResiBrands will become the most successful home service franchise.

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Steven Montgomery

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6 months

Ego leads to Envy Humility leads to Generosity

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@SteveLovesAmmo I’m glad that you left the Space Force off this list!

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Steven Montgomery

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7 months

Here is part of our secret sauce: ResiBrands doesn’t use an FSO (Franchise Sales Organization) We sell our own franchises. Why is that important? We have capital left over after the sale of a franchise. When using an FSO, you will lose money every time you sell a franchise.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

What you do with what you know is way more important than what you know. Be bold, be brave, be benevolent.

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4 months

@fortworthchris Yeah… but it’s also a guaranteed way to tell your neighbors that you’re better than them.

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Steven Montgomery

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2 months

From the legend himself. Rinse and Repeat

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How you make a ton of money operating franchises: Rinse & repeat to 🖨️ 💵 Focus on execution, not reinventing the wheel

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

The best mentors teach you what they are currently learning, not what they have already mastered

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

The secret to success is simple, and it’s not a secret. It’s leadership.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@IAmMarkManson Yes 🙌

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2 months

@ethan_kohan Exactly right!

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

I hit 200 followers. Hurry someone and unfollow me so I stay humble.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

In our territory mapping software, we like to track how many Sherwin-Williams are in each market. Little Rock has 14! Sherwin Williams does not put any stores anywhere by accident. They have a lot more data than I do and have decided to go pretty hard on this city. 14 stores is a

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Steven Montgomery

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@ethan_kohan Lets go! It will be fun!

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2 months

@thekareemagag @Codie_Sanchez I’ll hook you up!

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@julian_divito Treated more like making friends. Br a connector and a giver not just a taker. Additionally be strategic, for example, I actually have a list of all my network so I can follow up with them.

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

Unpopular Opinion: Responsible Franchising should be about building others up, not tearing them down.

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3 months

Interested in becoming a franchise owner? Click here

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Steven Montgomery

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4 months

@JHartFlips Everyone knows you leave your wife at the pool, head to the lobby, and close that deal.

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6 months

Saying the right thing and doing the right thing are two different things. Seems like that should be obvious, but in my experience, it’s not. Saying is a lot easier than doing. And supporting your franchisees is no different.

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1 month

Pro tip: Homeowners value consistency and excellent communication. It's essential to deliver on these every time.

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Steven Montgomery

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3 months

@TheNathanRuff I agree with you. For a lot of types of businesses that rely on higher income areas it may not be the best. We do a mix of residential and commercial and have found midsize less popular markets to be really good because there’s just simply a lot less competition, but all these

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@chrisxmunn That’s awesome! So far I’ve just kept growing number one. 13 years straight

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2 months

@shainadenny @Codie_Sanchez Thank you! We are soo excited.

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@heydannypeavey @Codie_Sanchez Our three brands are currently on Housecall Pro

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