In this episode we’re joined by Bryan Clayton, Co-founder of GreenPal. GreenPal has been dubbed ‘Uber for lawn care’ by Entrepreneur magazine and currently boasts over 300,000 users, with ambitions to make that figure 1 million in the next 5 years.

Bryan joins us to share his lessons in building and growing GreenPal, as well as diving into the insights that helped him achieve a successful exit from his first business, Peachtree, in 2013.

In the episode we discuss:

The concept of mentorship vs. asynchronous mentorship
The benefits of hiring pirates vs. romantics
What’s not taught in business school?
Creating your own roadblocks to force reevaluation of your products and services
Immersing yourself in industry research to accelerate your growth
Functionality that’s been critical to the reliability of GreenPal’s platform

Referenced in this episode:

[Book] Grinding It Out by Rac Kroc: https://amzn.to/3tb8USz
[Movie] The Founder on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80101899?source=35
[Book] The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: https://amzn.to/45eLwAW
[Book] The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank: https://amzn.to/46v2gF0
[Book] The Startup Owner’s Manual by Steve Blank: https://amzn.to/3PAehCj

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#700 Cutting Edge Success: GreenPal's Journey to One Million Customers w/ Bryan Clayton, Co-founder of GreenPal