Episode#30

Franchise owner journey: After 15 years as a VP in Citibank Corporate, Neil was tired of the stress, no control of his life, and certainly didn't want to miss another school sports day!

A shift into a 'handyman' franchise made a lot more sense than it may have otherwise appeared on the surface to others.

In Episode#30 - Neil is now a 20+year veteran in a business that sits in the size above 'man in a van' (called 'multi-person') for the brand, where he has staff and manages multiple trades in undertaking his work which is around 50% domestic and 50% stratas, corporates and schools.

Volunteering as 'the handyman' at the kids pre-school while working in banking, and spending many a weekend doing odds jobs for that, an undiscovered passion emerged, only later to become a full new business and career.

:27 Explaining levels of the franchise 

1:00 Structure of the business

1:50 Sharing resources with other Hire A Hubby's - not in competition

2:33 Types of work

3:59 Recent jobs worked on

5:28 Engaging specialist trades work (plumber, electrician etc)

6:06 Hire A Hubby role in works like 'prep for sale' and referrals for those

8:14 Reno like 'The Block' every week! Building relationships with real estate agents

9:59 Importance of staying local for profitability, yet with an ability to serve wider

11:57 Network helping with suppliers of materials

12:55 Neil's day to day work

15:04 Background, a career in banking, and a family

16:15 The volunteer handyman at son's pre-school - a passion realised

17:50 Quitting banking and finding Hire A Hubby

19:14 'Interviewing' the CEO about the franchise

20:07 Buying Gladesville then Ryde territories and too much work

21:22 Call centre generated leads 

22:05 What makes the business work from a Multi-Award winner?

Podcast Produced by: magnetic business media

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