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Allan Draper is the CEO and Co-Founder of proof. Pest Control. Growing up in a small farming town, Allan knows the importance of community and persistence. He shares how to scale a business from an idea to a thriving eight-figure enterprise.
Embrace Learning New ThingsThink outside the box. If you embrace data from other industries and focus on constantly learning new things, you increase the opportunity for unique insights and potentially new services. You will learn how to be more analytical and your thought process will change.
“I think when you expand your horizons, as people say, and you learn new things, you acquire an ability to be able to solve problems. Business owners, I look at it as two things, they create something and they solve problems, and usually those two things go hand-in-hand.”
Prepare For GrowthPlan for the possibility of scaling your home services business from the beginning. Allan states that his company was prepared for growth from the moment they opened their doors. As Allan himself was not on the ground working as a technician, he was able to hire the right people for the right positions. This ensured that the foundations of the company were working and stable.
Look at the goals of your business. If you are searching for a way to grow, be willing to put in the work required to do so.
“You get to a crossroads where you are like “Am I doing this, or am I not?” because growing a company is very painful in many ways… To get to a point where you want to really scale a company, you have to get comfortable with those growing pains and embrace the unknown.”
Build The Right FoundationsWhen bringing on new talent, using hiring strategies might help make it more efficient. For example, Allan explains that for his company, it is more important to hire a person for their personality than their skillset. If you have the right processes in place, your team will be able to train your new hire to do the job.
“That first 30, 60, 90 days is really important. And you can get people that initially weren't there for the right reason, but you can coach them and train them and help them, if you don’t give up on them too early.”
For more information on Allan’s business and services, visit
proof. Pest Control.
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Allan Draper is the CEO and Co-Founder of proof. Pest Control. Growing up in a small farming town, Allan knows the importance of community and persistence. He shares how to scale a business from an idea to a thriving eight-figure enterprise.
Embrace Learning New ThingsThink outside the box. If you embrace data from other industries and focus on constantly learning new things, you increase the opportunity for unique insights and potentially new services. You will learn how to be more analytical and your thought process will change.
“I think when you expand your horizons, as people say, and you learn new things, you acquire an ability to be able to solve problems. Business owners, I look at it as two things, they create something and they solve problems, and usually those two things go hand-in-hand.”
Prepare For GrowthPlan for the possibility of scaling your home services business from the beginning. Allan states that his company was prepared for growth from the moment they opened their doors. As Allan himself was not on the ground working as a technician, he was able to hire the right people for the right positions. This ensured that the foundations of the company were working and stable.
Look at the goals of your business. If you are searching for a way to grow, be willing to put in the work required to do so.
“You get to a crossroads where you are like “Am I doing this, or am I not?” because growing a company is very painful in many ways… To get to a point where you want to really scale a company, you have to get comfortable with those growing pains and embrace the unknown.”
Build The Right FoundationsWhen bringing on new talent, using hiring strategies might help make it more efficient. For example, Allan explains that for his company, it is more important to hire a person for their personality than their skillset. If you have the right processes in place, your team will be able to train your new hire to do the job.
“That first 30, 60, 90 days is really important. And you can get people that initially weren't there for the right reason, but you can coach them and train them and help them, if you don’t give up on them too early.”
For more information on Allan’s business and services, visit
proof. Pest Control.