Hardscape Growth

How to Build an Empire After a Financial Rock Bottom


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At 17, John Karpov was broke, alone, and cut off from his only source of financial support. Today, he's the founder of a $20M+ landscaping business , and he’s building with a trillion-dollar vision in mind.

 

In this episode of the Hardscaper Growth Podcast, host Alex Cadieux sits down with John to unpack how a rock-bottom moment turned into a relentless mindset shift, a door-to-door hustle, and the foundation for a fast-scaling company.

💬 What they cover:

  • How getting cut off at 17 sparked a growth-at-all-costs mindset
  • The lessons John learned selling driveway sealing door-to-door
  • Why “figuring it out as you go” can still work — if you stay ethical
  • How to build a team before you burn out
  • The difference between working hard and scaling smart
  • Creating systems and SOPs that make your business scalable
  • What to do when mistakes happen — and how to learn from them


From figuring it out on the fly to building systems, teams, and infrastructure for serious growth, this episode goes deep on what it really takes to go from survival to scale, and how to do it without burning out or bottlenecking your future.

  

Follow John: @actionhomeservices

📈 Learnmore at: https://actionhomeservices.ca

🎧 Listen now—because the next era of landscaping giants is being built today.

 

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