Speed Bumps with Austin Evans

A roll up strategy is the process of acquiring and merging multiple smaller companies in the same industry & consolidating them into a large company - in this episode, you will hear how Brian Beers has done that very successfully. 

Brian and his family have been franchisees of Midas for years & in the past 18 months, they have exploded with growth going from 12 to 30 auto repair shops doing just shy of $40 million in annual revenue. Brian is also a franchise consultant, helping people find the right brand for them to pursue.

We dive into the topics of scaling, challenges that come along with growth, how to delegate tasks to employees & much more. We talk about abundance & what success looks like! You do not want to miss this one.

Follow Brian on Twitter @BrianBeers & check out his podcast, "Business with Beers" where he dives further into franchising & business.

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Some moments that stood out to me:

21 min: Owner Finance Pitch

24 min: Core Value

30 min: Progress over Perfection

47 min: Business Criteria for somebody wanting to get into business

49 min: What is "Success" to Brian

Let me tell you the story of how I got into owning a couple of big pink ice cream cone buildings: Kris & Kate's Ice Cream!

The biggest wealth transfer in history is upon us: the boomers have amassed approximately $75T of wealth and they own millions of businesses that will likely either be inherited, closed or sold... the opportunities are going to be rampant. 

In this episode, you will learn a few lessons to prepare you for those opportunities. 

My Ice Cream stores >> www.krisandkates.com

Listen as I dive into my personal fitness journey, discuss the trap of the "all in" mindset that is so popular when beginning anything, and give some random health & fitness tips.

On this episode, I dive into the topics of mentorship, coaches & how your ego is the enemy - how your ego can hold you back from reaching your potential in any area of life if you let it. I also share a personal business experience that completely changed the trajectory of my company & life.

Are you self aware enough to know if your ego is getting in the way?

Ego is what prevents you from hearing critical but necessary feedback from others. 

Ego makes you over-estimate your own abilities & worth, and under-estimate the effort & skill required to achieve goals. 

Overall, ego can cause you to miss opportunities — to improve, to connect with others, and to achieve your goals.

Ego costs you time. So put your ego down & seek help - find a real life cheat code: 

Hold the B button & Press Up, Down and press R R1, R2, L1, L2, B, A (If you listen, you know).

This episode features Gerald Peters: Real estate & stock investor, educator, author & creator of the "Money Flow Trading System". 

I came across Gerald's content a few years ago and it had an extremely positive impact on me & the way I viewed money going forward. In the words of GP: "The blue print to building wealth hasn’t changed in 5000 years. You own a business, invest in business or you invest real estate. Pick one, or pick all three but you have to pick at least one of them to get yourself rich."

Unlike many high net worth people you might follow online, Gerald never had a high paying job, doesn't own a huge company with a bunch of employees & quite frankly is a "normal" dude... which makes his story that much more awesome. In this episode, we dive into Gerald's story and discuss different investing philosophies. 

Grab a FREE copy of his eBOOK, "You Don’t Have to Die Broke" & check out his other content here >> https://linktr.ee/fullauto11 

Follow Gerald on Instagram @fullauto11 & lastly, check out his YouTube channel if you're wanting to get started investing in your future.

This episode features Shaun Dougherty, owner of multiple Cricket Wireless dealerships, sharing his journey from the point of opening his first location and scaling to 10 locations and over $8M in revenue... It was not a straight line to success!

He shares multiple speed bumps and a ton of tactical advice of how to scale a small business to multiple locations - and he did it taking on no debt! His experiences are amazing & I guarantee you will learn multiple lessons from his story. 

On this episode, I am joined by Michael Hill, a father, husband and heck of an athlete, that shares his story from almost getting cut from his high school football team to becoming a running back in the NFL & life after football. 

Mike's journey is an awesome story of how hard work can take you places. Enjoy!

This episode features Jase Rivera, owner of, Hidden Perspective, a media company specializing in videography.  He shares his story of being in the grip of serious addiction and the journey he took to now being 11+ years clean and owning his own successful business.  

Jase's journey is an incredible, powerful story of how somebody can overcome a life-threatening addiction and truly turn their life around.  Courage, perseverance, discipline, and hope just scratch the surface of what it took to turn his mess into a message.

My most expensive speed bump yet. 

Healthy prepared meals in a drive-thru...⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ man, I thought this would be genius. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣We were the first drive thru meal prep location in the country.

⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣11 months. That’s how long it made it. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

In this episode, I take you through why this concept didn't work in detail, all the way through the closing process. It is all obvious to me now, but that's how it works - easy to play Monday morning quarterback. 

Failure is best learned through a secondhand story, and is much cheaper, so maybe you can take a lesson or two from this.

Personally, I beat myself up about making progress all the time - with my workouts, runs, business, everything... I never seem to be moving fast enough towards my goals to be content. 

In reality, when I sit down and zoom OUT and look at my life through a little different lens, it helps me realize progress and how I AM actually moving forward and have come a long way. For me, it is very necessary to reframe this dialogue in my head or else I will quickly spiral downward mentally.

Great things take time... Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Big goals take time to accomplish. Enjoy the process. After all, the process is life.