3. Factors about the entrepreneur
Brian Scudamore started 1-800-GOT-JUNK? In 1989
straight out of high school with $700 and a beat-up old pick-
up truck. Today he has 95 franchise partners across North
America with a true national presence – they are in 47 of
North America’s top 50 cities.
To make this happen he realized he needed to develop a
vision for the company. His innovative thinking, along side
his co-workers, helped him achieve his vision.
What started as a $700 investment in an old truck in 1989
has become one of the fastest-growing franchises, with a
fleet of 1,000 trucks and revenue more than $107 million.
Trash is Scudamore’s treasure.
4. Obstacles? What’s that?
Scudamore's business was so successful that his
opportunity costs were weighing heavily on him. There were
mearly no obstacles in his way.
Scudamore says that he tries to always remain positive and
look at challenges as opportunities for growth.
5. Companies, products or services, and logos
In 1993, a year and a half short of graduation, Scudamore
quit university to concentrate on his business full time,
formally incorporating the company as The Rubbish Boys
Disposal Service Inc.[5]
"We'll Stash Your Trash In A Flash!" was the logan before
Scudamore changed the company name in 1998 to 1-800-
GOT-JUNK? and began franchising in 1999, opening
locations in Toronto and Portland, Oregon.
6. Factors that made him successful
Scudamore says he was born to be an entrepreneur. He
recalls being a competitive kid.
His entrepreneurial hunger grew even as he struggled to
finish high school.
After graduating high school he went to college. As his work
started taking up more of his time, he dropped out of
college.
7. What you can learn from this entrepreneur.
While entrepreneurial success stories are always inspiring, the best
ones always seem to be those that people can relate to. All due
respect to the entrepreneurial geniuses of past centuries, but not
many of us are aiming to become a unlikely or diverse person these
days.
There are many opportunities but not many are willing to give their
passion and dedication..
With the right mind set and focus to achieve your dream or goal,
you can be successful. Scudamore saw an opportunity and took it.
You can say his work also helps the environment as it is recycling
useless stuff to reusable products.
“Have a clear vision of what you want to do—of what you want to be
—and know what your values are. That’s what worked for me.” -
Scudamore
