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Listening Time 28 Minutes

How a 23 Year-Old Scaled to a $1.5M Business

With Chase Gallagher

Episode Overview

Discover how a young entrepreneur scaled his business to $1.5 million by age 23! This episode details Chase Gallagher’s journey, starting at age 13, to building a successful landscaping business through hard work and smart money management. Gain valuable insights into the importance of financial discipline, utilizing traditional marketing strategies, and reinvesting profits for sustainable business growth. Featuring host Adam Sylvester and guest Chase Gallagher of CMG Landscaping. Check out Chase’s 7 business lessons for young entrepreneurs over at Jobber Academy.

Show Notes

  • (00:00) Introduction to the episode and guest
  • (02:52) The impact of having a supportive environment on entrepreneurial success
  • (04:08) Tackling seasonal work, and funding initial equipment purchases through creative financing solutions
  • (05:13) Hiring and managing friends as employees at a young age
  • (06:46) Learning the trade by working for other companies and gradually expanding
  • (09:32) Overcoming challenges as a young entrepreneur, and testing marketing strategies
  • (13:03) The ease of onboarding new employees with Jobber
  • (13:50) Money management, and approaching equipment purchases and investments with financial discipline
  • (19:46) Discussing statistics on Gen-Z and the trades, from Jobber’s 2024 Blue Collar Report
  • (21:42) Opportunities to reinvest profits into your business
  • (22:53) Creating generational wealth through smart investments and long-term business strategies
  • (24:55) The importance of networking and building valuable business connections
  • (26:49) Adam’s key takeaways: traditional marketing works, money management, and live below your means

About the speakers

HOST

Adam Sylvester

CHARLOTTESVILLE GUTTER PROS AND CHARLOTTESVILLE LAWN CARE

Website: adamsylvester.com

Adam started Charlottesville Lawn Care in 2013 and Charlottesville Gutter Pros in the fall of 2020, in Charlottesville, VA. He likes to say, “I do gutters and grass! When it rains the grass grows and the gutters leak!” He got into owning his own business because he saw it as a huge opportunity to generate great income while living a life that suited him. He believes that small companies can make a serious impact on their communities and on every individual they touch, and he wanted to build a company that could make a big difference. His sweet spot talent is sales and marketing with a strong passion for building a place his team wants to work. Adam values his employees and loves leading people. While operations and efficiency is not something that comes naturally to him, he is constantly working to improve himself and his business in these areas. 

Guest

Chase Gallagher

CMG Landscaping & CMG University

Website: cmglandscapes.com/
CMG University: coaching.cmguniversity.com/learn
Instagram: @cmg_landscape

Chase Gallagher is the founder of CMG Landscaping, a landscape construction and design company based in Chester County, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. CMG Landscaping specializes in patios, plantings, drainage solutions, retaining walls, and landscape lighting. Chase began his journey at 13, motivated by the desire to earn money when he couldn’t get a job due to his age. The business was officially formed in 2015 when Chase was 14 years old, after spending a year mowing lawns and deciding to take the venture seriously by creating an LLC. 

Chase’s team at CMG Landscaping comprises dedicated and experienced individuals, many of whom have been with him for 4+ years. In addition to his landscaping business, Chase has been coaching and consulting for small home service business owners for the past 2 years. He aspires to move into the private equity space, helping to buy, build, and sell businesses, demonstrating the wealth potential in the home services industry.

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