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Zusatztext “Should be distributed in business classes across the country”—Ted Leonsis! vice chairman emeritus of AOL and owner of the Washington Capitols “This is THE book for anyone who has contemplated starting a business”—Fred Deluca! Founder of Subway “Nick and Omar are the future of entrepreneurship”—George Nadaff! franchise guru/ former CEO of Boston Market Informationen zum Autor NICK FRIEDMAN and OMAR SOLIMAN started College Hunks Hauling Junk in 2005 when they were only twenty-two years old. Since then, College Hunks Hauling Junk has grown into a multimillion-dollar franchise and the nation's premier junk removal service, and has been profiled in the New York Times and the Washington Post . Nick and Omar have been named among the top Under 30 Entrepreneurs in America by Inc. , and in 2007 the International Franchise Association named them the Youngest Franchisors in America. Klappentext Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman started the multimillion-dollar franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk when they were just twenty two, and they've been having the time of their lives ever since. What's their secret? That's just it--there isn't one. There's no fancy software or complicated business schemes. No outside investors or quirky market niche. They just followed 10 common-sense commandments to building a straightforward, fun, and successful business that does a simple job well. Anyone can understand it, and anyone can do it. Leseprobe Chapter 1 FROM A VAN TO AN EMPIRE Nurturing Our Inner Entrepreneur It’s hard to recall how our entrepreneurial spirit first began. We met in tenth grade and quickly became best friends. At the time, we didn’t realize we shared an entrepreneurial nature—formal schooling stifled it, and taking an entrepreneurial approach to our activities got us reprimanded. School taught us that fitting in was safer, requiring us to stay in line, defining us by our classes and grades, and weeding out any behavior considered disobedient. A perfect example was when a math teacher sent a scathing letter to Omar’s soon-to-be-angry parents, which said: Omar spends all of class speaking with the people next to him. He does not own the correct calculator for the class, and I am not sure if he even owns the textbook. Omar is currently failing this course. Back then, nobody realized that our “misbehavior” and “bad grades” were really just our entrepreneurial spirit at work. Entrepreneurial qualities tend to be misunderstood. Entrepreneurs typically don’t like to adhere to many rules or follow others, and this individuality isn’t valued in school. Yet once you’ve left the boundaries of the system, positioning yourself outside the traditional path helps you make money as a business leader. If high school had been run the way an entrepreneur runs a business, Omar might have been spared some trips to detention. Nine years later, his entrepreneurial perspective provided a new interpretation of what the math teacher meant in her letter: Omar spends all of class time networking. He opted not to invest in the $150 graphing calculator, since it would be obsolete upon completion of the course. He was also able to leverage the partnership of neighboring classmates and share the textbook rather than purchase a new one. Omar is currently in the red for this course, but it does not fall in line with his overall vision of growth, so it will probably be dropped from his portfolio. Doesn’t that sound better? Our nature kept us from fully adhering to school rules, which led us into quite a bit of trouble with teachers and administrators. Many kids with our personalities are prescribed medication. Always wanting to stand out from the crowd, we did things to entertain and gain peer approval and attention. Nick took school slightly more seriously than Omar, but he bucked his share of rules to...
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Should be distributed in business classes across the country Ted Leonsis, vice chairman emeritus of AOL and owner of the Washington Capitols
This is THE book for anyone who has contemplated starting a business Fred Deluca, Founder of Subway
Nick and Omar are the future of entrepreneurship George Nadaff, franchise guru/ former CEO of Boston Market
