ETA·BRAINa Katyella project

Acquiring Minds

Founder Mode for ETA: $6m to $25m in 3 Years

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Yeah, I want to build the largest home service company in the country. I think that if we keep doing what we're doing and just keep getting better, like I want to build a billion dollar company, I think it's possible. I don't think it'll be easy.

It has not been easy so far. But again, if we keep doing this for decades, there's no reason we can't get there. So my ambition is very big.

And I think... whether it's plumbing, HVAC, other potential services, there's an infinite runway. And there's a couple plumbing, HVAC, electrical businesses that are a billion dollars now or close to a billion dollars. So they've already shown that's possible.

And there's several that are in the multi-hundred millions. So even with just those couple services, those couple trades, it's very possible. And so my ambition is very high.

I've never... I didn't start this... to run a small business, I'm really not interested in small business. Small businesses equals big problems.

So it's more fun to want a bigger business and have more resources to do more things and to be more creative. And I think the more research you have, like I view. My business for me and like what I do every day, I view it as like my creative outlet.

So like I view it as like my version of like a painting. And so I get to kind of do all the stuff that interests me on a daily basis and experiment with stuff. And so, you know, in all the different departments, I like to come up with ideas, steal ideas, and then get to experiment with them in a creative way.

And the bigger businesses, the more creative and the more you get to experiment. Yeah.

Define billion dollar? Or are we talking, what are we talking? Valuation. Revenue. Revenue. Billion dollars in home services revenue.

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